HBO’s adaption of The Last of Us, which aired last year, brought fungi’s pathogenic nature to center stage. The silver screen reputation isn’t without due cause: Fungal infections from invasive ...

Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flies in exchange for pollination, which is the first evidence for nursery pollination in orchids. This ...

Many soil microbes play a vital role in ecosystems, as they help plants access nutrients and water and assist in stress tolerance, such as during drought, and to defend against pathogens. A fungus's ...

Dark clouds loom over a mountain in Gansu, China as a harvester bends over the ground to gather tiny orange stalks sprouting from dead insect-husks. These orange stocks are Cordyceps militaris, a ...

Mammal–fungi interactions encompass a spectrum of ecological processes that underpin nutrient cycling, plant health and forest regeneration. Many terrestrial fungi produce fruiting bodies either above ...

Scientists have discovered how the fungus Eryniopsis lampyridarum manipulates beetles, making them grip flowers and die there to help spread spores to the next generation.