Orchids and fungi -- partners for life
Three Thai orchids have been found to rely on a wide range of fungi to help them take carbon out of the soil instead of producing their own organic carbon.

Fungi can tell us about the origin of sex chromosomes
Fungi do not have sexes, just so-called mating types.

Symbiotic fungus does not depend on fungus-farming ants for reproduction, researchers say
Fungus-farming ants around the world cultivate essentially the same fungus and are not as critical to the reproduction of the fungi as previously believed, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.

Professor hopes to help high elevation pines grow
Thread-like fungi that grow in soils at high elevations may play an important role in restoring whitebark and limber pine forests in Canada.

Parasite causes zombie ants to die in an ideal spot
A study in the September issue of The American Naturalist describes new details about a fungal parasite that coerces ants into dying in just the right spot-one that is ideal for the fungus to grow and reproduce.

Temporary infidelity may contribute to the stability of ancient relationships
Fungus-farming ants have cultivated the same fungal crops for 50 million years.

Edible fungus foils dangerous grapefruit-drug interactions
Scientists in Florida report that adding an edible mushroom-like fungus to grapefruit juice may help to reduce the serious side effects that can occur when people taking certain prescription drugs drink grapefruit juice.

Kent scientists to tackle potentially lethal fungal infections
Scientists at the University of Kent have been awarded a major grant to help in the fight against fungal infections which can be potentially lethal for people whose immune systems are compromised, such those with HIV/AIDS.

A world ruled by fungi
The catastrophe that extinguished the dinosaurs and other animal species, 65 million years ago also brought dramatic changes to the vegetation.

Decoding mushroom's secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels & safer soils
Researchers at the University of Warwick are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World's most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus.

Active compounds found in Ganoderma lucidum fungus with potential to treat prostate cancer
Research found that molecules found in common fungus Ganoderma lucidum aid in suppressing some of the mechanisms involved in the progression of prostate cancer.

Discovery about evolution of fungi has implications for humans, says U of M researcher
As early fungi made the evolutionary journey from water to land and branched off from animals, they shed tail-like flagella that propelled them through their aquatic environment and evolved a variety of new mechanisms...

Einstein researchers' discover 'radiation-eating' fungi
Finding could trigger recalculation of Earth's energy balance and help feed astronauts

New Method Confirms Importance of Fungi in Arctic Nitrogen Cycle
A new method to calculate the transfer of nitrogen from Arctic mushrooms to plants is shedding light on how fungi living symbiotically on plant roots transfer vital nutrients to their hosts

Metabolic network driven analysis of genome-wide transcription data from Aspergillus nidulans
Aspergillus nidulans is a model organism for aspergilli, which are an important group of filamentous fungi that encompasses human and plant pathogens as well as industrial cell factories.

Understanding cultural significance, the edible mushrooms case
In the present work, using as model the traditional mycological knowledge of Zapotecs from Oaxaca, Mexico, we analyze the cultural significance of wild edible resources.

Verruculogen associated with Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae and conidia modifies the electrophysiological properties of human nasal epithelial cells
Aspergillus fumigatus is associated with many human health conditions

Structure of a lectin from Canavalia gladiata seeds: new structural insights for old molecules
A report on the crystal structure of a lectin isolated from Canavalia gladiata seeds (CGL), describing a new binding pocket

An ancient genome duplication contributed to the abundance of metabolic genes in the moss Physcomitrella patens
Analyses of complete genomes and large collections of gene transcripts have shown that most, if not all seed plants have undergone one or more genome duplications in their evolutionary past.

EDR2 negatively regulates salicylic acid-based defenses and cell death during powdery mildew infections of Arabidopsis thaliana
A screen for mutants that developed an exaggerated cell death response following inoculation with the powdery mildew fungus as a means of identifying components of the HR programmed cell death