THE leaf-clearing method described here was designed to observe fungal hyphæ on oak leaves from litter, and to differentiate hyphæ inside the leaf from those on the surface.

A paper in a recent issue of Fungal Genetics and Biology could overturn the long-held belief that filamentous fungi grow only through extension at the hyphal tip. All plants examined to date have ...

Mechanically sensitive proteins called gellins sense and respond to protoplasm flowing out of severed hyphae, quickly sealing up injuries in these root-like structures of fungi. Viviane was a ...