They trap sediments, absorb excess nutrients and turn pollutants into less harmful substances. Now, the list of pollutants ...

Those toadstools, puffballs, earth-stars and other fungi springing up now can alarm gardeners. Digging them out or applying ...

New research shows fungi diversified nearly a billion years ago, shaping soils and ecosystems long before plants colonized ...

This finding exposed a hidden carbon transfer. The fungi fed on deadwood, absorbed its carbon, and passed it to orchids. In ...

Fungi arose long before plants, shaping Earth with early soils and nutrient cycles. Their hidden legacy shows they may have ...

The mushrooms are probably one of the many kinds of harmless fungi that live in organic matter within or underneath the lawn.

A dangerous fungus, one so deadly to plant life it can kill them in a mere matter of days, could actually hold the secret to giving plants a much needed boost to their health and protect them from ...

If you love bananas, better buy all the bunches you can because the sweet yellow fruit you know and love might be extinct within the next five to 10 years. According to plant pathologist Ioannis ...

Your description sounds like you have an ongoing healthy infestation of fungus gnats. They are a common pest of plants grown ...

A man in India caught a plant fungal disease in a world-first case of human infection. Medics at the Consultant Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals in India wrote in the journal Medical Mycology Case ...

Why pull dead plants in fall? It's often the best way to prevent pest and disease problems in spring, pro gardeners say.