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

We would like to make a plea for mycology — the study of fungi — to be put on an equal footing with botany and zoology. The teaching of mycology is rare in university curricula. When taught ...

In fact, say mycologists – those who study fungi – life on Earth as we know it would not exist without fungi. Recognition of that pivotal role is an important first step, said an expert at Kew ...

This network operates similarly to the neural connections in a brain, allowing fungi to gather and share information about ...

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have found a fungus in the stomach of mice that may provide a clue to the evolution ...

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

Those all are fictional. 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 ...

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 ...

In a study published at the end of 2018, scientists used vast amounts of DNA sequencing data and fungal fossils to understand the diversification of fungi, in the context of plants. They created a ...

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