For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” Colin Schultz ...

Ion transport is the movement of ions across a membrane, passively through ion channels or actively through ion pumps such as symporters and antiporters. Iron and manganese are essential nutrients ...

A zombie fungus sounds like something straight out of science fiction; however, a fungus like this isn’t new to science. Another fungus species, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis infects ants in the Amazon ...