The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...

Because these fungi grow indoors and outdoors, a mold allergy can occur year round. — Pollen allergy. This type of allergy is set off by pollen from grasses, plants and trees ... latex does not cause ...

University of Maryland entomologists have uncovered a unique relationship between two species of fungi known for their ...

Emerging infectious diseases in animals that are caused by fungi that you may have heard or read about include white-nose ...

Finally, the fungus causes the ant to climb up a plant and lock onto a leaf or a ... people’s lungs and cause serious pneumonia-like symptoms. Cryptococcus neoformans can spread outside the ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication. Using baker’s yeast, the researchers discovered that the plant hormone strigolactone (SL) activates ...

Your garden plants are going to sleep for the winter. Unfortunately, so are the pathogens that cause diseases that attack them. Plant pathogens include fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. Bacteria ...

It is more common in the toenails because fungi thrive in warm, moist environments like your shoes. You may have this infection if you notice symptoms like brittle and discolored nails.

Finally, the fungus causes the ant to climb up a plant and lock onto a leaf or a stem with its jaws ... both of which can invade people’s lungs and cause serious pneumonia-like symptoms. Cryptococcus ...