This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...

These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close ...

We’ve always known fungi are an important part of the larger ecosystem, but this could be a game changer. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

Animals help disperse seeds and spores for many plant and fungal species. This typically happens when animals eat the ...

The understudied mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems and may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate change. Though invisible on the surface of the desert, ...

Imagine walking through a forest and knowing that beneath your feet lies an invisible internet connecting every tree around ...

We evaluated the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in growth and phosphorus (P) nutrition of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in a highly calcareous soil and compared the responses of wheat with ...

Several stages of the infection process by the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus fasciculatus, were compared in roots of sudangrass (Sorghum vulgare) grow in phosphorus-deficient or ...

Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or ...

The importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis to plant growth has led to a large body of research into their formation and function, yet there are critical unanswered questions. Scientists have ...