A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

Researchers have highlighted a new type of mind-altering parasite that takes over spiders and changes how they act.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Botanical Gazette Vol. 53, No. 5, May, 1912 Relations of Parasitic Fungi to Their Ho... Relations of Parasitic Fungi to Their Host Plants. I. Studies of ...

The new fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, found in Northern Ireland, has been officially recognized by scientists in a recent ...

They break down dead organic matter in order to make energy. Parasitic fungi take their energy from other living organisms and often cause diseases for their hosts, including humans, as a result.

with no harm done to the human host. The researchers conducted a screen of natural compounds isolated from plants, fungi and bacteria on the model organism C. elegans. While it is not a parasite ...

So, although these fungi cannot literally infect humans, they have certainly extended their mycelia ... “I became really captivated by these obligate parasites, where they absolutely require the host ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

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While not fungi, both Leishmania species ... much as cholesterol does in humans. "People looked into the sterol profile of the parasites and discovered they primarily have ergosterol," said ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.