Fungal genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in fungi. Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including ...

Paleontologists have found ancient DNA and spores of truffle-like fungi, including at least one colorful species, inside two coprolites of the upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus), an extinct species of ...

Fungus gnats are small black flies, also known as sciarid flies, mushroom flies and mycetophilids. They are a very common pest, especially when plants are grown in pots of soil-free compost. In fact, ...

"We have been promised things will get done, but they never did. I feel like it's not going to happen anytime soon," said Mr Bach. "We need a miracle." Dean Kenward who is a landlord and rents out ...

Like many microbes, there are helpful fungi and harmful fungi. When harmful fungi invade the body, they can be difficult to kill, as they can survive in the environment and re-infect the person ...

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 ...

The culprit is actually a group of fungi called dermatophytes ... On your scalp, ringworm may look more like a flaky red pimple than a ring. Myth 4: Only children get ringworm.

Seven years and seven months ago, Google changed the world with the Transformer architecture, which lies at the heart of generative AI applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now Google has unveiled ...

Honey fungus forms an underground network of bootlace-like threads called rhizomorphs, which attack the roots of susceptible plants – usually trees and shrubs. The first signs honey fungus might be ...

Scientists have unveiled a novel mosquito control strategy: genetically engineered fungi that spread through ... field evaluations of mating site characteristics to maximize transmission ...

Users can now see what their friends are liking on Instagram via a dedicated Reels feed. As TikTok goes dark, Instagram also boosts the 90-second video limit to three minutes.