In rural India, mycetoma—a painful, neglected disease from minor wounds—cripples workers, causing disability, poverty, and stigma. Delayed diagnosis and costly treatment worsen the crisis.

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

Scientists have discovered that pairing bread wheat with a special soil fungus can significantly enhance its nutritional ...

This fungus is especially common on tomato plants but is found on many species. Plants are infected from the bottom up, so ...

New research in Plants, People, Planet indicates that bread wheat's micronutrient content can be increased by cultivating it ...

The fungus Entomophthora muscae turns flies into zombies and kills them at sunset. An internal kill clock may explain the mysterious timing.

We've all heard of Vermont's state mushroom: the bear's head tooth. But are you familiar with these three fungi species ...

A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human ...

Researchers found that trees in Wisconsin that had become hosts to the eye-catching species hosted only half the fungal ...

"There are other more significant steps that we as a society must take." Scientists thrilled after discovering marine fungus ...

Mycopunk's faction of fungi is at the core of its identity, but the exact inspirations behind this enemy plague are very real.