Over time, our industry has come to better appreciate water. Water availability and the cost of water are now regular topics ...

Those mutant spores that were viable germinated into hyphae after ingestion by macrophages, unlike wild-type spores, which germinate into yeast forms after phagocytosis.

In just one cubic centimeter of soil, the hyphae of the fungi can reach a length of up to 100 meters. While many fungi break down dead material in the soil, there are specialized species that live ...

Fungal hyphae may be small and operating at the microscopic scale ... Rock is turned into soil as it’s weathered by wind, water and ice. Rock-eating bacteria also break down rock, releasing its ...

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 ...

The secret life of fungi unfolds underground where hyphae form spindly threads of mycelium ... acted as “outposts” for ...

In return, they supply the plants with water and mineral nutrients ... form of symbiosis in which the plant allows the hyphae of the fungus access into its roots and even its cells.