The UK and Chile are proposing at the UN’s biodiversity conference COP16 in Colombia that fungi receive the same status to ...

Reishi (G. lucidum) has been used for centuries in the traditional medicine system in Asia. This article examines the ...

Scientists found that plants communicate with fungi through strigolactones, boosting phosphate metabolism and growth.

Bacon, sausages, eggs, beans, black pudding and a side of angina. Traditional British breakfasts are the stuff of legend, but ...

Fall is prime fungi time in the Pacific Northwest, and Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of the ...

Mushroom fruiting on the Island started in August, and cycles of dry and wet conditions have made for a prolific season.

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Researchers have now used DNA analysis to uncover just how long ants have been farming fungi, now described in a study published Thursday in the journal Science. It turns out these insects have be ...

By Veronique Greenwood The soil beneath our feet, home to fungi, bacteria, beetles and worms, may not seem like the most jazzy environment. But if you stuck a powerful enough microphone in the ...

The Shroom Society at ASU pulled back the curtain on the magic behind growing edible mushrooms at an event on Oct. 2. The club has run this event for the past two years, as a partnership with ...

Mushrooms are edible and considered a culinary delight ... Doug Lobay is a practicing naturopathic physician in Kelowna, British Columbia. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree from ...

So far, entomologists have recognized about 250 different ant species in the Americas and Caribbean that farm fungi. In its most basic form, ants collect and spread fungi, defending their food ...