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 ...

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 ...

Dwarfing every living thing around them millions of years ago, Prototaxites have long defied scientific classification ...

Stephanie Kivlin received funding from NSF Award #2338421, #1936195 and DOE Award #DE-FOA-0002392. She is an associate professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at the University of ...

Abstract: This paper presents a technique for macroscopic classification of Aspergillus fungi species. The Aspergillus genus have several species that can be used in agricultural and medical ...

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 ...

‘Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray’ celebrates the beauty and braun of fungi. By Popular Science Team Published Oct 18, 2025 12:00 PM EDT Get the Popular ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or ...

What Do Fungi Eat? What Do Different Types of Fungi Eat? How Do Fungi Eat? How Does What Fungi Eat Impact Other Spe... The fungi kingdom may have more than three million species, including around ...

With the hit HBO series "The Last of Us" returning for Season 2 on April 13, fans captivated by the terrifying concept of a fungal pandemic that turns humans into zombies once again face the question: ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Some 279 fungi species face extinction due to land use change for farming and urbanization, while another 91 species are at risk from agricultural ...