"It's a pesky mold that we just don't want bothering our cheesemakers, so they can focus on the good work of making delicious cheese.” The post A mysterious toxic fungus is plaguing the Massachusetts ...

Corn, like every plant, fights back when something breaks in. When a fungus pushes into its tissue, the plant sends out enzymes that chop up proteins, including the ones the intruder secretes.

Scientists have discovered a potential new weapon against a devastating fungus that threatens rice, wheat, and barley worldwide. By engineering a special type of plant immune receptor, researchers ...

In the 1970s and ’80s, frogs in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest began dying off. Researchers have proposed various causes, from ...

Recent investigations have revealed that chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease, was a significant factor in the decline of frog ...

A rare fungus once thought extinct in Britain has been discovered at a wildlife park in Kent. The crown-tipped coral fungus was spotted growing on a fallen log at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury by a ...

Scientists have discovered a giant new fungus in China that grows up to 20 inches tall and weighs nearly five pounds, making it the largest known of its kind. Dubbed “D-rex,” its evolutionary lineage ...

What’s Halloween without a little fun-gi. Arguably the most creepy of all fungi, Xylaria polymorpha can look like decaying ...

A warning this week by researchers at the CDC, about the spread of the potentially lethal fungus across the U.S., highlights the threat of other potentially dangerous fungal pathogens you’ve probably ...

When you keep stag beetles or rhinoceros beetles, there is something that inevitably starts to bother you.That is...fungus ...