Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna ...

Trichoderma species—a common fungus found in soils—have varying abilities to promote tomato plant growth and differentially ...

They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fungi may have been Earth’s first ecosystem engineers, thriving more than a billion years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Fungi live ...

Scientists have long known that fungi are resilient, but a new study suggests that some strains might survive every step of ...

NASA scientists have found thatsome fungi may possess the extraordinary resilience needed to survive the grueling journey to ...

According to Zhang, events like the Fermentation Festival make academia “fun.” The Hill-Maini lab, which has helped spearhead ...

Some Earth-based microbes may be tougher than expected, raising new questions about survival beyond our planet.

The Underground Atlas, a new model of the worldwide distribution of mycorrhizal, or network-forming, fungi, shows that the fungi in these and other places need protection. Created by researchers at ...

Together with La Monnaie/De Munt opera house’s head shoemaker, Marie De Ryck, the team unveiled a new experiment ahead of ...

There will also be the annual State of Psychoactive Plants and Fungi in the Commonwealth of Virginia panel hosted by Will E.