Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

A new study claims that Prototaxites, which have defied classification for two centuries, might just be an entirely novel ...

Among them, the relative abundance of Ascomycota as the dominant fungi accounted for 77.98–99.19% and Basidiomycota accounted for only 0.77–21.96%. Compared with the initial barley, at 180 days of ...

World’s fungi at risk from agriculture, deforestation and urban sprawl – experts. Fungi are the unsung heroes of life on Earth, forming the very foundation of healthy ecosystems. Many of the world’s ...

早在2000年，张修国团队就已致力于真菌分类学的研究，当时聚焦的是枯枝上的腐生真菌。由于当时没有DNA技术，只能带着学生通过体式镜下拍到的孢子形状，手绘下来，然后对照着真菌检索表一个个的查验。“对于一个刚入门的学生来说，观察手绘已经是很难的了，更别说 ...

Mar. 25, 2025 — Exposure to antibiotics during a key developmental window in infancy can stunt growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and may boost risk of diabetes later in life, new ...

Fungi are under threat as their habitats are polluted and destroyed. Hundreds of species of fungi have now been added to the latest conservation Red List, but very little is known about millions of ...

Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, Wageningen 6708 WG, The Netherlands Wageningen Food and Biobased Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, Wageningen 6708 WG, ...