Honey fungus forms an underground network of bootlace-like threads called rhizomorphs, which attack the roots of susceptible plants – usually trees and shrubs. The first signs honey fungus might be ...

Scientists have warned that blueberries could be wiped out a fungus rapidly-spreading worldwide. Caused by a two different strains of fungus, the disease appears as a white powdery mildew on ...

While many traditional Chinese/herbal medicine consumers are drawn to the fungus for its supposed health benefits, my interest lies in a darker side of its harvest: the deadly relationship between ...

In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal effects.

A fungus causing powdery mildew in blueberries has spread from the U.S. to continents like Europe and Asia, threatening crops and increasing fungicide dependence. NC State researchers found that ...

Most fungi don’t handle the heat all too well – for now, at least (Picture: Getty/AP) Don’t worry, there’s next to no chance of this ever happening, scientists have stressed. Any mind ...

Fungi could be used to power batteries in remote regions thanks to a new breakthrough by Swiss researchers. Their fungal battery invention is 3D-printed - with fungal cells mixed into the printing ...

The soil fungus Mortierella alpina produces bioactive molecules called malpinins, which can protect plants from nematodes, offering a potential alternative to harmful chemical pesticides.

Podiatrists are encouraging people to be conscious of the risk of picking up toenail fungal infections this summer. Some podiatrists say they have seen an increase in toenail fungal infections ...

“Mycelium is comparable to the root structure of plants, although fungi are actually not plants,” Dr Loes van Dam, researcher at the Technical University of Denmark, told Euronews Nex ...

Model fungi are commonly studied yeasts, moulds, mushrooms, filamentous or other fungal species chosen for the ease of investigating particular biological phenomena. Research on these fungi ...