There are many reasons to fear a new fungal pathogen—from the paucity of antifungal drug options to lack of vaccines and diagnostic difficulties in humans, to the potential for catastrophic crop and ...

Many fungi disperse their spores by releasing them from gills or pores into the air, for breezes to carry them away. Insects can carry some fungal spores either inside or outside their bodies, and ...

Airborne fungal spores constitute a significant component of the bioaerosol, influencing both environmental and human health. Recent advances have elucidated how meteorological parameters—such as ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 23, 2008 -- The reproductive spores of many species of fungi have evolved remarkably drag-minimizing shapes, according to new research by mycologists and applied mathematicians ...

Rot development during fruit storage is a problem. Now, metabarcoding may become a tool for detecting fungi that can cause ...

In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal effects. Known as ...

It sounds like something from a Pedro Pascal zombie drama, but the rise of deadly fungal spores has got some in the scientific community running scared. Neither plants nor animals, fungi are “the most ...

The last time Ron Pritchard heard his son Ian's voice was just before Thanksgiving of last year. Then his son was placed on a ventilator. Ian Pritchard, 29, of Boyne City, had come to the emergency ...

Both are caused by fungi, but they are not spreading between these two trees; serviceberries don’t get black knot and plums ...

India is witnessing a surge in fungal infections fuelled by climate change, pollution, and antibiotic misuse. According to ...