Steven Weersing survived both the Joplin tornado and the potentially fatal fungus that spread among survivors — now he's ...

Fungi are difficult to study in both nature and under experimental conditions. This is because of many species’ microscopic ...

auris clearly isn't slowing. If anything, it's rapidly speeding up. How did a fungus, so deadly to immunocompromised humans, just suddenly appear? And why was it killing people when it had never ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

The laboratory mouse is widely considered the model organism of choice for studying the diseases of humans, with whom they share 99% of their genes. A distinguished history of mouse genetic ...

A new study published in Mycology highlights the alarming evolutionary rate of Sporothrix, the fungus that causes ...

Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient. Underground fungal networks are “living ...