HBO’s The Last of Us might be a dystopian thrill ride, but how real is its core concept that a fungus could hijack the human ...

You might not be able to salvage that fuzzy green loaf, but you can take steps to slow down the spoilage for next time.

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If your toilet bowl is full of persistent mold, be sure to dehumidify the space, keep air circulating, and clean and flush ...

As the snow melts and spring emerges in fits and bursts, many homeowners across Moose Jaw are greeted by a familiar and unwelcome visitor: snow mould. This tough fungus, which thrives under the snow's ...

Watch nutrients flow through an underground circulatory system that connects fungi and plants ... “The fact that they figured out a method to map those networks, I think it's going [to] open ...

The study, however, found one different type of mold inside the cafeteria ... Follow-up sampling after remediation did not detect that fungus, and other fungal counts also “had been lowered ...

Public domain image by goldfjnch via iNaturalist. Mushrooms, yeasts and mould are all different examples of fungi. While these organisms have characteristics of both plants and animals, they’re part ...

But St. Pauls Bay doesn’t quite fit that mold. The spherules are irregular ... For now, scientists are mapping the local geology, hoping to match the rock’s chemistry with the dark layers ...