“It’s a pretty exciting time in fungal conservation,” said Allen, mycologist for NatureServe, a hub for biodiversity data ...

The understudied mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems and may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate change. Though invisible on the surface of the desert, ...

These changes represent a major shift in the ecosystem, one that, on a wide scale, could reverberate through the food web.

Biologist and Director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Ricardo Rozzi, teaches tourists and other scientists about moss, linchen and fungus at the Omora Etnobotanical Park in Puerto ...

What spoils our crops, kills about six times more people than malaria every year and is breathed in by each of us every single day? It’s not a virus or bacteria, but something even more formidable: ...

Fungi are emerging as some of the most sophisticated problem solvers on the planet, despite lacking brains, nerves or ...

CU Boulder researchers demonstrate how knowledge gaps hinder conservation efforts Over the past century, conservationists have become more effective in sounding the alarm about species at risk of ...

Some forest fungi tear down and reuse their own threadlike networks, potentially reshaping how forests store carbon over time.

Hundreds of tubes of soil pack a row of fridges and a nearby cold room at a greenhouse facility in Lawrence, Kansas. They’re nothing much to look at, but under a microscope, tiny beads within the dirt ...

Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses what could be responsible for the next pandemic. Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses what could be responsible for the next pandemic. The Open Mind is available to ...

‘Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray’ celebrates the beauty and braun of fungi. By Popular Science Team Published Oct 18, 2025 12:00 PM EDT Image: Photo by Stephen Axford. Get the Popular Science ...