About 80% of people have the fungus Candida albicans in their gut. Although most of the time it persists unnoticed for years, ...

In ecosystems around the world, fungi play crucial roles in supporting plant life. Their ability to form connections between ...

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd ...

A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human ...

About 80% of people have the fungus Candida albicans in their gut. Although most of the time it persists unnoticed for years ...

We've all heard of Vermont's state mushroom: the bear's head tooth. But are you familiar with these three fungi species ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years.

The Last of Us zombie fungus hijacked minds even as early as dinosaur era, scientists find Fungal fossils trapped in amber reveal insights about parasite’s early host shifts ...

A groundbreaking study from Michigan State University (MSU), recently published in Nature Communications, has revealed how the multidrug-resistant superfungus Candida auris uniquely reconstructs ...

The word "fungus" may inspire visions of an unwanted growth under your nail or maybe even of a pizza topping before thoughts of a thriving ecosystem. But fungi are a remarkably diverse group of ...