This is an image of the hyphae and spores of a scarlet cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea). Its fruiting body is shaped like a bowl, with the spore-producing hymenium on the top, or convex side. The ...

Mushrooms, for instance, are the spore-producing fruiting element of fungi. Some fungi actively expel ... whatever resources they can. In the human body, this can cause infections like Athlete ...

Autumn is the best time to look for fungi, as it's when most produce their visible fruiting body. But more than 12,000 species live around the UK and plenty of them fruit in other seasons. Important: ...

If there is dead or sickly-looking grass near the fairy ring or mushrooms, the fungus may have grown too dense.

The mushroom is only the above-ground fruiting body of an entire fungal organism, and usually only last a few days. That fungus will continue to live long after you've seen any mushrooms ...

"It’s a real treat to have this mushroom fruiting in Dorset." Knott - who is part of Jurassic Coast Mushrooms - described the ...

The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

In experiments conducted by a team of academics from the University of Birmingham, fruit flies were exposed to B. bassiana in infection chambers. After three days' exposure, the fungus had ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found.