How old are they? Some non-photosynthetic orchids consist of dead wood
Credit: Kobe University Botanists have long held a fascination for heterotrophic plants, not only because they contradict the notion that ...
Tag: Mycology
Discovery of beneficial fungal taxa may help restore native plant in the PNW
Credit: Gretchen Freed, Daniel Schlatter, Timothy Paulitz, and Frank Dugan Camas, a seed-producing forb, grows in prairie and wetland habitats ...
100 million years in amber: Researchers discover oldest fossilized slime mold
Team from Göttingen, Helsinki and New York gets new insights into the evolution of myxomycetesCredit: Alexander Schmidt, University of Göttingen ...
Grower citizen science project uses collaboration to improve soil health
Credit: Natasja van Gestel West Texas cotton growers face many environmental challenges, including rising temperatures, higher temperature extremes, less rainfall, ...
Genes controlling mycorrhizal colonization discovered in soybean
Credit: Michelle Pawlowski, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most plants, soybeans pair up with soil fungi in a ...
Long-dormant disease becomes most dominant foliar disease in New York onion crops
Credit: Frank S. Hay, Sandeep Sharma, Christy Hoepting, David Strickland, Karen Luong, and Sarah J. Pethybridge New York is the ...
Scientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry ...
Winning images of British Ecological Society photography competition announced
The winning images of 'Capturing Ecology,' the British Ecological Society's annual photography competition, are announcedCredit: Top left (going clockwise): Overall ...
Using fungi to search for medical drugs
Credit: Jelmer Hoeksma, © Hubrecht Institute An enormous library of products derived from more than ten thousand fungi could help ...
Unique mycology reference pairs genus descriptions with 1,000-plus original watercolors
Credit: Miguel Ulloa According to mycologist, author, and artist Miguel Ulloa, "The best way to understand and remember scientific names ...
Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
Credit: (c) Matthew P. Nelsen, Field Museum You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ...
Chitin-binding proteins override host plant’s resistance to fungal infection
Credit: Helena Volk, Kristina Marton, Marko Flajšman, et al. An insoluble complex carbohydrate, chitin makes up fungal walls and plays ...
Water mold research leads to greater understanding of corn diseases
Credit: J. A. Rojas, A. Witte, Z. A. Noel, J. L. Jacobs, and M. I. Chilvers Corn is a staple ...
Make fungi think they’re starving to stop them having sex, say scientists
Newly characterised receptors that repress sexual reproduction in fungi could be targeted to slow down their evolutionCredit: Brown and Goldman ...