An international research team led by Cologne-based plant scientist Professor Dr. Bart Thomma from the Institute for Plant ...

Palmyra Atoll, a remote, uninhabited speck of land, coral and sea halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, is one of the ...

They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...

Golden oyster edible mushrooms is invading forests across the United States, displacing native species and disrupting the ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...

Native soil fungi, in addition to native plants and trees, are both essential for restoring forests on islands like Palmyra ...

It’s no secret that we rely on plants to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Not only does that make it possible for us to breathe, it reduces the amount of the heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the ...

For a while, scientists thought the trillions of microbes on our bodies lived in landscapes connected to the outside world — our skin, hair, and gut — but research in the last few years has shown that ...

Truffles were introduced to Australia 25 years ago, when the first host trees with T. melanosporum spores were planted there.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the magical world of fungi and the power that these incredible ...

According to Zhang, events like the Fermentation Festival make academia “fun.” The Hill-Maini lab, which has helped spearhead ...