Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient.

Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi ...

The drought monitor report as of Tuesday, March 11th continues showing a deterioration in conditions. Stafford County and ...

Like most plants, corn growth progresses through three main phases: germination, vegetative, and reproductive stages. During germination, seeds break dormancy when soil temperatures exceed 50°F. They ...

By tracking half a million fungal highways and the traffic flows within them, researchers describe how plants and symbiotic fungi build efficient supply chains. The team built an imaging robot that ...

From bacteria to blue whales, every living being on Earth relies on cell division for growth ... similar to fungi. S. arctica also has a life cycle with a multinucleate stage, where many nuclei ...

The paper S. Fukuda et al., “Trade-off between plasticity and velocity in mycelial growth,” mBio, 12:e03196–20, 2021. Much of a filamentous fungus’s life involves infiltrating organic tissue: weaving ...