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

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

An international research team led by Konrad Meister from Boise State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research has identified a new class ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi drive nutrient flows along ‘trunk routes’ of the network, illuminating the design principles of a symbiotic supply-chain network shaped by millions of years of natural ...

Plants are constantly on guard. Their roots are equipped with molecular alarm systems that detect invading microbes and trigger immune responses. Yet beneficial soil fungi routinely enter living root ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mediocalcar gemma-coronae, an orchid recorded in Indonesia this year. Andre Schuiteman / RBG Kew In 2024, researchers at the Royal ...

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2025. From "camouflaged" plants to ...

Because of its physical characteristics, mycelium can be used to bind a filler. In this case, a fungus derived from hot springs in Yellowstone is mixed with sugar cane waste to make a flexible, ...

Fungi growing on a tree in a wood in England. Image by © Tim Sandle. Fungi growing on a tree in a wood in England. Image by © Tim Sandle. While considerable ...

A fungus named in honor of Sir David Attenborough is warping the bodies and even minds of spiders in Ireland. Researchers found that many Metellina merianae spiders across Ireland have become infected ...

Researchers have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication in a new study. Using baker's yeast, the researchers discovered that the plant hormone strigolactone (SL) activates fungal genes and ...

Almost all plants live in close symbiosis with so-called mycorrhizal fungi—an important symbiosis for absorbing essential ...