A walk through a forest is a treat for the senses. Just stop and look, listen, and touch what is around you. The sunlight ...

The understudied mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems and may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate change. Though invisible on the surface of the desert, ...

Hundreds of tubes of soil pack a row of fridges and a nearby cold room at a greenhouse facility in Lawrence, Kansas. They’re nothing much to look at, but under a microscope, tiny beads within the dirt ...

What spoils our crops, kills about six times more people than malaria every year and is breathed in by each of us every single day? It’s not a virus or bacteria, but something even more formidable: ...

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...

Biologist and Director of the Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Ricardo Rozzi, teaches tourists and other scientists about moss, linchen and fungus at the Omora Etnobotanical Park in Puerto ...

CU Boulder researchers demonstrate how knowledge gaps hinder conservation efforts Over the past century, conservationists have become more effective in sounding the alarm about species at risk of ...

Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses what could be responsible for the next pandemic. Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses what could be responsible for the next pandemic. The Open Mind is available to ...

‘Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray’ celebrates the beauty and braun of fungi. By Popular Science Team Published Oct 18, 2025 12:00 PM EDT Image: Photo by Stephen Axford. Get the Popular Science ...

Mycologist Larry Millman is on a mission to record the fungi at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge. He’s one discovery away ...