A species of wood-eating fungus didn’t need a brain to pass a cognitive test with flying colors, and researchers say this ...

Seeing mold in plant dirt may be alarming, but it's fairly common. Our guide explains what causes it and includes expert tips ...

This fungus attacks the roots and lower trunks of trees that tend to be weakened from stressors such as drought, soil ...

Those could indicate leaf spot, a fungal disease. Mushy, black ... Root rot and crown rot happen because of either ...

This isn’t because fungi are insignificant; according to the U.N. Decade on Restoration, fungi are important contributors to soil health and soil carbon sequestration, or the process of removing ...

Farmers who acknowledge the interconnected systems of agriculture and ecosystems understand the long-term impacts of soil ...

Some natural home remedies are touted as treatments for fungal infections of the nails, also known as onychomycosis. While the preferred treatment is an oral medication called terbinafine, or the use ...

Fungal genomics is a scientific discipline that concerns the genome, encompassing the entire hereditary information, of fungi. Fungal genomics can, for example, be used to study fungal evolution ...

Whether the same holds true for fungi like Candida albicans (the most common cause of oral thrush) remains unclear. Older studies have shown that C. albicans is salt-tolerant and may be more resistant ...