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Color enhanced light micrograph (LM) of Candida auris, a yeast responsible for many infections. Resistant to most antifungal drugs, this fungus causes several deaths worldwide.

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Blight review: The threat of a fungi-fuelled pandemic

A new guide argues that infectious fungi and fungus-like pathogens are the most devastating causes of disease on Earth

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Sheets of fungus could be used as eco-friendly fireproofing for homes

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Ramaria flava or Golden coral fungus in natural habitat, oak forest, close up view, horizontal orientation; Shutterstock ID 1739516405; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Underground fungi absorb up to a third of our fossil fuel emissions

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Cardioglossa melanogaster, a species of African frog

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Fungus that kills frogs and salamanders is rapidly spreading in Africa

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Ecologists are infecting trees with fungi to make them age prematurely

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Mycelium of mushroom. Mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root tissues. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association. Mycorhize. - Image ID: BDF3AY (RF)

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Adding wild fungi to soil could make trees store more carbon

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Mushrooms growing around the base of a tree in a forest

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Do trees communicate via a 'wood wide web'? The evidence is lacking

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Bioluminescent fungi

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Fake mushroom experiment reveals why some fungi glow in the dark

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Oyster mushrooms

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Oyster mushroom fungus uses nerve gas to paralyse and eat tiny worms

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Ganoderma lucidum growing on dying wood

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Computer chip made using mushroom skin could be easily recycled

The base of computer chips and batteries tends to be made from unrecyclable plastic, but using skin from a certain species of mushroom instead would reduce electronic waste

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Life

Grisly photo of a zombie fungus bursting from a fly wins competition

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Fungi evolved their weird and wild shapes in two big bursts

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Tropical birds build nests from fungi that may keep parasites at bay

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UK mushroom growing uses 100,000 m³ of peat a year – can we do better?

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