Microbes play a crucial role in maintaining the levels of many nutrients in our environment, but warming could disrupt their function in certain cycles.

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ...

Can fungi influence the weather? Turns out, they just might. An international group of researchers that includes Virginia ...

A rare species of pink fungus has been recorded in the UK for the first time. The pale pink, fairy club fungus, known as Clavaria calabrica, was found during a waxcap watch survey in Somerset during ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

The researchers discovered a hidden world of life among the roots of Chile's ancient alerce trees. Here's why that's important.

A new study found that chickpeas grown in lunar regolith simulant were able to survive when paired with mycorrhizal fungi and ...

Scientists have developed two powerful molecular tools that reveal how plants and fungi coordinate one of Earth’s oldest biological partnerships.

Scientists grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil, raising the possibility that astronauts could one day grow crops on future ...

Ancient alerce trees may shelter entire underground ecosystems, with vast fungal networks helping forests cycle nutrients and store carbon.

Texas scientists test using fungi and earthworms to turn toxic, abrasive moon dirt into soil capable of growing crops.

Scientists have grown chickpeas in simulated moon dirt—raising the possibility that future astronauts could one day harvest ...