The same deadly fungus is now being looked at as a potential cancer treatment. The therapy detailed in this new study is a ...

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot, rust, downy mildew, anthracnose and cerospora leaf spot. They are all ...

Penn researchers transform a toxic fungus linked to ancient tombs into a powerful anti-cancer compound, offering new hope in ...

Like humans, many fungi rely on plants as a food source. This impacts the yield of food crops. It's estimated farmers lose between 10 to 23 per cent of their crops to fungal disease every year.

The discovery of a powerful "weapon" used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy ... we were able to reveal the ...

Today, fungal diseases wipe out almost a quarter of the world’s crops before they’re harvested, and another 10-20% post-harvest, decimating staples including rice, wheat, corn and soy.

Since 1990, fungal diseases in plants have spread seven kilometres northward every year. Stem rust of wheat, which originates in the tropics, has now spread as far as England and Ireland. If the ...

Unlike the fictional killer zombie fungi in the recent post-apocalyptic HBO series, The Last of Us, zombie fungi have never been found to infect mammals. But it’s no surprise that they animate ...