Plants and animals. Flora and fauna. While these phrases are familiar, they don't contain another kingdom of organisms crucial to local habitats. These life-forms are neither plants nor animals.

Fungus can do a lot for us — make bread, make beer and cure infections, in the case of penicillin. But when the fungus infects us, well, that’s not nearly as much fun as beer. From your head to your ...

Underground fungi may be one of Earth s most powerful and overlooked allies in the fight against climate change, yet most of them remain unknown to science. Known only by DNA, these "dark taxa" make ...

Three types of fungi that cause serious lung infections and were once thought to be confined to certain regions of the United States are now widespread. Medicare records from 2007 through 2016 show ...

For the past four years, University of Minnesota researcher Bob Blanchette has examined over 165 varieties of subterranean fungi that have been growing in various caves and iron ore mines around ...