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  • Fungal appressoria as mechanochemical organelles for polyurethane degradation
  • Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi
  • 16 new fungal species found hiding in Thailand’s flowers

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Fungal appressoria as mechanochemical organelles for polyurethane degradation

by Fan Fei, Zhenjie Su, Rui Liu, Rongrong Gao, Chaomin Sun Polyurethane (PU) is a synthetic polymer characterized by highly stable urethane linkages that hinder biological turnove...

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thisiscolossal.com /1 month ago

Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi

Following surveys of butterflies, birds, oceans, and trees, the editors at Phaidon have settled on their next topic of inquiry: fungi. This October, the publisher will release an e...

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news.mongabay.com /2 weeks ago

16 new fungal species found hiding in Thailand’s flowers

Researchers surveying garden and wild flowers across northern Thailand have uncovered 16 previously unknown species of black, yeast-like fungi living inside the flowers, according...

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bioengineer.org /1 week ago

Three new wood-decaying fungal species discovered in Southwest China’s forests

Deep in the subtropical forests of Yunnan Province, Southwest China, researchers have identified three previously unknown species of wood-inhabiting fungi, quietly expanding our pi...

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scitechdaily.com /2 days ago

Scientists Discover “D-Rex,” a Giant Fungus Unlike Anything Seen Before

A newly discovered giant fungus belongs to a previously unknown family that may have emerged around 65 million years ago, shortly after the mass extinction that killed the non-avia...

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news.mongabay.com /1 week ago

World Mushroom Day: From food to plastic replacement

A mushroom is analogous to a flower on a plant — it’s the reproductive organ of a fungus, which protects and distributes fungal spores. Mushrooms are critical part of our ecosystem...

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theguardian.com /3 weeks ago

Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi

Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiomeFor one of the installations, a musician spent hours in woodland “collabo...

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theguardian.com /3 weeks ago

Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi

Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiomeFor one of the installations, a musician spent hours in woodland “collabo...

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bioengineer.org /6 days ago

Rare European ambrosia beetle harbors a hidden island of unknown fungi, including three brand-new species

A rare pinhole borer farming fungi inside dead silver fir trunks has yielded a new fungal genus, Wilhelmdebeerea oxyuri, plus two unknown yeasts, revealing an isolated pocket of co...

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phys.org /5 days ago

How plants unwittingly help fungal pathogens

Infecting a maize plant is no simple task for a fungal pathogen such as Ustilago maydis. A group of researchers led by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has now uncovered...

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bioengineer.org /5 days ago

Two New Purple Fungi Found in Mexico’s Temperate Forests

Morphology, chemistry and DNA sequencing have confirmed two new violet cup fungi from temperate forests in Mexico, including the first American Marcelleina species formally describ...

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phys.org /1 week ago

Scientists discover 'D-rex', a giant fungus from Chinese forests whose unique lineage dates back 65 million years

Deep in the forests of Yunnan, China, scientists have discovered a "fungal giant" that challenges our understanding of how large fungi can become. The newly described species, Dian...

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bioengineer.org /4 days ago

Fungal exudates alter gene expression, hormones and fatty acids in Gymnadenia conopsea orchid seeds

Laboratory experiments show that Ceratobasidium sp. GS2 exudates are associated with changes in gene expression, hormone levels and fatty acid content in Gymnadenia conopsea seeds...

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bioengineer.org /1 week ago

Nine New Wood-Inhabiting Fungal Species Unveiled in Yunnan’s Forests

An integrative study combining morphology and five-gene phylogenetics has revealed nine previously unknown species of the wood-inhabiting fungal genus Basidiodendron from Yunnan Pr...

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discovermagazine.com /1 week ago

Meet D-Rex, a Newly Discovered 5-Pound Fungus With a 65-Million-Year-Old Lineage

Learn why researchers suspect this fungus lives quietly inside healthy trees before feeding on their remains after they die.

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bioengineer.org /1 month ago

Heatwave Temperatures Reshape Soil Fungi in Surprisingly Species-Specific Ways

Beneath every scorched European heathland lies an invisible workforce: saprotrophic fungi that decompose dead plant material, recycle nutrients, and keep ecosystems running. As cli...

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gizmodo.com /1 week ago

Meet ‘D. Rex,’ the Monster Fungus Born in the Wake of the Dinosaur Apocalypse

Scientists just found a record-setting new fungal species, the largest now known in the sprawling Ascomycota phylum. It may have feasted off dying forests during the Chicxulub mass...

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