In an article featured in Science China Earth Sciences, researchers from Tianjin University elucidate the coupling relationship between soil fungi and reactive minerals in ecosystems by utilizing ...

Homeowners are warned about the dangers of honey fungus, a parasitic infection that can devastate trees and shrubs in domestic gardens. The fungus, scientifically known as Armillaria, attacks and ...

LAWRENCE —A burgeoning billion-dollar industry woos farmers and gardeners with promises of achieving better, more environmentally friendly harvests through symbiotic fungi that bond with plant ...

Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scientists have now identified a soil fungus called Mortierella alpina that produces ...

CeraMax contains the active ingredient Natamycin, a biological molecule produced by soil bacteria that prevents soil-borne ...

The Ophiocordyceps sinensis – colloquially called caterpillar fungus or “Himalayan gold” – it can fetch astronomical prices ...

For a long time, soil was all but ignored. But for years, the valuable humus layer has been thinning. Farmers in Brandenburg ...

According to various medical and veterinary websites, blastomycosis, a dangerous fungal infection, is caused by breathing in ...

Fungus gnats are small black flies, also known as sciarid flies, mushroom flies and mycetophilids. They are a very common pest, especially when plants are grown in pots of soil-free compost. In fact, ...