Fungus can do a lot for us — make bread, make beer and cure infections, in the case of penicillin. But when the fungus infects us, well, that’s not nearly as much fun as beer. From your head to your ...

Plants and animals. Flora and fauna. While these phrases are familiar, they don't contain another kingdom of organisms crucial to local habitats. These life-forms are neither plants nor animals.

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee supply ...

Farmers and nursery managers often use fungicide is to tackle plant rust disease, but we need to find ways to decrease our ...

Some forest fungi tear down and reuse their own threadlike networks, potentially reshaping how forests store carbon over time ...

Those unsightly patches of brown and yellow forming in your lawn may not be your pet’s fault. They’re more than likely a sign that your yard is suffering from the dreaded lawn fungus. Lawn fungus can ...

Clitocybe are fungi that form a mycorrhiza: a symbiosis with a tree in which the fungal filaments are in contact with the fine root system of the plant. When trees and soil fungi form close ...