Fungi are the hidden architects of our ecosystems, acting as everything from helpful partners for plants to aggressive ...

A walk through a forest is a treat for the senses. Just stop and look, listen, and touch what is around you. The sunlight ...

Not all fungi, plants or animals may be considered the earliest giants on earth. The tower of column of trunk-like structures, also known as prototaxites, are found as fossils, dating back to rocks ...

Fungi have been recorded having conversations, with a scientist finding they can communicate with a language similar to that of humans. Over the last decade, researchers have found evidence that ...

From molds and yeasts to the mushrooms we fear and love, fungi are connected to life and death on our planet — but they're often misunderstood. We only know about 10% of the estimated 3.8 million ...

Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) the influence of parasitic fungi on the ...

One of Britain's rarest fungi has been found on an estate in Hertfordshire. The Vaulted Earthstar, scientifically known as ...

Earth's first large land organisms—tree trunk-like beings that stood up to 26 feet tall—weren't early fungi but, rather, ...

In an effort to draw visitors to the Russian River during the winter, the Russian River Chamber of Commerce has teamed with an environmental organization to launch the region’s first-ever ...

It’s no secret that we rely on plants to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Not only does that make it possible for us to breathe, it reduces the amount of the heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the ...

Mycologist Larry Millman is on a mission to record the fungi at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge. He’s one discovery away ...