For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...

An application to cut back diseased trees in Dunfermline Public Park has been submitted to the council. The proposal, submitted by Paul Cameron, arborist of the council, has asked to start the ...

Outbreak of a rare fungal disease in Tennessee leaves one dead and dozens sick - The infection can be particularly serious ...

**Major correction: I wrongly and repeatedly referred to T. Reesei as being a yeast, when it is actually another type of ...

A TOTALLY new form of life that towered at 26ft tall has been discovered by UK scientists 370million years after it went extinct. A 410million-year-old fossil has been discovered in Scotland and ...

Called 'prototaxites', this lifeform roamed the Earth around 410 million years ago, before becoming extinct 360 million years ago.

Once these were the largest and most dominant living things on land, but their greatness did not ensure survival.

Fungal infections are becoming deadlier as drug resistance spreads and treatment options stall. Researchers at McMaster University discovered that a molecule called butyrolactol A can dramatically ...

A fossil of Prototaxites, a colossal lifeform that once towered over ancient landscapes, is set to go on display at the National Museum of Scotland. This enigmatic organism, which grew to more than ...

Experts say frost cracks occur when trees expand and contract unevenly during rapid temperature drops, which can cause a tree ...

A dangerous, drug-resistant fungus sickened more than 7,000 people across 27 states last year, including cases in North ...

Over 35 cases of histoplasmosis, a lung infection caused by exposure to the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, have been ...