According to the first big assessment of the state of the world's fungi, the fungal kingdom is vital to life on Earth. Yet, more than 90% of the estimated 3.8 million fungi in the world are ...

Care must be taken when handling coverslips and microscope slides. Record the microscope images using labelled diagrams or produce digital images. When first examining cells or tissues with low ...

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 ...

Care must be taken when handling coverslips and microscope slides. Record the microscope images using labelled diagrams or produce digital images. When first examining cells or tissues with low ...

The planetary emergency is a complex crisis that requires innovative solutions. We can find some of these solutions in nature. From helping us grow our food to tackling our plastic waste problem, ...

Fungi borrowed bacterial gene again and again ... cell sorter to select spores containing bacteria — which had been labelled with a glowing protein — and propagated only these spores in ...

Fungi used to be overlooked as a low-calorie, low-nutrition food, but in fact many are full of nutrients. According to biochemist and herbalist Martin Powell, many produce compounds that show ...

lucidum indicated on the label." They assert that G. lingzhi is likely the species that is associated with the common names reishi/lingzhi. Based on the genetic diversity of the fungi sold in ...

This award-winning essay from young British science writer Zara Hussan explores the hidden, underground networks of fungi that are silently helping plants and trees to lock away carbon and combat ...

Researchers have now used DNA analysis to uncover just how long ants have been farming fungi, now described in a study published Thursday in the journal Science. It turns out these insects have be ...

Webster added 630 words to its dictionary in 2023. We’d like to suggest one more: “touron.” Moronic tourists have become an unfortunate fact of life in the digital age — you could even say ...