Cornell scientists have identified a genetic regulator that helps a species of yeast unlock energy from complex sugars, a finding that could support greener manufacturing and new ways to disrupt ...

Mycorrhizal fungi have been supporting life on land for at least 450 million years by helping to supply plants with soil nutrients essential for growth. In recent years, scientists have found that in ...

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered a previously unknown strategy by which certain ...

Rytas Vilgalys' fascination with fungi began when he was a young boy. Little did he know it would lead to a 40-year career at ...

Since time immemorial, plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have coexisted in a mutually beneficial relationship. The fungi colonize plant roots and help them absorb nutrients. In return, plants ...

A new study reveals that Chile’s biggest and oldest Alerce trees (Fitzroya cupressoides) act as biodiversity vaults and ...

A new study--which includes the first large-scale comparison of fungi that cause rot decay--suggests that the evolution of a type of fungi known as white rot may have brought an end to a ...

Cancer tumors contain multiple species of fungi that differ per tumor type, according to a large study led by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the University of California, San ...

Malignant growths contain multiple species of fungi that differ according to the type of the tumor, according to the research, which has just been published in the journal Cell. Unless they are edible ...

Fungi (black) present in human lung cancer tissue (turquoise) but not inside the cells.Lian Narunsky Haziza and Nancy Gavert Cancer tumors contain multiple species of fungi that differ per tumor type, ...