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 ...

Fungi – a scientific kingdom second only in size to the animal one – have a critical role in a range of functions from decomposition, to mammalian digestion to forest regeneration.

Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. These fungi aren’t what you might picture. They are not mushrooms, or brightly coloured growths on tree trunks. Arbuscular ...

Urbanization is reshaping soil microbial communities worldwide, driving an unexpected homogenization of bacterial populations while fungal communities remain more resistant to change. A recent ...