Fungi

The discovery of a powerful “weapon” used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such…

In some orchids, photosynthesis is out and parasitism is in. Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants…

For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming's accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a…

Allergies are on the rise, however, there’s still a great deal we don’t know about what causes them. A new…

Today, carbon-fiber materials are nearly ubiquitous in the industrialized world, found in everything from hockey sticks to passenger airliners. With…

Researchers at the University of Cologne's CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences have identified two fungal enzymes that hijack…

Microfluidic technology has become increasingly important in many scientific fields such as regenerative medicine, microelectronics, and environmental science. However, conventional…

University of Maryland entomologists uncovered a unique relationship between two species of fungi known for their ability to invade, parasitize…