Those toadstools, puffballs, earth-stars and other fungi springing up now can alarm gardeners. Digging out fungi or applying ...

A new study found that oak trees in Boston have a greater number of "bad" microbes, like pathogens and plant decomposers, ...

Urban trees are essential to the health of cities and their residents: they cool neighborhoods, filter pollution from the air ...

Trees rely on a network of fungal friends for good health. Mycorrhizal (from the Greek “myco” fungus, and “rhizae” root) fungi occur naturally, and help trees in many ways. The fungi help the trees ...

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 ...

On the surface, trees may look stationary, but underground their roots -- aided by their fungal allies -- are constantly on the hunt and using a surprising number of strategies to find food, according ...

Fungi may help some tree-killer beetles turn a tree’s natural defense system against itself. This fungi-made perfume might explain why bark beetles tend to swarm the same tree. As climate change makes ...

That s because the fridge in his laboratory is home to mycorrhizal fungi, a little-known but remarkably effective biological fertilizer. Kernan, a pioneer in the field of fungal research, is the head ...

More than one-third of the world’s tree species, from tropical magnolias to mountainous pines, are at risk of extinction. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature issued this stark ...

Research finds that fungus carried by ambrosia beetles works together with a second fungus to cause fig wilting disease. "A combination of the ambrosia beetle and its fungi may lead to symptoms of fig ...

This finding exposed a hidden carbon transfer. The fungi fed on deadwood, absorbed its carbon, and passed it to orchids. In ...