A rogue mushroom is ripping through North American forests, after escaping from cultivation. As it runs riot, mushroom ...

A new study from Kiel University shows how the massive exchange of mobile genetic elements between fungi can impair their effectiveness against insects and ticks. Microbial fungi, such as the genus ...

Antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs are designed to affect the human brain. But after they enter the water system in ...

Aspergillus fungus can cause economic damage to crops and dangerous infections in people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fungi may have been Earth’s first ecosystem engineers, thriving more than a billion years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Fungi live ...

Credit: Boris Vinatzer Fungi may hold a little-known key to ice formation in clouds. Can fungi affect the weather? It may sound unlikely, but new research suggests they just might. An international ...

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ...

Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia have described two new species of fungi, Peziza austroechinospora and Peziza meridionalis with the assistance of DNA sequencing, highlighting ...

NEW YORK - Fungi are so prominent they have their own kingdom, just like plants and animals. Kingdom fungi includes mold, yeasts and mushrooms. While on the path to a more sustainable future, ...

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

Del. Charlie Schmidt's bill aimed to create the Virginia Fungi Task Force — a panel of scientists, environmentalists and ...