New research presents evidence that algae could have piggybacked on fungi to leave the water and to colonize the land, over 500 million years ago. Scientists think that green algae are plants ...

Introduction to the algae -- Organization of the algal organisms -- Methods of study and nutrition of algae -- Reproduction in algae -- Classification of algae -- Illustrative algal organisms -- ...

MSU scientists have a new proof of concept for a biofuel production platform that uses two species of marine algae and soil fungi. It lowers cultivation and harvesting costs and increases productivity ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...

When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria -- often called blue-green algae -- are usually involved. Mass development of cyanobacteria is bad for water quality. But ...

In a recently published article in the journal Cells, scientists have provided a detailed description of the utility of mannose-specific lectins in preventing coronavirus infections. They have ...

I got my botany degree two years ago, so I could be out of date, but I was taught that Phytophthora was a fungus (14 September, p 9). The Editor replies: • Phytophthora were traditionally ...

An unlikely group of pioneers ultimately made life on land possible -- the fungi. 420 million years ago, a giant feasted on the dead, growing slowly into the largest living thing on land. It belonged ...

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EAST LANSING, Mich -- Scientists think that green algae are plants water-living ancestors, but we are not sure how the transition to land plants happened. New research from Michigan State University, ...

When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria - often called blue-green algae - are usually involved. Mass development of such cyanobacteria is bad for water quality ...