Not Mush-Room for Error A new Israeli study reveals the threats currently facing wild mushroom populations in Israel. What needs to be done, and what needs to change in order to ensure their presence and diversity for the climatically grim years ahead? As spring continues to settle in, the outdoor temperatures are gradually getting warmer tempting us to venture outside, take in the natural landscape, and escape the indoor lifestyles we have grown so accustomed to throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. The time spent in nature will allow people to notice the little things like wild mushrooms, for example, growing adjacent to hiking trails and taking on a variety of shapes and features.