They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...

Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna ...

An increasing number of fungi are becoming resistant to medication, posing serious risks for patients with weakened immune ...

The Underground Atlas, a new model of the worldwide distribution of mycorrhizal, or network-forming, fungi, shows that the ...

Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull ...

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With lives and food security at risk scientists stress on a cross-disciplinary research in healthcare, agriculture, science ...

Research has been conducted by scientists to see if fungi are able to communicate with each other like humans can.

You've probably noticed mushrooms popping up everywhere lately, from lion's mane lattes to reishi tinctures. But here's ...

Beneath your feet and in your body, fungi are creative agents of change and connection. At the fourth annual Texas Mushroom Conference on Sunday, April 19, mycologists and researchers in biology, ...

Asiya Gusa’s unconventional career path eventually led her to Cryptococcus, exploring how stress adaptation might make this ...

For a while, scientists thought the trillions of microbes on our bodies lived in landscapes connected to the outside world — our skin, hair, and gut — but research in the last few years has shown that ...