A species of wood-eating fungus didn’t need a brain to pass a cognitive test with flying colors, and researchers say this ...

Fungal contamination of cereal grains poses a substantial threat to food security and public health while causing hundreds of ...

In the study, Laboulbeniomycetes, a taxonomic class of fungi that either parasitize arthropods or use them for dispersal, represent fungi and understudied taxa generally. While there will always be ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even possible ...

Ants were farming more than 60 million years before humans first planted crops, according to new research. Insect agriculture began 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the devastating asteroid ...

Nature is where we can find real examples of zombification – one organism controlling another organism’s behavior. I study fungi, a huge biological kingdom that includes molds, mildews, yeasts, ...

From Lion’s Mane supplements to mushroom 'leather' shoes, mushrooms are having a moment right now. But the trend isn't ...

Microbes, including bacteria and fungi, travel in high-altitude winds, crossing continents. Study identified 266 fungi and ...

Researchers found the secret of a Chinese medicine made from a caterpillar fungus, Cordycepin, and its potential for ...

A research paper just published in Science China Life Sciences reports that tree diversity enhances the diversity and network ...

“They’re always looking up. We’re always looking down.” Mycology is the study of fungi — hence the Illinois Mycology Association. During mushroom season in Illinois, mid-April to early ...

Fungal contamination of cereal grains poses a substantial threat to food security and public health while causing hundreds of ...