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

In "The Last of Us,' a climate change-powered fungal pandemic nearly destroys humanity. Here's what the show can teach us ...

"These fungi are like an extension of the roots, allowing the plant to explore the soil more widely for nutrients," said Zakaria Lahrach, a Ph.D. student supervised by Hijri. Beyond this plant ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants. A new study shows how these ...

Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a way to make soil fungus work harder, delivering more nutrients to plants.

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

In a new study, the researchers identified a key molecule produced by plant roots, a small peptide called CLE16, that encourages plants and beneficial soil fungi to interact with each other.

Climatic shifts are broadening the geographical reach of many potentially lethal pathogens, such as those borne by mosquitoes ...

Andrej Spec, MD, leads the Invasive Fungal Infections Clinic at WashU Medicine, a globally recognized center that treats ...

Among the many things we could do to reduce strain on the environment is find greener ways of constructing buildings. You see ...

Chin-Hong’s case list is long: a healthy 29-year-old marathon runner from California’s Central Valley whose heart lining was invaded by Coccidioides, a soil-dwelling fungus; a lung transplant ...

Since time immemorial, plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have coexisted in a mutually beneficial relationship.