Historic Outbreaks of Coffee Wilt Disease Linked to Gene Transfer from Another Fungus Dec. 5, 2024 — The fungus that causes coffee wilt disease repeatedly took up segments of DNA from a related ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners reveal their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2024. An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has ...

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.

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 ...

While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate spiders’ behavior–and turn them into “zombies.” The fungus named ...

Fungal nail infections are called onychomycosis. Many types of fungi can cause nail infections, but some common types include Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton interdigitale. Fungi are ...

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

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 ...

“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 ...

White matter and other changes around the toenails and fingernails can occur with psoriasis or nail fungus. However, fungal infections are contagious, and psoriasis is not. The causes and ...

Like many microbes, there are helpful fungi and harmful fungi. When harmful fungi invade the body, they can be difficult to kill, as they can survive in the environment and re-infect the person ...

By James Poniewozik From “The Last of Us” to athlete’s foot commercials, fungus does not have the best of reputations on television. But what if it could save us all? “Common Side Effects ...