Fingers of a critically endangered fungus will this week be removed from its last sites in Scotland and fixed to trees in three woodlands in…
View More Rare fungus to be moved from Scotland to England in hopes to save speciesTag: Fungi
Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drug
Large numbers of fungi have been found living in the twilight zone of the ocean, and could unlock the door to new drugs that may…
View More Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drugRare mushroom sighting near Bristol spawns native fungi cloning project
Henry Jephson was wandering around the countryside near Bristol during a Covid lockdown when his eye was caught by the ghostly appearance of a lion’s…
View More Rare mushroom sighting near Bristol spawns native fungi cloning project‘For every problem, there is a mushroom with an answer’: overcoming our British fear of fungi
The scene couldn’t be more British. There are picnic blankets, dogs and hungover-looking men shouting at their children. Thanks to recent rain, mushrooms shaped like…
View More ‘For every problem, there is a mushroom with an answer’: overcoming our British fear of fungi‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists say
More than 2m fungi species are waiting to be identified around the world in what scientists have called “a new frontier of discovery” for life…
View More ‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists sayKew Gardens’ Alexandre Antonelli: ‘We may be losing species before we even notice them’
Alexandre Antonelli is director of science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a professor of systematics and biodiversity at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.…
View More Kew Gardens’ Alexandre Antonelli: ‘We may be losing species before we even notice them’Death cap mushrooms: why are they so toxic and how can poisoning be treated?
Three people are dead and one is in a critical condition in a Melbourne hospital from suspected mushroom poisoning after eating a beef wellington pie…
View More Death cap mushrooms: why are they so toxic and how can poisoning be treated?Fungal attacks threaten global food supply, say experts
Fast-rising fungal attacks on the world’s most important crops threaten the planet’s future food supply, scientists have said, warning that failing to tackle fungal pathogens…
View More Fungal attacks threaten global food supply, say expertsParasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil
Scientists believe they have discovered a new parasitic fungus which preys on trapdoor spiders in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest. The rare organism, which is purple, belongs…
View More Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil‘A growing threat to human health’: we are ill-equipped for the dangers of fungal infections
The year is 2003, and a species of Cordyceps fungus has made the leap from ants to humans, transforming its hosts into frenzied, bloodthirsty zombies…
View More ‘A growing threat to human health’: we are ill-equipped for the dangers of fungal infections