WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Mycologists tend to base their evolutionary assumptions about all fungi on the higher fungi such as mushrooms, bread molds and yeasts. But that is a mistake, according to a ...
Shrinking glaciers expose new land in the Arctic, creating unique ecosystems. Researchers studied how microbes colonize these barren landscapes. The study reveals a crucial role for specific fungal ...
Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...
Fungi have been around for many millions of years, with the incremental process of evolution honing and improving their survival skills through the millennia. Now, Binghamton University researchers ...
When you say “fungi,” most people think of mushrooms, showy fruiting bodies, but most fungi do not produce mushrooms. It is estimated that there are approximately 3 to 13 million fungal species on ...
They have poisoned emperors, taken over insect brains and survived atomic bombs. This Dantean journey through fungal hell is riveting – though frogs may disagree ...
When it comes to conserving the world's orchids, not all forests are equal. In a paper to be published Jan. 25 in the journal Molecular Ecology, Smithsonian ecologists revealed that an orchid's fate ...
The study’s authors – researchers Juan Carlos Trejos-Espeleta and Dr. James Bradley, at the study site: the forefield of Midtre Lovénbreen glacier, Svalbard. Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid ...