A newly identified fungus in Northern Ireland appears to manipulate spider behavior, eerily turning them into “zombies” before their demise. Named Gibellula attenboroughii in honor of naturalist Sir ...

“The melanin pigment is very widespread in all classes of little things, but microscopic fungi love to make melanin,” she says. “That’s how we sort of became interested in how these black microscopic ...

Bring to a boil, then turn the heat down and simmer the rice until soft and fluffy. Soak the black fungi and wakame in warm water for 10 minutes. Combine the rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a small ...

Australia is one of the top exporters of black truffles worldwide. But if it weren’t for this farm in the Deloraine Valley, ...

Jelly fungi make rubbery, seaweed-like mushrooms. They are colored white, orange, pink, rose, brown or black. The mushrooms are shapeless, shaped like cups, railroad spikes or branched like coral. The ...

The black yeast genus Exophiala (Fungi, order Chaetothyriales) contains about 40 species, 17 of which have been reported from human infections (De Hoog et al., 2000b; Revankar and Sutton, 2010). Some ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything fungi can’t do? Chris Dart Neither plants nor animals, fungi are the most underappreciated ...

Black knot galls on trunks are often cracked and may ooze sticky liquid. Wood decay fungi may enter the trunk through cracks caused by black knot galls and cause wood rot. Black knot is caused by the ...