Fungi like dark, warm, moist places, like your shoes. That’s why they like your feet. Each foot has over 250,000 sweat glands. To stop the spread of foot fungus ... have any open wounds on ...

White lines or spots on the nail are called leukonychia, and are often caused by trauma such as stubbing your toe. However, ...

In the video game and HBO show The Last of Us, humans struggle to survive after an infectious fungus turns ordinary people into zombies. Creators of the franchise didn't look far for inspiration ...

Bleeding tooth fungus looks like a ghoulish forest crime scene ... CREDIT: Matt Kasson LB: How does its appearance change? MK: Not every bleeding tooth you find in the forest will be “actively ...

A fungating tumour is when a tumour that is growing under the skin breaks through the skin's surface and creates a wound. Fungating describes what the cancer might look like. They can grow in the ...

A salamander-killing fungus first described in 2013 looks as if it originated in Asia ... Asia also looked like the probable origin after the researchers’ epic efforts to check for pathogen ...

It’s generally picked up through contact with sharp plants that can pierce the skin like rose thorns ... they carry a very high fungal load, meaning their wounds have a higher risk of spreading ...