When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further ...

If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

Fungi: Key to tree survival in warming forest Date: July 22, 2015 Source: Northern Arizona University Summary: Much like healthy bacteria in one's gut supports health of the human body, fungus in ...

The fungus associated with oyster mushrooms infects birch trees by entering open wounds. It does not colonize healthy trees, according to fungus expert Paul Stamets. Your infected tree should be ...

All mycorrhizal fungi mine soil nutrients and provide them to trees in exchange for carbohydrates from the trees' photosynthesis. But the ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal groups ...

Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots, which could explain malnutrition trends in Europe's trees. Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral ...

Fungi that live on trees perform an important function in the forest ecosystem by breaking down dead wood. This is no easy feat, because wood is very resilient. It is held together by a biopolymer ...

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

These mushrooms are the spore-producing structures of a fungus called Armillaria. The mushrooms are only seen during the cooler wetter days in the fall. Also, the mushroom does not persist very long.

Israeli researchers have found a natural and symbiotic way to expedite the growth of pine trees by involving edible fungi mushrooms in their early years of growth.