Fungal infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals, are responsible for nearly four million deaths annually—however, current treatments are limited and are frequently ineffective. Now, ...

Most underground fungi remain unknown, and urgent action is needed to study their crucial role in sustaining ecosystems the ...

Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate the Earth's climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that provide plants with ...

Many of these fungi have a lifestyle called ectomycorrhizal ... endemic to NZ were consumed by extinct moa (Dinornithiformes). Biology Letters. Vol. 20, Jan. 15, 2025, 20240440.

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to help spread its spores to new victims. Later expeditions found similar ...

A majority of tree species depend on underground symbiotic fungi, called ectomycorrhizal fungi, for the nutrients and water they need to survive (SN: 7/13/09). Like other organisms ...

And could serenading a fungus make it twist and shout? The answer, published in a study on Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters, is yes. Playing sound to Trichoderma harzianum, a green ...

In the other study, which was reported in Communications Biology, researchers have identified genes called sirtuins that seem to be required for the virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus, a fungal ...

Ectomycorrhizal fungi are very important in ecosystems ... However, the use of molecular biology nowadays is indispensable. Among the various molecular tools available, there is consensus about the ...

A fungus that attacked other organisms 407 million years ago has been unearthed among a collection of fossils, making it the oldest of its kind to have ever been found. The new plant pathogen has ...

But trees on the other hand depend on fungi for their well-being. Look no further than ectomycorrhizal fungi, which are organisms that colonize the roots of many tree species where the boreal ...