by Mary Elizabeth Banning, a self-taught mycologist who studied fungi in her home state of Maryland for four decades.Credit...New York State Museum, Albany, N.Y. Mushrooms in 19th-century ...

Experienced in nature observation, Wijeweera suspected this wasn’t just another garden fungus. He turned to plant identification apps, but it was not possible to identify the mushroom.

The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the 'zombie fungus' cordyceps infecting humans by releasing air-borne spores, instead of through tentacles -- closer ... Antibiotic Exposure in ...

Unlike known compounds in this family, mandimycin binds to a novel target in the fungal cell membrane and is therefore active against a range of pathogens that are resistant to related compounds.

For as long as plants have lived on land, fungi have sustained them. Beneath every giant sequoia, every wheat stalk, every black-eyed Susan, hidden webs of filigreed mycelia permeate the plants’ roots ...

In a world first, mushrooms will be grown in space by Australian food company FOODiQ Global. Researchers aim to analyse the effects of micro-gravity on the growth and nutritional content of oyster ...

NASA considering a number of designs for its future Mars colonists, from 3D-printed habitats to structures grown from mushrooms ... architecture - the use of fungi as building blocks.

A bacterium makes a molecule that kills drug-resistant fungi in an unusual way — by targeting various phospholipid molecules in membranes. Read the paper: A polyene macrolide targeting ...

A dangerous, drug-resistant fungus is spreading rapidly through hospitals and senior care facilities across the U.S., prompting growing concern among public health officials. The yeast ...

Under the plan, a small box containing substrate — the material used to grow mushrooms — and mycelium — the root-like structure of fungus — will be stowed on board SpaceX's Dragon capsule.