Since time immemorial, plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have coexisted in a mutually beneficial relationship. The fungi colonize plant roots and help them absorb nutrients. In return ...

But the gut isn’t home to bacteria alone — it also harbors a bustling community of fungi and other microorganisms that are only beginning to get the scientific attention they deserve. The latest study ...

Scientists use small peptides to enhance symbiosis between plants and fungi, offering a sustainable alternative to artificial fertilizers. Plant biologists discover new plant molecule, CLE16 ...

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While the idea of fungi creating zombie-like humans may sound far-fetched, real scientists have studied the connection behind fungal evolution and climate change and the threats fungi can pose to ...

One option includes using fungi. "It would be another line of defence," said Sheila Gilmour, mayor of the community about 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. A mushroom grows in a forested ...

Uh, come here. There you go, there you go. Valley News Live. Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step closer to ...

Torrence Irvin believes the life-threatening fungi called Coccidioides entered his lungs in June 2018 while he was relaxing in his backyard in Patterson, California. “I was sitting in my lounger ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these networks form. 0:10 Researchers are trying to understand the underground ...

CU Boulder mycologist Alisha Quandt says there’s little reason to fear a fungi-zombie apocalypse like the one imagined in the HBO hit TV series ‘The Last of Us’ Alisha Quandt prepared herself in ...