Scientists illuminate ancient plant-fungus partnership at molecular level

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...
Live Science

'They are life, but not as we now know it': 26-foot organism that lived 420 million years ago is completely unknown branch of animal kingdom

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

Potentially deadly fungus leaves dozens sickened as infection spreads across Tennessee

Over 35 cases of histoplasmosis, a lung infection caused by exposure to the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, have been ...
FOX13 Memphis

Deadly fungus outbreak in Middle Tennessee raises concerns about risk across the state

OUTBREAK: A fungal infection outbreak in Middle Tennessee that has sickened more than 30 people and killed one is raising ...

Deadly, drug-resistant fungus spreads in California. Here’s who is at risk

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus has infected more than 7,000 people across 27 U.S. states, including California, according to federal data. The fungus — called Candida auris — is considered an “ ...