Dotting the ground beneath towering forests of the Pacific Northwest is a bizarre mushroom that looks like a molar, dotted ...

Keeping a healthy lawn can sometimes feel like a never-ending battle against pests and diseases. Fungal infections are among ...

A new fungus will grow from the spore. The Coprinus cinereus fungus can produce spores by sexual reproduction to help create variation in the species. This method of reproduction is advantageous ...

The work could help us better understand the evolution of sexual reproduction as well as showcases the increasing power of genome sequencing. While scientists have long suspected that certain species ...

The Last of Us is back on April 13 and this season is more realistic than ever. The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the “zombie fungus” cordyceps infecting humans by releasing air-borne ...

Genetic information from plants and fungi can be dispersed ... Compare seeds and spores as part of study of sexual and asexual reproduction.

It manipulates an insect’s motor skills and causes it to perch on a branch, until the fungus bursts out of its body and releases spores. But there are fungi in real life that do infect human brains.