Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi with sugar through photosynthesis and the orchids receive important water ...

Mycorrhizae (from the Greek words for fungus and root) is a general term describing a symbiotic relationship between a soil fungus and plant root. Unlike rhizobia and their legume partners ...

The plant root system is a complex and dynamic ecosystem that houses a variety of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi ... microorganisms to gather around the roots, forming a mutualistic ...

Oyarte Galvez et al. discovered that mycelial networks of several species of mycorrhizal fungus grow from the plant root with remarkable regularity in space and time. To explain these regular ...

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

“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, from plastic-eating ...

Essential' - Of the at least 2.5 million species of fungus thought to exist on Earth, scientists have described around ...

medical researcher and founder of Fungi Perfecti—discusses the deep impact that the mycelium, or the vast root systems of mushrooms, can have on the climate. The mycelium, which extends more ...