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 ...

Psilocybin must be useful in some way to the fungi. In fact, it may be so useful that it has evolved this mind-altering ...

Nov. 19—ANDERSON — With each step hikers take along the trails of Indiana's state forests, they're coming closer than they realize to a vast microbial network that some scientists believe could play a ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The fascinating, complex world of fungi is enabling breakthroughs in ...

I fear that we have a rather indelicate subject for our column this week and it’s not even a plant. It’s a fungus, of course, and something everybody knows about fungi: they happen. The fungi are an ...

Metarhizium robertsii, a pathogenetic soil-dwelling fungus, infects a variety of insects through spores that eventually kill them. Scientists have known that the fungus can spread when a healthy bug ...

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Jan. 29 (UPI) --Like most lichen, reindeer lichen can reproduce both sexually and asexually, by sending out spores or simply cloning themselves. Previously, researchers assumed reindeer lichen, ...