In a study published on Friday by the Australian National University (ANU), the global research team discovered that an enzyme called "NUDIX hydrolase" is used by many fungal pathogens to cause ...

The discovery of a powerful "weapon" used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such ...

Fungi made Earth’s land liveable by building networks that released nutrients locked in primordial rock and supplied those ...

Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi ...

“Fungi are absolutely remarkable chemists ... who started using them as a source of food. Roughly 65 million years ago, an asteroid strike would wipe out 70 percent of all life on Earth.

The authors also noted the presence of mycoparasites observed eating the zombie spider fungus, “demonstrating that these ...

Fungi used to be overlooked as a low-calorie, low-nutrition food, but in fact many are full of nutrients. According to biochemist and herbalist Martin Powell, many produce compounds that show ...

Researchers found that some orchids abandon photosynthesis and feed on fungi when conditions allow. Instead of relying on ...

Most orchids live in a symbiotic relationship with fungi in their roots: The plants provide sugar they produce through ...

Learn more about the marine fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up Hawai’i’s beaches.

This innovative approach enabled them to uncover a rich tapestry of bacteria and fungi present in diverse food types. About 65% of the samples came from dairy products, 17% from fermented ...