A teaspoon of soil from the Amazon contains as many as 1,800 microscopic life forms, of which 400 are fungi. Largely invisible and hidden underground, the "dark matter" of life on Earth has ...

And the right conditions include damp, well-mulched, and warm soil. Read more: How To Repel Bugs Naturally The fungus gnat ...

The part that’s above ground is a tiny, capless fungus—just a brown stalk, thin as a matchstick, poking an inch or two out of the muddy soil. Eleven hours a day, from early May to late June ...

This fungus attacks the roots ... from stressors such as drought, soil compaction or physical wounding. Ganoderma produces visible conks that are red-brown and shiny when mature (hardened mushroom ...