The structural properties in the mycelium of a common soil mold show promise in biomedical applications, such as hydrogels and tissue scaffolding. (Nanowerk News) Fungi are vital to natural ecosystems ...

A "superpowered" fungus engineered at The University of Queensland could be used to extract critical minerals from toxic ...

Researchers have produced the first global map of underground fungal networks, revealing a living web of threadlike ...

Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ...

The endosphere of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)—a cosmopolitan species from the Poaceae family that evolved through human selection and is now one of the most widely cultivated cereals worldwide ...

Marine fungi play key roles in organic matter cycling, yet their distribution across particle size fractions remains understudied. We analyze 18S rDNA data from four size fractions (0.8–5, 5–20, ...

The scale is staggering: researchers estimate that Earth’s topsoil contains about 110 quadrillion kilometers of living fungal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...