The fungi can’t survive without carbon, and the plants produce plenty of carbon through photosynthesis. The plants need water ...

Since time immemorial, plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have coexisted in a mutually beneficial relationship. The fungi colonize plant roots and help them absorb nutrients. In return ...

India is also embracing this fungi frenzy, with farms cultivating medicinal varieties. Mushrooms are drawing the elite whose obsession with adaptogens has been shaping the global market for ...

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For newcomers, the story revolves around a pandemic caused by the Cordyceps fungus, turning people into terrifying, zombie-like creatures. While some describe these infected humans as similar to ...

Galen Rowell / Corbis Since there are 100,000 known fungus species, it might not seem all that remarkable that Robert Blanchette may have discovered three new ones. But he found the fungi where no ...

In some fungi and in two species of bacteria it was shown also that exposure to 10 atm. pressure of pure oxygen completely suppressed the growth of the organisms. However, unlike the tissues of ...

New Plant Molecule Encourages Plant-Fungi Symbiosis to Improve Crops Apr. 14, 2025 — Scientists use small peptides to enhance symbiosis between plants and fungi, offering a sustainable ...

This large heron is found in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas, particularly in northeast India. This bird of tall grasslands is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. Found in Assam, the marsh ...

The breakthrough, published April 16 in Cell Reports Physical Science, uses scaffolds made from fungal mycelium — thread-like structures that fungi use to spread. These scaffolds are mineralized ...

In a new study, the researchers identified a key molecule produced by plant roots, a small peptide called CLE16, that encourages plants and beneficial soil fungi to interact with each other. They say ...