A team from Empa is creating luminous wood by using honey fungus, which glows thanks to a natural bioluminescence process.

Looking for help identifying fungi, lichen or bryophytes that you've found? We've gathered a selection identification guides, for both beginners and those with a little more experience. We've also ...

While they're sometimes mistaken for moss, lichens are miniature ecosystems made up of a fungus and algae or bacteria ... there's an asexual lichen species and a sexually reproducing sister ...

In return, the plant provides the fungi with energy-rich carbohydrates. Another type of mutualistic fungus occurs in lichens. A lichen appears to ... Saccharomyces cerevisiae and related species of ...

Be aware that there are other reasons for white discoloration on your tree bark besides white rot fungus. Lichens are a ...

Mosses of several species grow as green carpets ... But as I look among the lichens, I see another opportunist, jelly fungus, taking advantage of recent moisture. Mushrooms have been largely ...

One rare lichen is only thought to exist in a single wood in ... are made up of fungi growing in association with other life forms, such as algae. There are more than 2,000 species in Britain ...

A very dry September was followed by October, which was also arid, though not as much as the previous month. These are prime mushroom times in most years, but not this year. Mushrooms in the woods and ...

For the first time, scientists found a way to produce a novel material out of wood and a bioluminescent fungus. They made ... between the choice of fungal species, wood species, its moisture ...