Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

Fungi play a crucial role in ecosystems, contributing to nutrient cycling, plant symbiosis, and biodegradation. However, climate change is altering global ...

Jurassic-era blue-stain fungi fossils found in China push their origin back 80 million years. These fungi pierced wood using ...

Plant cell wall components such as cellulose are abundant sources of carbohydrates that are widely used in biofuels and ...

Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift ...

Bonneville says—though Strullu-Derrien clarifies that these would not have been the same type of fungi which currently symbiotically interact with land plants in soil. “If you put fungi and ...

Fossilised log reveals secrets of 120 million-year-old polar forests - The first record of termites in a polar region ...

A small daily dose of kombucha made from black tea has been shown to meaningfully reshape the gut microbiome in adults – ...

Lawyers acting for alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson have argued her actions after the lunch were consistent with ...

Lower diversity in the oral microbiome was linked to higher depressive symptoms in a large U.S. sample, with especially ...

Two years after the eruption of Mount St Helens, local gophers were sent to the area in what must have been quite a confusing ...

In an Editorial in July 2023, we wrote with optimism about the antifungal clinical development pipeline. At the time, several ...