As British Columbia faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, new research at UBC is revealing the hidden helpers at work ...

While it may be the reason behind tires skidding, pipes bursting, and closed roads making traffic a nightmare, ice doesn’t always form as easily as it seems. It often gets an assist from proteins made ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals ...

The largest organism is the Armillaria ostoyae, also known as the "humongous fungus." The fungus covers 2,385 acres and is 8,650 years old, weighing 35,000 tons. Experts suggest that other organisms ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are among the most critical soil organisms, they form symbiotic associations with roots that helps many plants species to thrive. This spore of the arbuscular mycorrhizal ...

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

When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise from the ashes is usually a fungus - one of several species that cannot complete its life cycle in the absence of fire. Scientists have ...

Lichens were already widespread more than 410 million years ago, according to a new international study that identifies a ...

One of the oldest evolutionary relationships on planet Earth is also the least understood: the connection between plants and fungi. Specifically, we’re talking about mycorrhizal fungi, which have ...

Maybe it’s all coincidence. Maybe it’s the mild and damp air at this time of year. Maybe it’s just part of the newfound interest in the subject of mycology. But whatever the reason, recently there ...

Fungi may not seem like an obvious power source, but researchers have proven they can offer a sustainable and renewable way to generate electricity. Through a blend of microbiology, materials science, ...