The leaf-cutting ants of Central and South America create their food supply by forming a mutually beneficial association with certain fungi. They grow these fungi on gardens created from piles of ...

Why are some fungi helpful and others harmful? asks Paul Glaister from Reading. Rutherford and Fry try to outdo each other with fungal top trumps in their attempt to find the answer. As Hannah ...

These fungi make shelves or brackets to produce spores above the ground. They are known as polypores (many pores) because the spore producing cells line pores. The pores make them different than many ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

They are produced during wet, cool periods in late summer and fall. They are not harmful and no control is necessary. Bird's nest fungi, sphere throwers, and shotgun fungi all grow on manure or ...

Michael Cunliffe received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for the project MYCO-CARB and currently receives funding from the UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee scheme for the projects ...

After the Chernobyl disaster, scientists observed patches of blackened growths on the walls of the No. 4 reactor—fungi that seemed to thrive where the radiation was highest. Cladosporium ...

The culprit is actually a group of fungi called dermatophytes ... let’s get down to the facts. Fact 1: Ringworm is easy to treat. You can usually treat mild cases of ringworm with an antifungal ...

Fungi could be classed alongside animals and plants as a separate realm for environmental protection under plans drawn up by the UK and Chile. The proposal, submitted to a UN conference on ...