All of these rusts release the bright rusty-orange spores once spring weather becomes mild and damp, often around late March to mid-April, so now is a prime time to look.

When Eric Philips boards SpaceX’s Dragon capsule next month, he’ll carry an unexpected organic payload: oyster mushrooms. One ...

A special enzyme on the surface of the fungal spores—glycosylasparaginase—apparently suppresses the release of ...

If you have ever stared at a moldy piece of bread and a fuzziness is viewed you are looking at colonies of spores. Spores travel.

A small amount of glittering spore powder left behind by Floating Fungi. Seems that a sneeze is all it takes for this powder to vanish without a trace. Powered by The Fungal Spores is a One Star ...

But here you can see a network of soil fungus, with a reproductive spore at the center of the image. Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how a fungus reproduces, let alone about what ...

The Waltham Public Library hosted naturalist Jonathan Kranz, who led a small audience through the joys and practicalities of foraging for mushrooms in New England.

Concerns about health issues, most commonly allergic reactions from inhaling fungal spores, has prompted some homeowners to hire professionals to sample the air in their homes. Air sampling typically ...

compared to days without thunderstorms (n = 919 days), daily asthma visits increased from 8.6 to 10 (p < 0.05), and air concentrations of fungal spores doubled (from 1,512 to 2,749/m 3), with ...

This group of fungi includes species that rely on arthropods to disperse their spores or act as hosts for them. Many of these ...