If you're walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive.

Read more: Rural communities in Québec are embracing 'mushroom tourism' to boost local economies All the benefits fungi provide to humans are estimated to be worth the equivalent of US$54.57 trillion.

The secret life of fungi unfolds underground where hyphae form spindly threads of mycelium that stretch out like vast ...

The Waltham Public Library hosted naturalist Jonathan Kranz, who led a small audience through the joys and practicalities of foraging for mushrooms in New England.

From your first breath, trillions of tiny microbes colonize your body, shaping your health in surprising ways. Among these ...

In July 2023, heavy rains continued in southern Sri Lanka for days, soaking the lush greenery of the village of Hapugala in ...

Diego Bianchi spent the pandemic hunting for fungi that will sustainably support commercial crops. Now he is celebrating their aesthetic value with his online gallery. A “bioprospecting ...

At least 411 fungi face extinction among the 1,300 varieties whose conservation status is well understood, according to the latest update of the IUCN's authoritative "Red List of Threatened Species".