A new study shows that tiny microbes living in and around oak trees may help them survive drought, poor soil, and disease.

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

1 State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ...

A new study has uncovered how a surprising player in the immune system, eosinophils, best known for their role in allergies and asthma, also helps protect the body against Candida albicans, one of the ...

Thrush is one of the most common infections in the world. It's caused by the fungi Candida—specifically, the yeast Candida albicans. Although yeast infections are normally treated easily with ...

After a storm, Evie came across a fallen oak with what looked like blue paint streaked across the surface. But this unusual color comes from something entirely natural. Find out how Blue Stain fungus ...

Mushrooms, whether eaten, used medicinally or in art, are deeply intertwined with global cultures. But they actually constitute a small piece of the fungal world. Mushrooms are the fruiting body of ...

For years, mycologists and hobbyists alike have been using DNA sequencing on foraged fungi. For years, mycologists and hobbyists alike have been using DNA sequencing on foraged fungi. A coral fungus ...

If you’re an avid forager or fan of mycology, you may have noticed inconsistencies in how mycologists, mushroom hunters, field guides, and scientific literature describe truffles. Some may classify ...

A study by the Mycology and Environmental Microbiology Unit of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili has identified new species of fungi that may cause infections or diseases in people and animals. Carried ...

Truffles are the spore-bearing fruiting bodies of subterranean ascomycete fungi across dozens of genera and multiple families within the order Pezizales. Whether truffles are a considered a mushroom ...

There are only a few mushrooms worth seeking in the spring woods. The black morel is one that sometimes appears before the yellow or brown morel, and both of these are edible in limited amounts. One ...