The patches of lichen you've probably seen growing on tree trunks and park benches might be easy to overlook, but they're ...

In general the spores of bacteria, fungi, algae and protists are rarely preserved but ... Modern ferns are homosporous, the diploid (2n) sporophyte plant produces by meiosis haploid (1n) spores in ...

A species of wood-eating fungus didn’t need a brain to pass a cognitive test with flying colors, and researchers say this first-of-its-kind discovery could have broader implications for ...

However, some groups, such as fungi, remain understudied, and the level of risk they face is unknown. This isn’t because fungi are insignificant; according to the U.N. Decade on Restoration, fungi are ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even ...

Animals taken over by zombies no longer control their own bodies or behaviors. Instead, they serve the interests of a master, whether it’s a virus, fungus or some other harmful agent. Those all are ...

INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. WELL, AN INVASIVE FUNGUS THAT IS DEADLY TO BATS HAS NOW BEEN FOUND ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO REGION. THE FUNGUS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO WIPE OUT MILLIONS OF BATS IN NORTH AMERICA.

Instead, they have become “zombies,” controlled by barely visible fungal puppet masters that direct the insects’ behaviors, steering them into optimal conditions for dispersing infectious spores.

A deadly fungus that has devastated bat populations across North America has now been detected in multiple counties throughout California, raising alarms among wildlife officials and conservationists.

Learn more › Bleeding tooth fungus looks like a ghoulish forest crime scene. This type of mushroom called Hydnellum peckii also goes by “devil’s tooth fungus” or the much more pleasant ...

Nicole Hynson In order to grow robust saplings that can bolster the species in the wild, Hynson’s team is wielding an emerging tool in the arsenal of plant conservation: mycorrhizal fungi.