While the growth of these fungal ... fly agaric is a psychoactive mushroom with a long, ritualistic history among Northern European and Asiatic peoples, eventually making its way to the temperate ...

With winter approaching, seasonal illnesses like the flu are already surging. There is another to add to the long list of illnesses to look out for – Valley fever. Cases of Valley fever are ...

You can contract it if you breathe in fungal spores carried by dirt and dust. The fungus, called coccidioides, releases spores when dirt and dust are disturbed. An infection can occur when a ...

You can contract it if you breathe in fungal spores carried by dirt and dust. The fungus, called coccidioides, releases spores when dirt and dust are disturbed. An infection can occur when a person ...

(Mushrooms are probably the best-known fungal fruiting bodies.) The fruiting body's job is to disperse spores, which are like the fungal equivalent of seeds. These spores get dispersed by wind ...

Mildew is another word for mold. Fungi, including molds, produce microscopic, seed-like particles called spores that spread in the air. Mold spores are produced on stalks. There are so many of ...

compared to days without thunderstorms (n = 919 days), daily asthma visits increased from 8.6 to 10 (p < 0.05), and air concentrations of fungal spores doubled (from 1,512 to 2,749/m 3), with ...

Dog fungal infections are caused by fungi, which are living organisms that spread in the environment by producing spores. Most commonly, fungi live in the soil. The spores that infect dogs are ...

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