Life might be like a box of chocolates, but ...

In this wide, spectacular and beautiful world that gives us oceans, the Grand Canyon, wild asparagus, sunsets, tornadoes and dark chocolate, what's up with fungus?

Really. It's a bizarre set of microorganisms ... and not-so-micro organisms.

That athlete's foot fungus you've been scratching since high school? It's a kissing cousin to the mushrooms you buy at the grocery store, even the truffle mushroom that sells for $1,200 a pound at finer restaurants.

Pam Burke

The mold on leftovers forgotten at the back of your refrigerator (or is that only my fridge?) is related to the mold used to make che...