Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi with sugar through photosynthesis and the orchids receive important water ...

“Fungi are absolutely remarkable chemists ... who started using them as a source of food. Roughly 65 million years ago, an asteroid strike would wipe out 70 percent of all life on Earth.

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world’s described 157,000 fungal species are ...

Like humans, many fungi rely on plants as a food source. This impacts the yield of food crops. It's estimated farmers lose between 10 to 23% of their crops to fungal disease every year. The global ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital nutrients to plants and tree roots. In return, the fungi receive carbon to grow their ...

And it's not just fungi joining the party ... pillow cases and sheets had up to 39 times more bacteria than pet-food bowls and several thousand times more bacteria than a toilet seat.

Fungi used to be overlooked as a low-calorie, low-nutrition food, but in fact many are full of nutrients. According to biochemist and herbalist Martin Powell, many produce compounds that show ...

We can find some of these solutions in nature. From helping us grow our food to tackling our plastic waste problem, fungi offer opportunities for a more sustainable future. Fungi are a kingdom of ...

While these fungi were described in the scientific literature as early ... so [usually] they're mostly foraging for food during the nighttime, and then during the day, they stay inside the nest.” “It ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — The discovery of a powerful 'weapon' used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to ...

However, some orchids have stopped producing their own food and completely feed on fungi. Kobe University botanist Suetsugu Kenji says, "I've always been intrigued by how orchids turn parasitic.