The IUCN warns that over 400 fungi species face extinction due to deforestation, pollution, and climate change.
Many of the fungi of the genus Piloderma are among the most common fungal species in Sweden. They are associated with trees in a form of symbiosis called mycorrhiza, where they help their hosts ...
The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, ...
A pattern of heavy winters and dry summers left the nearly 90-year-old tree susceptible to a particular type of fungus. Caretakers gave treatments to halt the infection, but to no avail.