Recent research from the University of Georgia has unveiled a critical public health threat: a multidrug-resistant fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus, found in commercial soil, compost, and flower bulbs.

More than 150 workers were infected and one died during a 2022-23 outbreak at the Swedish-owned plant on the Escanaba River.

There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they actually ...

Cases of Valley fever rose statewide in 2024, data from the California Department of Public Health shows, with some places ...

The soil fungus Morchella crassipes ... more with the help of the thick-footed morel than without it. Researchers found that the fungus was harvesting bacteria when conditions favored resource ...

"Exposure to bat guano among cannabis growers appears to be a recent trend that can lead to histoplasmosis cases," ...

A rare and protected fungus has been found at a nature reserve in Canterbury ... organisms like invertebrates before perishing into the soil where plants reabsorb it," they added.

To set up their experiment, Fukasawa’s team incubated Phanerochaete velutina (a fungus found in temperate woodlands) on small wooden blocks before transferring them to soil plates. In these soil ...

Soil organic matter is composed of soil microbes including bacteria and fungi, decaying material from ... a substantial portion of the carbon found in terrestrial ecosystems of the planet.

Conservationists in England are collecting cores of soil from an ancient woodland… so they can transplant them into a newly established site. The goal is to reintroduce missing fungi species in ...

The two Rochester men experienced weight loss and difficulty breathing before going to the hospital, doctors said.

Eco-friendly soil products are a booming market for ... One study last year found the fungal species in some products didn’t match those listed on the package. In a 2007 study, scientists ...