A new study--which includes the first large-scale comparison of fungi that cause rot decay--suggests that the evolution of a type of fungi known as white rot may have brought an end to a ...

When we worry about fungicide residues, we often forget what those agents are meant to hold back: fungi that make their own ...

Mushrooms could be communicating in a structure that resembles human language, suggests a study published in the Royal Society Open Science. Professor Andrew Adamatzky analysed the electrical signals ...

A team of atmospheric and microbiological researchers, led by Alex Huffman of the University of Denver, Anna Kunert, and Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, has ...

Fungi (black) present in human lung cancer tissue (turquoise) but not inside the cells.Lian Narunsky Haziza and Nancy Gavert Cancer tumors contain multiple species of fungi that differ per tumor type, ...

A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the fungal component of the human microbiome - known as the mycobiome - and ...

Malignant growths contain multiple species of fungi that differ according to the type of the tumor, according to the research, which has just been published in the journal Cell. Unless they are edible ...

When picturing a trip aboard an IRL spacecraft, you probably imagine riding in something like SpaceX’s steel starship. But from here on out, you may want to change the way you picture the aesthetics ...

The evolution of white rot fungi might have helped bring an end to the geologic period characterized by the formation of large coal deposits, and may help lay the groundwork for the future production ...