Researchers from the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, have described the symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae that science has largely overlooked until now. The coexistence of ...

The microbial communities found in glacier and snowpack ecosystems are an essential part of cold weather environments. Chytrids, a group of fungi that include well-known frog pathogens, are often ...

Have you ever happened across a body of water completely covered in a mysterious green slime? What first seems like some type of unsettling waterborne disease is simply an algal bloom. Algal blooms ...

Not every biologist is fortunate enough to discover two new species on the very campus where they teach, but Florida Gulf Coast University professor and researcher William Sanders did just that ...

Industry is approaching the plastic pollution problem in varying ways, with some companies turning to plastic alternatives made from unlikely materials, from fungi to algae and grains. Join pioneers ...

Scientists have collected DNA samples of thousands of new fungus species over the past several decades. These fragments of fungal DNA are found nearly everywhere—in soil, decomposing logs, water, and ...

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ability to thrive in the wake of flames The fire-loving fungus Geopyxis, seen ...

If you’re walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. These fungi aren’t what you might picture ...