During the heart of winter, the growing season might be something of an afterthought for the casual local gardener. But for ...

According to Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023” report, three out of four undescribed plants are threatened ...

Truffle cultivators are becoming increasingly common across Appalachia and the southeast region, and say the climate and soil ...

How a Broader Understanding of the, Fungi Kingdom, Is Inspiring Innovation. 'The Guardian' recently highlighted the amazing ...

A third person has died in a rash of poisonings from wild, foraged mushrooms in California, health officials report.

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi in 2025, many already threatened. New DNA tools are speeding discovery as habitat ...

Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at ...

Cereals have natural resistance genes that can protect them from disease-causing fungi. However, certain fungi, such as powdery mildew, are known to be able to overcome such resistance. A team at the ...

Golden oyster mushrooms, native to Asia, were brought to North America around the early 2000s. They’re part of an international mushroom culinary craze that has been feeding into one of the world’s ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...