Athlete’s foot is commonly associated with sports and athletes because the fungus grows perfectly in warm, moist environments, such as socks and shoes, sports equipment, and locker rooms.

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 ...

It contained instant noodles topped with pieces of chicken thigh and chicken luncheon, chicken meatballs, cheese tofu, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, black fungus, corn ribs, nai bai, cherry ...

Naaz made it his mission to reduce plastic use in our daily lives. Naaz sells 1,000 items made from corn husk daily. As an MTech teacher at the time, he was used to solving complex problems. But this ...

What comes of this is a series that ultimately abandons any sense of intrigue it once had, and skins its characters alive until they become husks of the intriguing people they once appeared to be. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.