For a team of researchers at KU, fungal doomsday looks less like parasitic mushrooms transforming people into zombies, and ...

Telipogon cruentilabrum is one of four new rare and spectacular Telipogon species described in 2025 by Dr Carlos Martel, ...

Scientists have discovered that orchids depend on fungi living in decaying wood to sprout and survive their earliest stages. This hidden partnership reveals a new carbon pathway linking deadwood to ...

In the ruins of Chernobyl’s shattered reactors, something unexpected has taken root. Thick black mats of mold are thriving ...

An invasive yeast fungus called Candida auris is rapidly spreading around the world and is increasingly resistant to ...

When you think about materials used in medicine, you likely picture metals, plastics, or synthetic gels. Researchers at the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Patients usually walk in assuming the worst. They see patchy, discolored skin spreading across their chest or back ...

Mycelium is the vegetative body of filamentous fungi. It consists of a dense three-dimensional network of microscopic tubes called hyphae that branch, fuse, and weave through organic substrates. As ...

Scientists once thought stinkbugs had tiny ears on their legs. Turns out, those “ears” are actually fungus farms. In female Megymenum gracilicorne, two fuzzy patches on the hind legs hold thousands of ...

Atul Agrawal, a University of Utah graduate student in mechanical engineering, describes a fungus he grows in his lab. The structural properties of Marquandomyces, a common soil mold, show promise in ...