Valley fever, also called coccidioidomycosis or "cocci," is an infectious disease caused by the Coccidioides fungus that grows in the soil and dirt in some areas of California. Valley fever is a lung ...

SALINAS, CA − A lethal fungus has quietly spread in the soil across the West. Now, it’s threatening areas well beyond the dusty deserts and valleys where it likely originated. Valley fever, a disease ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Shannon Mutschelknaus grows a wide variety of peppers on his farm, Wayward Springs, northeast of Brookings. These peppers are sold to hot sauce makers around South Dakota and ...

The microbiome not only consists of bacteria, but also of fungi. Most of them support human and animal health. However, some ...

The fungus that causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats has been detected for the first time in Oregon. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across the U.S. by disrupting their ...

Warmer temperatures caused by climate change are increasing the environment where fungus, which can cause lung infections in humans, thrives Rising global temperatures may increase the environments ...

Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada. A cluster of greater mouse ...

Blast disease, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (syn. Pyricularia oryzae), is a major threat to global rice production, responsible for nearly 30% of yield losses worldwide. This disease not ...

Research lead Dr. Norman van Rhijn referenced hit show The Last of Us, which is about a fungal infection causing an apocalypse, saying “reality is already scary enough” A type of fungus that can grow ...