An international research team led by Konrad Meister from Boise State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research has identified a new class ...

Can fungi influence the weather? Turns out, they just might. An international group of researchers that includes Virginia ...

Fungi have quietly shaped the trajectory of human civilization, from the diets of Paleolithic foragers to the beer in modern glasses and the experimental psychiatric drugs now in clinical trials. The ...

Of course, Costco is known for selling bulk commodity goods at affordable pricing. But the big box retailer can also be an ...

Are mushrooms vegetarian or non-vegetarian? The question often comes up because mushrooms are fungi, not plants. Here's the science behind mushrooms and why they are usually considered vegetarian food ...

A University of Arizona study finds scientists are discovering 16,000 new species annually — and DNA tools may reveal ...

There may be a fungus on your future bill of materials if mushroom-based memristors become a viable memory element.

In the world of stone fruit, blossom blight and brown rot are a gut punch for peach growers. These diseases don’t just ...

Abstract: Fungal infections present a significant health problem worldwide, and the symptoms range from superficial to systemic. These infections characteristically cause high morbidity and mortality.

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus. Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist at ...

A Chinese researcher who smuggled a crop-killing fungus dubbed “vomitoxin” into the US has been deported, officials announced Monday. Yunqing Jian, 33, who once worked for the University of Michigan, ...