Like the dark spaces they often prefer, mushrooms, yeasts, and some 160,000 known species of fungi rest in the background of conservation efforts. But their crucial role as ecosystem engineers makes ...

Melmerby Conservation Group excited by "astonishing find", after tests locate eight rare fungi.

This week a UN summit aims to preserve the world's plants and animals. But a group of scientists wants to protect another ...

Scientists have discovered a giant new fungus in China that grows up to 20 inches tall and weighs nearly five pounds, making ...

Scientists believe its ancient ancestors may have emerged shortly after the dinosaurs disappeared — and have nicknamed the ...

Origins of a towering fungus identified in China traces back about 65 million years ago right after the mass extinction that ...

Mycorrhizal fungi have been supporting life on land for at least 450 million years by helping to supply plants with soil nutrients essential for growth. In recent years, scientists have found that in ...

PENINSULA, Ohio — Food fermentation, foraged mushrooms and fungi-powered architecture will take over the Cuyahoga Valley ...

The researchers chose the name Dianjunus rex for the fungus’s regal size and the ancient Dian kingdom. Its closest known ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world’s described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...

Fungi are not mere pests but vital allies for soil health, sustainable agriculture, and ecosystem stability in Bangladesh.

Scientists have discovered three previously unknown species of the wood-decaying aquatic fungus Distoseptispora in Philippine ...