Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna ...

Trichoderma species—a common fungus found in soils—have varying abilities to promote tomato plant growth and differentially ...

Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull ...

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

Mushroom hunting is drawing new crowds in Pennsylvania, as cooks, growers and students use food, festivals and hands-on ...

Scientists discover a hidden fungus that rots orchid roots in a matter of days, revealing why these plants die so quickly.

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 ...

Asiya Gusa’s unconventional career path eventually led her to Cryptococcus, exploring how stress adaptation might make this fungal pathogen an even greater threat in the future.

New research shows fungi found in NASA cleanrooms could survive conditions similar to the seven-month trip to Mars, raising ...

There will also be the annual State of Psychoactive Plants and Fungi in the Commonwealth of Virginia panel hosted by Will E.