A fossilized ant and fly preserved in 99-million-year-old amber have revealed one of the oldest known examples of parasitic ...
New research reveals fungi, not plants, were Earth's first land colonizers, emerging hundreds of millions of years earlier. These ancient fungi partnered with algae, recycled nutrients, and built ...
In his book Entangled Life, scientist Merlin Sheldrake introduces us to vastly underappreciated players in the story of our planet. Fungal species count in the millions—the true number is unknown. And ...
A Scottish company is helping to regrow forests with specially-made mushroom pellets, using the “superpowers” of fungi. Teams ...
A piece of 99 million-year-old amber has revealed a shocking sight. It’s a fly with a zombie fungus growing from its head. Another fossil in the same amber shows a young ant infected by a similar ...
During crop production, fungal plant pathogens cause severe yield losses. Uniform agricultural ecosystems are conducive for the rapid evolution and dissemination of pathogens. The genomes of fungal ...