Credit: Boris Vinatzer Fungi may hold a little-known key to ice formation in clouds. Can fungi affect the weather? It may ...

In its purest form (with no extra debris), liquid water can exist as a liquid until -40°C if left still (unmoving). In order ...

These are both liquid and frozen water droplets. They are at the same temperature, but the frozen droplets contain an ice ...

Can fungi influence the weather? Turns out, they just might. An international group of researchers that includes Virginia ...

Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about ...

Fungi may be the real-life superheroes of the natural world. Fungi are truly weird and impressive—they can live anywhere, be ...

At West Virginia University (WVU), Corinne Hazel, an undergraduate major in environmental microbiology, examined morning ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi drive nutrient flows along ‘trunk routes’ of the network, illuminating the design principles of a symbiotic supply-chain network shaped by millions of years of natural ...

Researchers have found that the key to a quick and cost-effective mapping of biodiversity has been right in front of our eyes all along, but at the same time invisible -- i.e., in the air that ...

Orange oak bolete fungus (Leccinum quercinum) showing spore dispersal pattern over 24 hours on black card. Orange oak bolete fungus (Leccinum quercinum) showing spore dispersal pattern over 24 hours ...

Fungi may help some tree-killer beetles turn a tree’s natural defense system against itself. This fungi-made perfume might explain why bark beetles tend to swarm the same tree. As climate change makes ...