If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.

A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global tree species in distinct ways ...

Ash trees are evolving resistance to a fungus which has decimated the species in recent years, a new study shows.

Research suggests new generation of young ash trees showing greater resistance to ash dieback fungus than adult trees.

In the sweltering heat that descended in recent weeks, I am especially aware of the cooling effect of urban trees. In the ...

DNA sequencing shows young trees are more likely to have gene variants that confer partial resistance to a fungus that has ...

These are lichens. Lichens are non-destructive, living organisms composed of a fungus and algae living in a symbiotic ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks – essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The ...