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 ...

Biologists have long known mushrooms of the genus Mycena, commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, as fungi that live off of dead trees and plants. New research from the University of Copenhagen ...

Color changes in fungi on cheese rinds point to specific molecular mechanisms of genetic adaptation—and sometimes a tastier cheese Many scientific discoveries are serendipitous—the result of chance.

How a Broader Understanding of the, Fungi Kingdom, Is Inspiring Innovation. 'The Guardian' recently highlighted the amazing and little-understood fungi kingdom. Fungi are spore-producing organisms ...

Moss is usually thought of as one of nature's simplest plants. It carpets rocks, clings to tree trunks and quietly survives ...

How do plants and fungi communicate with each other? This is what a recent study published in Molecular Cell hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated the “language” ...

It is estimated that there are approximately 3 to 13 million fungal species on Earth, many of which are microscopic in size. They live in a range of environments such as in soils, inside the tissues ...