Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of ...

This is an image of the hyphae and spores of a scarlet cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea). Its fruiting body is shaped like a bowl, with the spore-producing hymenium on the top, or convex side. The ...

“If I was starting my career again, and I can see it's going to happen with the younger mycologists that work in Kew, they will be looking at a whole range of uses of fungi ... It is thought the ...

How do I get rid of them?" Melinda Myers: Toadstools, or mushrooms, are the fruiting body of fungi. The underground portion ...

Autumn is the best time to look for fungi, as it's when most produce their visible fruiting body. But more than 12,000 species live around the UK and plenty of them fruit in other seasons. Important: ...

“The response then, of the fungus, is to produce the fruiting body and the spores that are associated so that it can disperse and reproduce,” Larson says. The more “fruiting bodies” (morels) means ...

Truffles grow underground, usually 1 to 6 inches deep, and their presence is often revealed by observing rodent activity or changes in vegetation. Truffles are the fruiting bodies of an underground ...

In this study, we found PoMbp1 which contains an APSES domain highly can positively regulate the growth and development of P. ostreatus. In-depth research showed that PoMbp1 can promote the expression ...