You’ve likely heard about state flowers and state birds, but what about a state mushroom? Organizers with the Olympic ...

Tinkering with a type of fungus that lives in association with plant roots, researchers found a way to increase the growth of rice by an impressive margin. The so-called mycorrhizal fungi are ...

Forestry England, responsible for managing England’s publicly owned forests, has transplanted mycorrhizal fungi from ancient woodland to a newly planted site in North Yorkshire, in the hope that ...

Now, an international study has produced the first global map of the "mycorrhizal fungi networks" dominating this secretive world. Details appear in Nature journal. Using machine-learning ...