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Nature
3 weeks ago
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Garden-variety fungus is an expert at environmental clean-ups

Fungi can remove heavy-metal contaminants and organic pollutants simultaneously. [ more ]
Ars Technica
3 weeks ago
Coronavirus

The fungi in our guts can make cases of Covid worse

Fungi play a crucial role in the microbiome but can lead to severe infections when thrown out of balance, as seen in Covid patients. [ more ]
Wine Enthusiast
3 months ago
Wine

If You Like Volcanic Wine, Thank Fungi

Microbes in soil, particularly fungi, play a vital role in plant life that we are still beginning to understand.
Volcanic soils are relatively young and have very little organic matter, but the microbes in these soils contribute to the production of coveted wines. [ more ]
Ars Technica
5 months ago
OMG science

Fungi join the list of organisms that can control when ice forms

Ice formation is often assisted by proteins made by fungi called ice nucleators.
Fungal ice nucleators can both promote and inhibit ice formation more efficiently than other organisms. [ more ]
Mail Online
6 months ago
OMG science

Climate crisis could spark fungus outbreak like 'The Last of Us'

Scientists have identified a hybrid fungus that has acquired properties like infecting humans, growing at higher temperatures, and resisting antifungal drugs.
Hybridization, a process of bringing together divergent genomes and alleles, allows rapid acquisition of pathogenic properties in fungi.
Rising temperatures, changes in ecosystem conditions, globalization, and human actions can make hybridization more common in fungi. [ more ]
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