The term “magic mushroom” is often associated with psychedelics, but many scientists and mycologists posit that mushrooms might hold the key to some of humanity's most pressing concerns including ...

The fungal microbiota, or 'mycobiota', is an understudied component of the microflora that is found on all mucosal surfaces and on the skin. Like other microorganisms, fungi interact with the immune ...

Fairbanksans can celebrate fungi this weekend during the first Fairbanks Fungi Festival. The festival is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in Ester Community Park. The family-friendly festival will feature ...

Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean. Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa have recently discovered that ...

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Animals help disperse seeds and spores for many plant and fungal species. This typically happens when animals eat the fruiting bodies of plants and fungi and pass seeds and spores through their ...

When most people think of fungi they think of mushrooms. Mushrooms are simply the fruiting bodies analogous to apples on trees. They are the source of the fungal spores that are carried by wind and ...

YUNNAN, Southwest China — If you’re looking for a new species of fungus, says Peter Mortimer, there are few better places than southwest China’s Yunnan province. The South African mycologist has been ...

HBO’s TV adaptation of the video game The Last of Us opens with a news segment. Within it, two scientists and an interviewer are involved in casual conversation that immediately leaves us distrusting ...

Humanity’s traces are seen everywhere in The Last of Us, whether it be the ransacked bag of goods someone left behind or the walking corpse with fungi fruiting from its face — it’s just that these ...