Mold and fungus do not wait on the sidelines. They move fast, spread faster, and attack when plants sit at their most ...

March marks the moment when gardens wake up, but fungi wake up too. Damp soil, melting frost, chilly nights, and bursts of daytime warmth create a dream environment for plant diseases that thrive on ...

NEW YORK - Fungi are so prominent they have their own kingdom, just like plants and animals. Kingdom fungi includes mold, yeasts and mushrooms. While on the path to a more sustainable future, ...

The idea of music boosting plant growth has been around for many years, but a new study has found that monotonous noise stimulates a type of fungus that improves the growth of plants. In a paper in ...

Trees rely on a network of fungal friends for good health. Mycorrhizal (from the Greek “myco” fungus, and “rhizae” root) fungi occur naturally, and help trees in many ways. The fungi help the trees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty ...

A team of researchers sampling soil beneath a millennia-old conifer in southern Chile found that a single ancient tree can ...