Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

Ever since their discovery more than 165 years ago, massive fossilized structures left by an organism known as Prototaxites ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

Prototaxites, the first giant organism to live on land, have long been thought to have been some sort of plant, fungus or algae. Now, a new research paper ...

An 1870 watercolor of Agaricus rubescens Fr., by Mary Elizabeth Banning, a self-taught mycologist who studied fungi in her home state of Maryland for four decades.Credit...New York State Museum ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital nutrients to plants and tree roots. In return, the fungi receive carbon to grow their ...

For as long as plants have lived on land, fungi have sustained them. Beneath every giant sequoia, every wheat stalk, every black-eyed Susan, hidden webs of filigreed mycelia permeate the plants’ roots ...

As many as five strands of fungi have already been identified to be able to kill the pest within 24 hours and without it developing resistance. Among them is a pathogenic fungus Nomuraea rileyi ...

Cohen pairs each song with a different local mushroom for her Track by Track breakdown. Hannah Cohen Breaks Down New Album ...