Fungi may not look all that appealing growing on an old, forgotten about piece of bread in the back of your fridge, but up close, these microscopic organisms can be quite eye-catching and even ...

Gardeners are intrinsically tied to the soil that encompasses their garden beds. Where others only see dirt, grass, shrubs, and maybe a few worms, gardeners – especially those who rely on organic ...

Microscopic coprophilous (dung-loving fungi) make our planet habitable by degrading the billions of tons of feces produced by herbivores. But the fungi have a problem: survival depends upon the ...

Farmers from the Dorrigo Plateau are using a microscopic fungus to combat giant Parramatta grass. The fungus, called Nigrospora oryzae, attacks the weed by rotting the crown of the plant. It has had ...

This article is reposted from the old Wordpress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. Cowboys have been lassoing cattle for several centuries, but it turns out that fungi developed the same trick ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a Chinese team of scientists highlights the discovery of well-preserved blue-stain fungal hyphae within a Jurassic fossil wood from northeastern China, ...