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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.

Blight review: The threat of a fungi-fuelled pandemic

19 July 2023

A new guide argues that infectious fungi and fungus-like pathogens are the most devastating causes of disease on Earth
Mycelium of mushroom. Mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root tissues. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association. Mycorhize. - Image ID: BDF3AY (RF)

Adding wild fungi to soil could make trees store more carbon

1 March 2023

A loblolly pine plantation in the state of Georgia is the test site for a start-up company trying to see if improving the fungi and other microbes in soil can help trees grow bigger and faster

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