Can Mushrooms “Talk” to Each Other?

2022-04-23 - 2022-04

Forest floor-dwelling fungi can send one another electrical signals to form word-like clusters, according to a computer scientist, but whether that represents something akin to language isn’t clear.

Polynesian Island yields 'treasure trove' of fungal biodiversity

2022-04-23 - 2022-04

Researchers have provided a detailed description of the stunning array of fungi that make their home on the Polynesian island of Mo'orea. The collection includes more than 200 species of macrofungi -- that is, fungi producing visible, fruiting bodies -- many of which may be new to science.

Toxin-producing yeast strains in gut fuel IBD

2022-04-23 - 2022-04

Individual Candida albicans yeast strains in the human gut are as different from each other as the humans that carry them, and some C. albicans strains may damage the gut of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new study. The findings suggest a possible way to tailor treatments to individual patients in the future.

Fungal infections cost U.S. $6.7B in a year The total cost of all fungi-related hospital stays tops $37B

2022-04-23 - 2022-04

New research has found that fungal infections account for $6.7 billion in health care spending in 2018. And that's just the cases that were directly responsible for inpatient hospital stays.

Mycorrhizal fungi promote greater tree species diversity

2022-04-23 - 2022-04

Fungi, specifically those that are "mycorrhizal," are natural allies of the forest because they improve tree nutrient acquisition. But which of the mycorrhizal feeding strategies yields the greatest tree diversity in a forest: strategy A (ectomycorrhiza) or strategy B (arbuscular mycorrhiza)?

Lichens are in danger of losing the evolutionary race with climate change

2022-04-23 - 2022-04

To learn how lichens might be able to adapt to climate change, researchers examined the evolutionary history of the algae that's a part of 7,000 kinds of lichens. By studying genetic relationships between algae and building a giant family tree to show how different algae are elated to each other and how quickly they evolve, the scientists found that this algae can take hundreds of thousands of years to adapt to the changes in temperature that we expect to see over the course of this century. That means that these lichens are in dire trouble when it comes to climate change.

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Can Mushrooms “Talk” to Each Other?

Polynesian Island yields 'treasure trove' of fungal biodiversity

Toxin-producing yeast strains in gut fuel IBD

Fungal infections cost U.S. $6.7B in a year The total cost of all fungi-related hospital stays tops $37B

Mycorrhizal fungi promote greater tree species diversity

Lichens are in danger of losing the evolutionary race with climate change

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Can Mushrooms “Talk” to Each Other?

Polynesian Island yields 'treasure trove' of fungal biodiversity

Toxin-producing yeast strains in gut fuel IBD

Fungal infections cost U.S. $6.7B in a year The total cost of all fungi-related hospital stays tops $37B

Mycorrhizal fungi promote greater tree species diversity

Lichens are in danger of losing the evolutionary race with climate change