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Nature has invented countless types of pointy appendages, and scientists have long sought to explain what makes these ...

Recently, a pair of scientists from the University of Utah determined that Lanmaoa must contain a totally novel psychedelic compound. Colin Domnauer, a mushroom expert and Ph.D. student at the ...

Study models how taper and cross-section shape affect the puncture efficiency and buckling resistance of diverse biological ...

Willis Mitchell’s passion for mushrooms does not go unnoticed. His eyes light up as he enthusiastically explains why he has devoted his life’s work to this remarkable kingdom. During our podcast ...

When the researchers ground up the samples and analyzed them, they found an unexpected type of fungi: mycorrhizal, which is ...

VUB researcher Maarten Ottaway investigated how trees and their invisible underground allies—the fungi—respond to soil ...

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our ...

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

Anticipation for red ripe tomato fruit from the garden builds as soon as the plants go into the ground, raised bed, or ...

Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before ...