A fungus that attacked other organisms 407 million years ago has been unearthed among a collection of fossils, making it the oldest of its kind to have ever been found. The new plant pathogen has also ...

Fungal systems biology is the scientific study of the functions and properties of fungi in an integrative, systematic way, based on the analysis and modelling of large data sets. Fungal systems ...

Engineered fungi are moving from the lab bench to the dinner plate, promising dense protein with a fraction of the land, ...

Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. One study has examined the cell walls of fungi to look for weaknesses, while ...

Hidden beneath a quiet patch of forest in eastern Oregon, a single organism has quietly conquered the landscape, killing ...

Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The ...

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are copper-dependent enzymes that play a pivotal role in the oxidative degradation of crystalline polysaccharides, such as cellulose, in fungi. They operate ...

While water lilies are perhaps most famous for starring in French impressionist artist Claude Monet’s work, they may also have a molecular secret weapon that could help in our ongoing fight against ...

Imagine a fungus that makes your skin turn angry red. Some of the skin breaks into ulcers, especially at the tips of your toes, while in other places, pieces of skin shed off entirely. By the time it ...

Researchers examined the fungal cell biology of rice blast fungus pathogenesis and recently published the first systematic and comprehensive report on the molecular mechanism of the actin-binding ...

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