Researchers from N.C. State and the University of Colorado have developed a statistical model that allows them to tell where a dust sample came from within the continental United States – based on the ...

In a recent article published in the journal Cell, researchers found fungal deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and cells at low abundances across many human cancers, with cancer type-dependent variations in ...

Some fungi live up to 2,500 years thanks to an internal system that eliminates harmful cells and prevents genetic mutations.

Abundance, richness, and diversity of fungi in Urtica dioica roots for the three primer pairs tested fITS7/ITS4, gITS7/ITS4, and 5.8S-Fun/ITS4-fun (Ta = 57 °C), the addition of PNA clamps (+PNA) and ...

Simply put, fungi form the bedrock of our ecosystems, and, without them, life as we know it would collapse. Yet, despite an extraordinary recent upsurge in public enthusiasm for this most fascinating ...