Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi ...

Fungi produce molecules that humans still can’t ... who started using them as a source of food. Roughly 65 million years ago, an asteroid strike would wipe out 70 percent of all life on Earth.

The discovery of a powerful "weapon" used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such ...

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

The discovery of a powerful 'weapon' used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to bolster global food security ...