While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate spiders’ behavior–and turn them into “zombies.” The fungus named ...

Historic Outbreaks of Coffee Wilt Disease Linked to Gene Transfer from Another Fungus Dec. 5, 2024 — The fungus that causes coffee wilt disease repeatedly took up segments of DNA from a related ...

Fungal nail infections are called onychomycosis. Many types of fungi can cause nail infections, but some common types include Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton interdigitale. Fungi are ...

Infected spiders would hang on the roof or walls of the caves, leaving their lairs or webs and migrating to die in exposed situations, according to the study, published in the journal Fungal ...

In 2019, state health officials released the first-ever list of hospitals and nursing homes in New York that treated patients harboring Candida auris, the deadly drug-resistant fungus. That list ...

White matter and other changes around the toenails and fingernails can occur with psoriasis or nail fungus. However, fungal infections are contagious, and psoriasis is not. The causes and ...

While many traditional Chinese/herbal medicine consumers are drawn to the fungus for its supposed health benefits, my interest lies in a darker side of its harvest: the deadly relationship between ...

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 ...

Fungal infection, also known as a mycosis, refers to the invasion of a host's tissue by specific types of fungi. Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a virtual Gram staining technique that could transform how microbiologists stain and classify bacteria.