Purdue mycologists Catherine Aime and Jorge Díaz-Valderrama examine cultures of Moniliophthora roreri, the fungus that causes frosty pod rot. (Purdue Agricultural Communication/Tom Campbell) Download ...

New light has been shed on a fascinating phenomenon of the natural world -- the ability of some species to reproduce sexually without a partner. When sex occurs the fungus activates its internal ...

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 ...

The fungi responsible for toenail infections and athlete's foot may reproduce by making clones of itself. According to a new paper published Wednesday in Genetics, the genome of the fungus responsible ...

Biologists at The University of Nottingham and University College Dublin have announced a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of a microscopic fungus which is a major cause of ...

Researchers collected 35 species of marine fungi in the waters off of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, including some that had never been studied before, and found unusual cell division cycles in some ...

WE are grateful for the clear genetical interpretation of heterothallism given by Dr. K. Mather 1, and may perhaps be allowed to carry his conclusions regarding reproduction in fungi a step further.

Learn more about how exploring the genes of fungi thriving on charcoal could help revive ecosystems after severe fires and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Toenail fungus is not sexy, and the microbes that cause the infection appear to agree: A new ...