Nematode‐trapping fungi are a unique group of filamentous organisms that have evolved sophisticated mechanisms for capturing and utilising nematodes as a nutritional resource. Their ability to switch ...

Many soil microbes play a vital role in ecosystems, as they help plants access nutrients and water and assist in stress tolerance, such as during drought, and to defend against pathogens. A fungus's ...

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ...

Beneath the submerged leaf litter of the Amazon’s forest streams, microscopic fungi help keep local food chains in balance and turn dead organic matter into nutrients that nourish insects, fish—and, ...