Whether it's slimy black spots on your shower curtain, fuzzy white patches on your basement floor, or slick orange film on your kitchen drain, household mold can be more than unsightly. In some ...

This is when they examine a skin sample to find out the type of fungus that’s growing. A few treatments can help you get rid of tinea manuum. Whichever one you use, it can take up to six weeks ...

Fungal infections on the face are caused by an overgrowth of yeast that’s naturally on the skin. In some instances, it can also be caused by another kind of fungus. Yeast infections on the face are ...

More often, though, they’re a cosmetic problem, as the toenail may become thick, discolored, or cracked. You can pick up a toenail fungus from your environment. It often gets in through small cracks ...

The National Park Service has a new take on an unusual woodland discovery: the bleeding tooth fungus. Known for its striking appearance, the bleeding tooth fungus—also called Devil’s tooth ...

Insects have plenty to beware when it comes to carnivorous plants. Add an acid-loving fungus to that list of dangers. Sundew plants have tentacle-like leaves that curl around and entrap flies and ...

In there, we see hanging garbage bags covered in fungus--white mushrooms covered in glistening, viscous, crimson fluid. It looks dangerous, like the kind of thing you'd expect to find in a movie ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

Fungi are organisms that are grouped in a distinct kingdom within the eukaryotes. This kingdom includes diverse organisms ranging from microorganisms such as yeasts or moulds to large ...

Samantha Jenkins was studying a number of types of fungus in a research project for her company, when one of the fungi made a bid for freedom. "Imagine a jar full of grain with a kind of lump of ...