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  • 16 new fungal species found hiding in Thailand’s flowers
  • Nine New Wood-Inhabiting Fungal Species Unveiled in Yunnan’s Forests
  • Two New Yeast Species Uncovered in China Expand the Hidden Fungal Family Tree

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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 /6 days 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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bioengineer.org /6 days ago

Two New Yeast Species Uncovered in China Expand the Hidden Fungal Family Tree

Researchers in China have described two new species of basidiomycetous yeasts, Tremella arisaematis and Pseudotremella guizhouensis, isolated from plant leaves and rotting wood in...

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bioengineer.org /5 days 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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bioengineer.org /4 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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bioengineer.org /2 days ago

Morphological and phylogenetic analysis identifies four new Distoseptispora species in southern China

A morpho-phylogenetic study identified four new Distoseptispora species from dead branches in Fujian, Jiangxi and Yunnan using microscopic traits and combined ITS, LSU, RPB2 and TE...

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bioengineer.org /2 days ago

Forum review finds fungal naming rules unclear on environmental-sample types

A forum review finds that the fungal naming code permits conflicting interpretations of whether environmental DNA samples can serve as type material.

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bioengineer.org /1 week ago

Organic Fertilizers Reshape the Hidden Fungal World of Soybean Roots

DNA sequencing of soybean rhizosphere soils in South Africa reveals that cattle dung and poultry waste fertilizers shape distinct fungal communities with different ecological funct...

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bioengineer.org /3 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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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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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

Two New Fungal Species Unearthed on Bamboo in China’s Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau

Integrative morphology and DNA analysis have revealed two previously unknown bamboo-inhabiting Xylariales fungi, Minuticlypeus zunyiensis and Paravamsapriya yunnanensis, in protect...

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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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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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bioengineer.org /2 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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journals.plos.org /3 weeks ago

A trade-off between fungal biofilm formation and persistence in the host

by Shannon Esher Righi Fungal biofilm formation has long been considered an important virulence trait. A new study on Candida parapsilosis outbreak isolates in PLOS Biology challe...

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

<i>Mycodnaviridae are</i> a clade of giant viruses that persistently infect zoosporic fungi

by Jillian M. Myers, Frederik Schulz, Saleh Rahimlou, Vikas Yadav, Kevin R. Amses, D. Rabern Simmons, Sheng Sun, Michelle Orozco-Quime, Joseph Heitman, Jason E. Stajich, Timothy Y....

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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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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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scitechdaily.com /1 month ago

A 100-Year-Old Mushroom Mystery Just Got Much More Complicated

Scientists found that bacterial blotch in white button mushrooms is caused by multiple bacteria, a discovery that could improve disease detection and lead to more sustainable treat...

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bioengineer.org /1 month ago

Giant transposable elements fuel genetic diversity in fermented food fungus

Long before science could sequence a genome, brewers in Japan were unknowingly running one of the world’s longest artificial evolution experiments. For centuries, the fungus Asperg...

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phys.org /1 month ago

Decades-old museum specimens reveal 10 extraordinary new worms

Scientists have discovered that one of the most unusual creatures in the animal kingdom is far more diverse and evolutionarily complex than previously known. An international team...

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vitaminretailer.com /3 days ago

Paul Stamets and Fungi Perfecti Publish Complete Genome for Agarikon

Renowned mycologist Paul Stamets and scientists from Fungi Perfecti (Olympia, WA) announced a significant milestone in fungal research with the world’s first complete genome of the...

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journals.plos.org /1 week ago

Diversification and functional expansion of archaeal T4F machineries

by Shamphavi Sivabalasarma, Sonja-Verena Albers Archaea have several cell surface structures belonging to the type 4 filament (T4F) superfamily. All share a minimal core assembly...

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