Although every breath we take contains thousands of fungal spores, these spores do not trigger an immune response. Latgé and colleagues, writing in a recent issue of Nature, show that the surface ...

Spore formation occurs in a sporangium, which consists of a mother cell that contains an inner cell (forespore) that eventually forms the mature spore. Spore-coat components are synthesized inside ...

A small amount of glittering spore powder left behind by Floating Fungi. Seems that a sneeze is all it takes for this powder to vanish without a trace. Powered by The Fungal Spores is a One Star ...

A special enzyme on the surface of the fungal spores—glycosylasparaginase—apparently suppresses the release of ...

The species (Gibellula attenboroughii) forces reclusive arachnids into exposed areas, likely to benefit the dispersal of spores, researchers report January 24 in Fungal Systematics and Evolution.

Brook, PhD, Richard T. Burnett, PhD In contrast to our findings for fungal spores, we were unable to detect an association between emergency asthma visits and weeds, grasses, or trees. The ...

NORTHERN IRELAND (WKRC) - A recent study discovered a new species of fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into spore-spreading zombies. The researchers behind the study, which was ...

causing zombie-like effects similar to the zombie-ant fungus. It alters spider behavior to spread spores before killing the host. The fungus is host-specific, posing no threat to humans ...