Dotting the ground beneath towering forests of the Pacific Northwest is a bizarre mushroom that looks like a molar, dotted ...

Research on the gut microbiome has focused mainly on bacteria, but bacteriophages and fungi play critical roles as well, with significant influences on health and disease.

The researchers found that climate change is contributing to the spread of harmful fungi, creating more favorable conditions ...

The ancient world was a weird and wild place filled with plants, animals, and fungi of all sizes and shapes. And it turns out ...

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 ...

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

With the temperature warming up, you may start to see things growing in your yard that you didn’t plant. Mushrooms tend to ...

Urbanization reshapes soil microbes in surprising ways—bacteria adapt and become alike, while fungi resist change.

Skin microbes do more than coexist—they shape immune responses, repair tissue, and influence gene expression across your ...

The Last of Us Season 2 depicts a threatening fungus that weaves together life forms through unexpected connections. Within its gameplay, the game depicts a harmful plant-life organism that connects ...

This is why it's an understatement to say that the world's ecosystems and human societies are shaped by fungi. And yet fungi continue to be an important but overlooked element of conservation ...

The fungus is known for its phallic shape and foul-smelling spore mass, which attracts insects for spore dispersal — a unique strategy among fungi, which otherwise mostly use wind to disperse ...