Following the aftermath of severe drought and Hurricane Helene, soybean farmers in Ohio have faced considerable challenges ...

Animals taken over by zombies no longer control their own bodies or behaviors. Instead, they serve the interests of a master, whether it’s a virus, fungus or some other harmful agent. Those all are ...

Mnkandla’s research focuses on utilizing fungi for bioremediation to improve water quality. Fungi, particularly saprophytic types like oyster mushrooms, possess unique enzymes to break down pollutants ...

Canadians could soon lose access to a unique public collection of fungi that scientists say is crucial for important research, such as developing new drugs to treat antibiotic-resistant pathogens ...

ostreatus could have been because of the saprophytic nature of the fungi, P. ostreatus, leading to better decomposition of organic matter including the millet substrate and an increased nutrient ...

A new study claims that fungi possess great intelligence to the point that they can make decisions. A group of scientists tested how fungi would grow across patterns of blocks, and found that they ...

T.harzianum is a friendly saprophytic fungus found in the soil which is proven to have antifungal properties more than the aggressive F oxysporum pathogens. It acts through multiple mechanisms: There ...

Fungi, for example, are neither plants nor animals. This fact could be holding back their conservation. That is because policies and legislation aimed at protecting the natural world are often ...

The process of decay itself can take much longer— months, or even years. Other macro-fungi such as indoor saprophytic mushrooms like Coprinus species also result from months of growth.

Several saprophytic (opportunistic) and pathogenic (disease-causing) microorganisms are present in soybean pods and seeds before harvest. Seed-pathogenic fungi infect plants before or during the ...