What kind of animal transports the seeds of the world’s smallest fruit-bearing plants?
Novel seed dispersal system of a mushroom-like non-photosynthetic plantCredit: Kenji Suetsugu Balanophora have some of the smallest fruits among angiosperms, ...
Tag: Mycology
A phylogenetic analysis reveals the evolution of the mitochondrial calcium transporter
Credit: IRB Barcelona The system that regulates cellular calcium levels duplicated, generating two non-equivalent systems, some one billion years ago ...
A 40-year journey leads to a new truffle species
Credit: Joyce Eberhart CORVALLIS, Ore. - As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma ...
New species of fungus sticking out of beetles named after the COVID-19 quarantine
Credit: André De Kesel A major comprehensive study on Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales, two orders of unique ectoparasitic fungi associated with ...
Genetically similar fungi cause severe infections in different hospitals
Present in the human digestive tract, species of Candida can cause bloodstream infections in patients in hospital intensive care units; ...
Microbiologists clarify relationship between microbial diversity and soil carbon storage
UMass Amherst study finds more diverse soils did perform better, but drought stress is a limiting factorCredit: UMass Amherst/Luiz A. ...
Weather-based decisions may reduce fungicide sprays on table beets
Credit: Sarah J. Pethybridge, Sandeep Sharma, Zachariah Hansen, Julie R. Kikkert, Daniel L. Olmstead, and Linda E. Hanson A plant ...
Researchers discover hybrid fungus involved in lung infections
This is the first time Aspergillus latus has been found in a hospital; the species is more drug-resistant than its ...
Fungal pathogen disables plant defense mechanism
The white mold fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum detoxifies the mustard oil bomb in plants of the cabbage familyCredit: Anna Schroll Cabbage ...
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
Credit: Angelina Tittmann, IGB When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria - often called ...
Bizarre new species discovered… on Twitter
Credit: Derek Hennen While many of us use social media to be tickled silly by cat videos or wowed by ...
Microalgae food for honey bees
Credit: Vincent Ricigliano, ARS-USDA BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, May 11, 2020--A microscopic algae ("microalgae") could provide a complete and sustainably sourced ...
Common soil fungus could be ally in organic corn growers’ fight against pests
Credit: Nick Sloff A common soil fungus might be enlisted as a powerful partner by corn producers to suppress pests ...
Spores, please!
Gypsy moth larvae love poplar leaves infected by fungiCredit: Franziska Eberl, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Black poplar leaves ...