Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

Although many of us spend allergy season cursing out plant pollen, spores from mold and other fungi also deserve some of that ...

Fungi talk? Rethinking intelligence and consciousness If fungi can indeed communicate using a vocabulary-like system, it challenges our traditional definitions of intelligence and consciousness.

A new study tracks the proliferation of fungal pathogens among various climate change scenarios—and it’s not good news.

Like their bacterial counterparts, fungi are evolving resistance to the drugs that are meant to fight them. The good news is that more powerful classes of medicines are finally starting to emerge.

Fungi might not have the best reputation but are essential for our survival. With many species at risk, scientists say it's up to humans to help them.

Many of the world’s fungi - the “unsung heroes” of life on Earth - are under threat of extinction, an assessment of risk covering more than 1,300 species has revealed. The finding comes in the latest ...

How do symbioses between plants and fungi develop? How do plants decide whether or not to enter into a partnership with fungi? The team of Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr, director at the Max Planck ...

Swiss researchers claim to have devised a functional living battery powered by the combined efforts of two types of fungi – all in a biodegradable, non-toxic 3D-printed package. I'll give you a ...

Fungi growing on leaves and twigs in the woods that rivers pass through are probably washed into the flowing water (in Plymouth, the river Tamar) and transported via the estuary out to sea.

We may have more in common with fungi than we think New discoveries in the study of fungi cognition could lead to changes in the way we understand human cognition, Money and Fukasawa said.

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 ...