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

The secret behind the world’s most expensive fungus Posted: October 21, 2025 | Last updated: October 21, 2025 Truffles are ...

Lichens were already widespread more than 410 million years ago, according to a new international study that identifies a ...

From cognitive health to plant-based texture, mushrooms and mycelium are branching out across food and beverage categories.

Beneath our feet, an unseen kingdom is constantly at work. Fungi break down wood, leaves and mulch into nutrients that plants ...

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

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

Twenty-two people in a broad spectrum of the arts and sciences were awarded the fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 stipend. By Michaela Towfighi Every new show comes with a lingering sense of ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...

MUNISING, MI -- The changing seasons open up a window for funky fungi to take hold as trees decay and new life blooms on the fallen trunks. In the Upper Peninsula, park rangers at Pictured Rocks ...

Nearly 100 million years ago, a droplet of tree resin captured a gruesome scene: a fungus bursting out of the body of an ant pupa. This amber fossil suggests that the fungus famous for its ability to ...