They created a time-calibrated phylogenetic tree, which is essentially a map showing when different groups of fungi arose and diverged - creating more diversity. Although this history extends well ...

"Fungi are essential for all terrestrial ecosystems. They confer all kinds of benefits to plants, from salt tolerance, heavy metal tolerance, disease resistance," Honan said. "Basically ...

Instead, the group of fungi partisans celebrating Halloween ... But its members are hoping to change that. After all, fungi are genetically more closely related to humans than other stalwarts ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even possible ...

“And so we seem to have cooked out the fungal pathogens.” Without fungi to aid in decomposition, all life in the forest would soon be buried under a mountain of dead plant matter. “[Fungi ...