Humans and animals aren't the only ones farming - microbes are doing it, too, according to researchers who discovered that a fungus can farm bacteria. The soil fungus Morchella crassipes ...

More information: Hannah Büttner et al, Beneficial Soil Fungus Kills Predatory Nematodes with Dehydropeptides Translocating into the Animal Gut, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024 ...

A common soil fungus sickened more than 150 Michigan paper mill workers, and killed one, in what health officials called the largest such outbreak in U.S. history, but the exact cause remains ...

These fungal bonds can help plants thrive and can lock carbon that came from the atmosphere into the soil. But evidence has been piling up that shows buyers ought to eye with some skepticism the ...

The soil fungus Mortierella alpina has the potential to make agriculture greener and more sustainable: The fungus produces bioactive molecules called malpinins, which could protect plants from ...