Rhizocore Technologies, a biotechnology company which uses fungi to improve tree growth and survival rates, has secured £4.5 ...

For evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers, Ph.D. ’05, winning a 2025 MacArthur fellowship — “genius grant” — came as a total ...

Discover how a rare mushroom-derived amino acid is emerging as a promising factor in healthy aging, brain protection, and ...

Researchers from the Natural History Museum and Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University (SLCU) have identified a new ...

Consumers are increasingly turning to functional coffee blends infused with adaptogenic ingredients like ashwagandha, ...

Natural History Museum and University of Cambridge researchers have discovered a new species of ancient symbiotic fungus in a ...

Families and fungi fans gathered at Beazell Memorial Forest on Sunday, Nov. 9, for Mushroom Day 2025, a celebration of the ...

1 State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China 2 Key Laboratory of Alien Forest Detection and Control- Heilongjiang Province, College of Northeast ...

GENEVA, March 27 (Reuters) - Nearly a third of species of fungi assessed by an international conservation group are at risk of extinction from threats like deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient. Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” ...

In December 2024, Saad Alghamdi, PhD, an expert in infectious diseases at the Umm axl-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and his colleagues reviewed the role of fungal secondary metabolites ...

Fungi are having a cultural moment, thanks in large part to the horror franchise The Last of Us, in which society has collapsed after an outbreak of a fungal infection that turns humans into violent, ...