Fungi have been around for many millions of years, with the incremental process of evolution honing and improving their survival skills through the millennia. Now, Binghamton University researchers ...

Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal infections can also send long hyphae into the body that are extremely difficult to ...

A new time-lapse captures mycorrhiza in motion at a sub-cellular level for the first time. Dr Jennifer McGaley explains how ...

Genomes contain the complete library of information required to build and maintain a living organism—the figurative blueprints of life. In eukaryotes, genomes are stored in the nuclei, where they are ...

Mycorrhizal fungi form mutualistic associations with the majority of terrestrial plants, extending their hyphal networks into soil matrices and orchestrating fundamental modifications to soil ...

Moss is usually thought of as one of nature's simplest plants. It carpets rocks, clings to tree trunks and quietly survives ...