The soil fungus Mortierella alpina has the potential to make agriculture greener and more sustainable: The fungus produces bioactive molecules called malpinins, which could protect plants from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unlike us humans, the soil fungus Mortierella alpina has long known a natural trick against nematodes: it produces special molecules that make life difficult for its predators. These surface ...

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 ...

Boulder County regenerative farmers and community members gathered Wednesday night to discuss how mushrooms could be used for ...

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

Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, thank a plant! Plants have the superhero-like ability of turning an invisible gas that is in the air all around us – carbon dioxide – into something ...

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, ...