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An increasing number of fungi are becoming resistant to medication, posing serious risks for patients with weakened immune ...

A 21-year-old student contracted valley fever that spread to his brain, causing seizures, a stroke, and a 136-day ICU stay.

Systemic candidiasis is an opportunistic fungal infection that has been difficult to treat effectively. Research published in a paper in the April edition of Cell Host & Microbe suggests that immune ...

Extreme weather events like dust storms, floods, and high winds are spreading dangerous fungal spores. Climate change is causing fungi to become more resilient and expand into new geographic areas.

Fungus makes up an essential part of the ecosystem, and people breathe in countless spores every day, most of them harmless. But a small group of dangerous molds can cause harm to humans, devastate ...

Fungi are truly weird and impressive—they can live anywhere, be poisonous or medicinal, and, reportedly, transform plastic waste into edible ingredients. And in more fungal news, some groups of fungi ...

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ability to thrive in the wake of flames The fire-loving fungus Geopyxis, seen ...

Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The modified strain grows protein far more quickly and with much less sugar while ...

A new study published in Nature found that albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood, acts as a defense against mucormycosis. According to The Cleveland Clinic, mucormycosis is “a rare but ...

Some fungi are wasteful, while others recycle—and this can determine how much carbon is stored in a forest. Researchers at Lund University have now revealed how fungi manage their mycelium, the ...

New research has uncovered a previously overlooked factor that appears to shape susceptibility to one of the world’s most lethal fungal infections. The findings link a fundamental component of human ...