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A new study suggests that plants deceive their neighbors using fungi, faking warning signals in order to compete.

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

Laccaic acid, thought to be produced by lac insects, is produced by a symbiont similar to the zombie ant fungus ...

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees. Several different fungi can cause the symptoms we describe as anthracnose.

It started as a home-cooked meal, ended in multiple deaths and a court sentence for Erin Patterson. Here's how the death cap ...

Simon Claringbold picked and ate wild mushrooms from his garden. Days later, he thought he was taking his last breath.

Erin Patterson is now a triple murderer. She armed herself by getting in her red MG to go to a wet footy ground and sniff out ...

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.