Plants and animals. Flora and fauna. While these phrases are familiar, they don't contain another kingdom of organisms crucial to local habitats. These life-forms are neither plants nor animals.

Fungus can do a lot for us — make bread, make beer and cure infections, in the case of penicillin. But when the fungus infects us, well, that’s not nearly as much fun as beer. From your head to your ...

Walking around the Wayne National Forest, you can see mushrooms growing on the sides of logs or from the ground. Molly Jo Stanley, southeast Ohio regional director for the Ohio Environmental Council, ...

Or that different types of cancers would harbor different types of fungus? Or that the DNA of these fungi could be detected in the blood and possibly used to identify specific cancers, and maybe even ...

Soil is a medium that can't grow without sufficient nutrients. Fungi are microscopic cells that usually grow as long threads or strands call hyphae. Hyphae interacts with soil particles, roots and ...

Cell division is one of the most fundamental processes of life. From bacteria to blue whales, every living being on Earth relies on cell division for growth, reproduction, and species survival. Yet, ...

Researches say newly discovered kinds of fungus could be a key tool in the fight to keep man-made plastics and toxic chemicals out of rivers and oceans. In a newly published study from Texas A&M ...

Researchers investigating the nasal microbiota of people who have asthma and allergic rhinitis found they have different fungi in their noses when compared to others. This suggests new targeted ways ...