Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even possible ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Matings between sister single spore lines of Coprinus disseminatus showed a cryptic tetrapolar pattern. The two groups of matings that ...

Soil bacteria use the extensively branched, thread-like structures of fungi to move around and access new food sources. In a new study, researchers have been able to demonstrate that these so-called ...

Soil is rich with microbial life, as it provides an environment with myriad microhabitats that can provide sustenance, as long as the microbes adapt to fluctuating environmental conditions. Within a ...

When you think of fungi, you’ll probably picture a huddle of chubby brown mushrooms, or the large, red-capped toadstools you stumble across in the woods. In doing so, you’re reducing fungi to their ...

Fungi grow with tubular cells extending by kilometers. Growth takes place exclusively at the tip. Researchers have now found out how this works: construction materials are transported on rails through ...

Nearly all of Earth’s organisms communicate with each other in one way or another, from the nods and dances and squeaks and bellows of animals, through to the invisible chemical signals emitted by ...

Filaments of fungi intertwine with the tips of tree roots to form underground networks that seem to benefit both organisms: the filaments, called hyphae, break down minerals in the soil that trees can ...

This study is led by Dr. Guanghui Yu from School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University. This study delves into the role of fungal biomass on the formation of soil stable carbon, conducted by ...