Bacteria aren’t the only microorganisms living in our guts. Fungi, parasites, viruses, and archaea all live there, too—and scientists are finding that all of them together have an effect on ...

Fungi may not think, but they can communicate Fungi form distinct networks depending on how food sources are arranged.

This discovery has pretty big implications, both for our understanding of fungi and our understanding of how life was starting to form all those years ago.

Flora. Fauna. Funga. The case for fungi to be considered their own kingdom within the natural world was simple: Without them, much of life as we know it on this planet—starting with the ability ...

New research “provides pretty compelling evidence there may be rare fungi within tumors,” an expert says. But “assuming they really are there, then why are they there?” ...

Does fungus think? A curious new study from researchers at Tohoku University and Nagaoka College has provided food for thought, as it showed that the activity of a wood-decaying fungus changed ...

Though scientists identified more fungi than expected, it’s still a trace amount. “Finding the fungi is like looking for a needle in a haystack,” Bhatt tells Stat News.

The new Book of Fungi, by Peter Roberts and Shelley Evans, is a couple of kilograms worth of beautiful mushroom book. The lurid photographs and enticing, offhandedly witty descriptions make the ...

11 Colorful Mushrooms and Other Fabulous Fungi These strange and pretty mushrooms look straight out of Willy Wonka.

Tasmania's colourful fungi are putting on a show only in the state's dampest corners after a dry summer and autumn. A fungi enthusiast shares some species to look for when the conditions are right.

Fossilized Poop Reveals How Extinct, Flightless Birds Helped Spread New Zealand’s Colorful Fungi The upland moa was likely drawn to the fungi because of their resemblance to berries, scientists ...