Fungi are difficult to study in both nature and under experimental conditions. This is because of many species’ microscopic size, their short lifespan and the hidden habitats they call home — such as ...

They found that certain strains of the Fusarium oxysporum fungus were capable of metabolizing gold. This ability not only ...

Would you eat the forbidden fungi? Scientists have uncovered a mushroom-derived compound that seems to be the most bitter ...

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

Fungal biology is the scientific discipline that concerns the biology of fungi, which include unicellular microorganisms as well as large multicellular organisms. Fungal biology is sometimes ...

Most of Australia’s plants rely on a hidden underground network of fungi for water and minerals. They could be in trouble – ...

Five new Piloderma fungi species have been identified, highlighting forest biodiversity and conservation needs. Although ...

Industrial farming practices often deplete the soil of important nutrients and minerals, leaving farmers to rely on ...

After two long years, the highly anticipated second season of HBO’s The Last of Us is almost here. In the new season, five ...

While scientists have long suspected that certain species of fungi have thousands or even tens of thousands of biological sexes, the new research employed cutting edge genetic tools to confirm the ...

Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common ... The discoveries, published in Fungal Biology, show that diversity in this genus is much greater than previously thought and that some of ...