The compound is so potent that an individual would be able to taste a single gram of the substance dissolved in 106 bathtubs ...

If one were to eat substances from blandest to nastiest, the bracket fungus, Amaropostia stiptica, would sit at the farthest end of the unpleasant spectrum. A team of scientists determined just what ...

Also known as the bitter bracket fungus, this tree-growing mushroom is so unpleasant that scientists decided to investigate its molecular makeup. The researchers found three previously unknown ...

The bitter bracket fungus, Amaropostia stiptica, is probably not available at your local farmer's market, and if you didn't get the hint from its name, it's because it tastes really, really terrible.

Researchers in Germany made the not-so-tasty find in a species of mushroom called Amaropostia stiptica—also aptly known as the bitter bracket fungus. The compound is one of three new bitter ...