To aficionados, fungi are freaky, mystical and overlooked. They’re helping scientists learn more

By DORANY PINEDA

ANGWIN, Calif. (AP) — Jessica Allen crunched through fallen leaves among Manzanita trees hunting for something few have spotted before: the Manzanita butter clump — a rare and little-known yellow mushroom found, so far, only along North America’s Western coastlines.

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