Underground fungi may be one of Earth s most powerful and overlooked allies in the fight against climate change, yet most of ...

Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

Most underground fungi remain unknown, and urgent action is needed to study their crucial role in sustaining ecosystems the ...

Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate the Earth's climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that provide plants with ...

Hidden in the seed coat of a common plant, an elusive fungus has finally been found. It may lead to better treatments for ...

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

“We assume that they were formed in a slightly more humid climate,” Passchier said, suggesting that the organisms might have flourished during a wetter period in Earth’s history ...

On Earth, fungi persist as intriguing and ignored life forms ... The hidden capabilities of fungi surpass what beings typically observe as edible mushrooms. Fungi have interesting natural functions, ...

Now, new research suggests Prototaxites — long thought to be a colossal fungus — may have belonged to a completely unknown chapter in the story of life on Earth. Not a plant, not an animal ...