A species of fungus found in soil can be fed to cows to cut down on the potent greenhouse gas methane in their burps.

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 ...

Fungi were some of the first complex life forms on land, mining rocks for mineral nourishment, slowly turning them into what would become soil. In the Late Ordovician era, they formed a symbiotic ...

Fungal networks in the ground ferry crucial nutrients to plants. But how do brainless organisms form complex supply chain networks?

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are ...

More wind is on the way and is likely to stir up more dust across Phoenix. But the risk of valley fever likely isn't higher than normal.

They found that mycorrhizal fungi—tiny helpers in the soil—play a big role in helping grasslands store more carbon, both near the surface and in deeper soil layers, by promoting plant ...

Supported by the Australian Government’s Methane Reduction in Livestock (MERiL) program and validated through partnerships with CSIRO, Queensland University of Technology and the University of Western ...

Soils around the world are polluted, worn out, over-fertilised and exhausted. How did we get to a place where we think of soil as dirt? Soils are buzzing with life, criss-crossed with a hard-to-fathom ...

Boulder Mushroom is researching fungi's ability to decompose wildfire fuels like fallen trees and dead grass that can ignite ...

Unhealthy soil induces poor plant performance and growth. Marin County gardeners must frequently amend their soil with mulch ...