Tulostoma shaihuludii and an illustration of a ‘Shai-Hulud’ sandworm. Credit: Photo by Péter Finy; illustration by Dániel G. Knapp The researchers were inspired by the…
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Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine explored the role of the fungus Candida albicans in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Through animal models, they found…
Cabbage white caterpillar eating an oilseed rape plant. Credit: Benjamin Fuchs, University of Turku Researchers inoculated rapeseed plants with a speciesA species is a group…
Aspergillus is a type of fungus commonly found in soil and decaying organic matter. While some species of Aspergillus are benign, others can cause infections…
Wheat infected with Fusarium Head Blight: a growing problem in Europe. Credit: University of Bath A new study led by the University of Bath in…
The new findings will be important to the broader study of fungal evolution, particularly how fungi inherit important biotechnological features like enzymes that break down…
The issue with this new yeast fungus is that it is resistant to medicine and is difficult to kill. A New Yeast Fungus Have you…
The fungus Histoplasma, which causes lung infections, was concentrated in the Midwest in the 1950s and 60s (top map), but now causes significant disease throughout…
Hospital patients that are prescribed antibiotics are more likely to get fungal infections because of disruption to the immune system in the gut. Immune-boosting drugs…
A newly discovered protein helps the fungus that causes white mold stem rot in sunflowers and more than 600 other plant species bypass plants’ defenses.…
A study detected unprecedented mortality in the Atlantic Rainforest among tiny frogs that live on land, with signs of infection by chytrid fungus. The episode…
Pacific white-sided dolphins swim off the coast of the Salish Sea. Credit: Matt Whelan, Salish Sea in Focus How a deadly land fungus began killing…
Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and the fossil also represents a new fungal genus…
A team led by the University of Tsukuba has found key differences that explain why some species of fungi can grow successfully through tiny gaps,…
Fluorescence microscopy image illustrating morphology of C. auris. Credit: João Nóbrega Almeida Júnior/UNIFESP Fully occupied intensive care units (ICUs). Physically and mentally exhausted health workers.…
Spores of the fungus that causes Coffee Wilt Disease. Credit: CABI Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how…
The tiny fragments of fungal cells could contribute to asthma, allergic reactions and ice cloud formation. Credit: Michael Lawler / UCI In a discovery that…