Coccidioides includes fungi that cause valley fever (SN: 11/29/21). Wildfires have been linked to a rise in valley fever cases in recent years ( SN: 4/13/21 ). Coccidioidomycosis cases, then vs. now ...

Poroid Fungi of North America, by Leif Ryvarden, offers a necessary, updated account of these fungi, building on the foundational work of the original two-volume North ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the type of trees affected by Phanerochaete velutina. A species of wood-eating fungus didn’t need a brain to pass a cognitive test with ...