When you think of improving the soil, you may imagine planting cover crops or utilizing minimal tillage systems that allow ...

In this piece, columnist Ben Miller-Wilson shares a beer with Purdue fungi curator Rabern Simmons. The best part of beer, ...

Fungi may not seem like an obvious power source, but researchers have proven they can offer a sustainable and renewable way ...

But when Blanchette compared the DNA of the fungi discovered at the explorer huts with a database of known species, he found three types of fungi that were clearly distinct from any temperate ...

“Once our immune system goes away, which could handle those types of (fungi), we have so few antifungal drugs to treat fungal infections compared to the myriad of antibiotics that we have to treat ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

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, plants ...