As British Columbia faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, new research at UBC is revealing the hidden helpers at work underneath the ash. Assistant professor Dr. Monika Fischer studies ...

Soil microbes benefit plants by helping with nutrient uptake and disease resistance. Modulating these communities of bacteria ...

While experts say humans will not turn into zombies from the fungus, the World Health Organization says fungal threat to human health is growing.

Ethanol is the most common ingredient in the hand rubs that we use to sanitise our hands in hospitals and in homes; it is ...

Abstract: Remote sensing-based classification of crops is the foundation for the monitoring of food production and management. A range of remote sensing images, encompassing spatial, spectral, and ...

This comprehensive review, published in the Journal of Fungi, presents new knowledge on the taxonomy, distribution, and ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that ...

A B.C. innovation originally designed for astronauts’ diets is now appearing on the dinner tables of many families in need. Maia Farms, a Vancouver-based food tech company, recently launched a ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Foragers have been harvesting wild mushrooms in what is now Pennsylvania and the rest of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region for centuries, but the extent and specifics of the practice ...