Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. These fungi aren’t what you might picture. They are not mushrooms, or brightly coloured growths on tree trunks. Arbuscular ...

India is also embracing this fungi frenzy, with farms cultivating medicinal varieties. Mushrooms are drawing the elite whose obsession with adaptogens has been shaping the global market for ...

Elusive little brown mushrooms scatter Ithaca’s forest floors, waiting to be discovered by the Fantastic Fungi Fanatics as the weather warms and mushroom-hunting season recommences. FFF ...

Bacterial infections kill almost 8m people a year, and most are associated with resistant bacteria. But in recent years another kind of microbe has displayed worrying levels of resistance ...

On Saturday, 4 October, the Shropshire Fungus Group and Soulton Hall are offering a special, free one-day fungi foray through the enchanting woodlands linked to William Shakespeare’s beloved play.

Fungi are under threat as their habitats are polluted and destroyed. Hundreds of species of fungi have now been added to the latest conservation Red List, but very little is known about millions of ...

These are some examples of fungi doing the recycling job in forests – small and large and colourful. Ear Fungus is often found on dead trunks of trees. This is a weird looking, feeling ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these networks form. 0:10 Researchers are trying to understand the underground ...

Urbanization is reshaping soil microbial communities worldwide, driving an unexpected homogenization of bacterial populations while fungal communities remain more resistant to change. A recent ...

Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to bacteria and viruses, says a new study. Lead author William Hayes, an ecologist at Loma ...

NTU Singapore scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could one day be used to cool down buildings without consuming energy ...