Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

Carbon counters trying to keep tabs on the rising concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere may have missed an important factor for their estimates: fungus. It turns out that when plants ...

As fall approaches, you may have noticed there's plenty of fungus among us. A rainy spring and hot, humid summer have produced an early, bumper crop of fruiting fungi we call mushrooms. Fungi are ...

Fungi are essential to life on land. They decompose organic matter, cycle nutrients and sustain plant ecosystems. Without ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract • Premise of the study: The life histories of lichen fungi are not well known and cannot be readily studied in laboratory culture. This work ...

Fungi exist throughout the environment. Some of them are useful, for example as food or as the basis of medication. Others are less desirable, such as mold on food, or spores that cause diseases.