The fungus has another unusual means of spread: Cats can sneeze out infectious yeast, researchers reported in Medical Mycology in 2022. “When the cat’s sneezing, it’s going on the surface, it’s going ...

Dimorphic fungal pathogens are a unique group of organisms capable of switching between two distinct morphological forms—typically a multicellular filamentous mycelium in the environment and a ...

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Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per year, mostly in California and Arizona. Two decades ...