A researcher from Cameroon is looking at how fungus could be used as fertilizer to improve plant production for farmers. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) supply water, phosphate and nitrogen to the ...
The word "fungus" may inspire visions of an unwanted growth under your nail or maybe even of a pizza topping before thoughts of a thriving ecosystem. But fungi are a remarkably diverse group of ...
In a big fire, says mycologist Karen Hughes of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, burnt soil forms a water-resistant, ...
Agarikon is one of two endangered species of fungi in the United States. So rare is the species that scientists have placed ...
When you think of improving the soil, you may imagine planting cover crops or utilizing minimal tillage systems that allow microorganisms to thrive. And while these practices can help make the soil a ...
Researches say newly discovered kinds of fungus could be a key tool in the fight to keep man-made plastics and toxic chemicals out of rivers and oceans. In a newly published study from Texas A&M ...
Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Adam Frew receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the British Ecological Society.
Mysterious fungi: Researchers pinpoint hotspots of 'dark taxa' across Earth's underground ecosystems
Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate the Earth's climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that provide plants with essential nutrients, while drawing carbon deep into soils. Scientists and ...
Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ...
Meg Duff: For Science, Quickly, I’m Meg Duff. As the world heats up, many of the consequences of burning fossil fuels are now painfully obvious. But there’s also this less intuitive consequence: under ...
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