Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.

Bark beetles moving between trees routinely carry two fungi that are responsible for the Dutch elm tree disease outbreak.

We unlock the science of the forest's underground network and reveal how trees use a fungal network to communicate.

A recently identified tree species in Queensland has been given the name "zombie" by scientists who say ambitious assistance ...

Extremely varied, depending on fungal species, they go by various generic common names like “mushrooms,” “sporophores,” ...

"10 per cent of the trees have died and none of those remaining are producing flowers or fruit," explained botanist Rod ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees produce antibodies against harmful fungi. But bark beetles absorb these antibodies and use them to their own advantage. And ...

Soil should be alive and it is a fact that chemical fertilizers kill the microbial activity in soil. Do we really need ...

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists recently discovered. But a special fungus can help the trees circumvent this ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

When we see strange-looking growths on our trees, our first instinct is to panic. Is there something wrong? Is it a disease?