Scientists Find Soil Fungus That Can Freeze Water and It Might Be Key to Engineering the Weather
These are both liquid and frozen water droplets. They are at the same temperature, but the frozen droplets…
This Fungus Can Make Water Freeze
Fungi are truly weird and impressive—they can live anywhere, be poisonous or medicinal, and, reportedly, transform plastic waste…
Death cap mushrooms have killed 4 people in California where they are proliferating
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the…
A Deadly, Drug-Resistant Fungus Threatens People Around the World, Scientists Warn
A deadly, drug-resistant fungus is extending its tendrils around the world. Research out this month finds that the…
Chernobyl nuclear fungus may shield astronauts from radiation in space
Life has a strange way of thriving in the most extreme places. A peculiar dark-black fungus at the…
Are mushrooms more than a low-calorie food? New analysis explains their hidden advantages
A new evidence review reveals how everyday mushrooms can nudge cardiometabolic markers in the right direction and even…
Netflix’s New Carbon Credits Boost Biodiversity Beautifully
Funga team member Amelia Pokorny geared up for inoculation at a PRT-IFCO tree nursery. Funga.earth Even the seemingly…
Study uncovers three-way relationships between gut fungi, genetics and disease risk
A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the…
Glowing Plastic Spores Spring from Invasive Vines in Mika Rottenberg’s ‘Vibrant Matter’ — Colossal
When a virulent material enters an ecosystem, it can wreak havoc on existing life. Bittersweet vines in Upstate…
Study finds links between human genetic variation, gut mycobiome, and chronic disease risk
Clinicians’ ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease…