A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.

A lot of people have noticed a sudden occurrence of large white mushrooms showing up in their lawns — seemingly overnight. The mushrooms often form a large circular pattern like a giant hula hoop.

Fungi have been around for many millions of years, with the incremental process of evolution honing and improving their survival skills through the millennia. Now, Binghamton University researchers ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

Two petri dishes side by side. In the left dish, there are three beige circles of fungus. In the right dish, there are three smaller circles of fungus with large brown spots in the centers. Through ...

As British Columbia faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, new research at UBC is revealing the hidden helpers at work ...

Despite the ecological significance of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, little is known about the abiotic and biotic factors driving their diversity and community composition. To determine the relative ...