By Samantha Lee In recent years, we’re learning more about how fungi work, what they can do, and how they can help mitigate ...

The molecular pathways involved in antiviral defenses and counter-defenses in host-pathogen systems remain unclear. Researchers have used Neurospora crassa as a model organism to explore how RNA ...

Life on Earth blooms with wild ingenuity. From phosphorescent fungi feeding in the undergrowth to chameleons flicking tongues ...

Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two ...

Shandong researchers suggest that edible and medicinal fungi contain bioactive components with therapeutic potential for central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Findings offer evidence for the ...

Friend or foe? Ancient partnership between moss and fungi Study could have impact on food supply and future space exploration Date: February 7, 2024 Source: Michigan State University Summary ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Climate change is projected to expand the geographic range of infection-causing fungi, notably Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus, increasing infection ...

We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries. One of the researchers behind that last doozy ...

But he found the fungi where no one believed they existed—Antarctica—and he says they're feasting on historic treasures—the wooden huts built a century ago by legendary British explorers ...

Plants constantly interact with a wide array of microorganisms in their environment, ranging from beneficial symbionts to ...