A new study published in Ecology Letters has uncovered the mechanisms underlying plant community assembly and biodiversity ...

Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic ...

Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the ...

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of fungi—and easy to understate how little we know about them. Scientists have described a little over 100,000 different species, while estimating that there ...

ST. PAUL — University of Minnesota researchers say they’ve discovered several naturally occurring parasitic fungi that could be weaponized against emerald ash borers, the invasive beetles responsible ...

Fungi’s unique traits have driven breakthroughs in recent years, from diapers to electronics. At first glance, it looks like any ordinary diaper—one of the tens of billions dumped in landfills each ...

A fungus (plural: fungi) is a type of eukaryotic organism belonging to the kingdom Fungi, alongside plants, animals, protozoa, and monera. Fungi are incredibly diverse, with commonly encountered forms ...

Utilizing a filamentous fungus in the gut microbiome may provide a new strategy for treating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Researchers have developed an innovative method ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Some 279 fungi species face extinction due to land use change for farming and urbanization, while another 91 species are at risk from agricultural ...

Fungi, especially filamentous fungi, are a relatively understudied, biotechnologically useful resource with incredible potential for commercial applications. These multicellular eukaryotic organisms ...

The bacteria of the family Desulfobulbaceae are like living electric cables—they can conduct electrons over centimeter-scale distances along their filamentous structures. These electric currents can ...