Recent studies reveal that fungi, crucial to ecosystems and human industries, are facing extinction threats. Issues like ...

Nearly a third of fungi species are at risk of extinction due to deforestation and agriculture, as noted in a 'Red List' ...

An international team including engineers from Princeton has devised a way to watch, in stunning detail, as the hollow ...

Image These fungi cannot live on their own; they need the carbon from plants. In turn, 80 percent of the world’s plants rely on fungal networks to survive and thrive. The two are dependent trade ...

This image relates to a study by A.R. Schmidt at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin in Berlin, Germany, titled "Carnivorous Fungi from Cretaceous Amber." The article that appeared in the Dec. 14 ...

A visualization of potential bacterial associates (green) in fungal hyphae using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), performed in collaboration with the Center for Integrated ...

GENEVA, March 27 (Reuters) - Nearly a third of species of fungi assessed by an international conservation group are at risk of extinction from threats like deforestation and agricultural expansion ...

In a study published yesterday (June 6) in Current Biology, scientists tracked the movement of phosphorous particles between fungi and plant roots in a symbiotic relationship. The researchers set up ...

Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

Fungi could be classed alongside animals and plants as a separate realm for environmental protection under plans drawn up by the UK and Chile. The proposal, submitted to a UN conference on ...

But beneath the surface, some orchids hide a darker secret: they live as parasites, stealing nutrients from fungi instead of ...