When things are not going as they should, our body takes it upon itself to give us some clues or signs of those problems.

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even possible ...

A species of wood-eating fungus didn’t need a brain to pass a cognitive test with flying colors, and researchers say this ...

The idea of trees "talking" to one another through underground fungal networks—the so-called "wood wide web"—has captured the ...

A fungus discovered in the mouse stomach may hold a key to fungal evolution within the gastrointestinal tract, according to ...

Have you ever wondered what the largest living organism on Earth is? Well, you might be surprised to learn that it's not a giant blue whale or a sequoia tree; it's a fungus!