In filamentous fungi septation occurs during both vegetative growth and conidiation. New results recently published in Eukaryotic Cell now indicate that in Neurospora crassa these two septation ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Aspergillus fumigatus culture, showing conidia, high power.

Telipogon cruentilabrum is one of four new rare and spectacular Telipogon species described in 2025 by Dr Carlos Martel, Research Fellow at Kew and his Peruvian and Ecuadorian colleagues, including ...

Rice blast is caused by the ascomycete fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and is the most serious disease of cultivated rice. The fungus is genetically tractable, has a sequenced genome and is experimentally ...

The fungus Corynespora cassiicola is an important pathogen that causes necrotic lesions in several plant species. Saprophytism and parasitism habits of plants are common survival strategies for this ...