On October 5th, we released 'Fungi and Their Amazing Friends That Support Life on Earth: A Great Encyclopedia to Learn About ...

Mycorrhizal fungi have been supporting life on land for at least 450 million years by helping to supply plants with soil nutrients essential for growth. In recent years, scientists have found that in ...

A sweeping new review details how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, ancient symbionts of most land plants, drive nutrient uptake, ...

Every year there are reports of people loading large bags of fungi into vans, before selling them.

Just beneath your feet, an ancient and silent alliance endures. This alliance between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is one of the oldest biological partnerships on Earth. Going back ...

A new PLOS Biology study of fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis outbreak isolates shows that strains with reduced biofilm production gain metabolic flexibility, immune evasion, and enhanced ...

It’s hard to miss the headliners at Kew Gardens. The botanical collection in London is home to towering redwoods and giant Amazonian water lilies capable of holding up a small child. Each spring, its ...

There are fungi that control ants and make them walk to the place where they will die. Due to the influence of games and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fungi may have been Earth's first ecosystem engineers, thriving more than a billion years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Fungi live ...

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Wow, that’s one old fungus. A team of scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of fungi ever, dating back a billion years. The fungus was identified in the form of microscopic fossils embedded ...