A technique called confocal laser scanning flourescence microsopy uses a die that binds to chitin, unique to fungi, seen here glowing green on the exterior of the fungal filaments, in a fossil ...

Some foods are delicious and nutritious when consumed raw, but others are more dangerous. We asked two nutrition experts what to avoid, and why.

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...

A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global tree species in distinct ways ...

Despite fungi's known global biogeochemistry, our knowledge regarding their contribution to ecology and biochemical cycles in the oceanic realm is rather ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

Antonis Rokas, a fungal biologist at Vanderbilt University who was not affiliated with the study, calls the work a tour de ...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S.

Jurassic-era blue-stain fungi fossils found in China push their origin back 80 million years. These fungi pierced wood using ...

A study led by a global research consortium offers new hope for patients with mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease.