Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

The freezer in the laboratory of Professor of Mycorrhizal Studies Leho Tedersoo contains DNA samples of tens of thousands of microscopic soil fungi collected worldwide. This invaluable treasury is the ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...