A drug-resistant variety of the common fungus Candida auris is gaining virulence and spreading across the globe, scientists ...

Did you know that mushrooms can get sick? It was in 1948, in a Pennsylvania mushroom farm operated by the La France brothers, that scientists first observed a mushroom malady featuring puny caps and ...

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Researchers have discovered that a virus living inside the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus significantly boosts the fungus's ability to survive stress and cause severe infections in mammals. Removing the ...

Spruce bark beetles use the plant defense compounds in spruce bark as a protective mechanism. After feeding, they metabolize ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...

More worryingly, if left unattended, the infection could spread to the nails, leading to a more serious fungal infection.

The newly discovered fungal species responsible for their zombification has been named Gibellula attenboroughii, in honour of renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough In a real-life scenario ...

A team of researchers at West Virginia University in 2019 discovered that Massospora cicadina, a psychedelic fungus that specifically infects periodical cicadas, “contains chemicals similar to those ...

Doctors have issued a fresh alert over a killer drug-resistant fungus dubbed a 'threat to humanity' after it struck a man's brain in the UAE. Candida auris (C. auris) — described by the World Health ...

Biggest Funnel Web Spider Ever Found Is Named After The Hemsworth Brothers Infected spiders would hang on the roof or walls of the caves, leaving their lairs or webs and migrating to die in exposed ...

The killer fungi that led to the tragic death of Hollywood stylist Jesus Guerrero is exploding among people who previously have not been at risk. Guerrero, known for working with stars like Kylie ...