It’s possible this is because the Cross’s outermost blocks acted as “outposts” for foraging, absorbing water and nutrients ...

The root/microbe interaction is especially interesting, and important. Those “threads” we see are the fungal hyphae that form ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex ...

This mushroom communication has been studied in the past, finding that environmental changes to mushrooms in one area can ...

Mycologists believe the solution to some of our biggest pollution issues is under our feet. Humble fungi are now being used ...

A group of scientists tested how fungi would grow across patterns of blocks, and found that they grew in strategic, resource-preserving ways that indicate the ability for communication across the ...

"If we define cognition as 'the sensory and information-processing function of autonomous biological systems,' the difference in network structure and wood decay function that was demonstrated by the ...

So he worked with chefs at Michelin-starred restaurants to turn samples of N. intermedia–fermented foods into haute cuisine. The lab work paid off: the mycelia-based meals were a hit.

On Episode 132 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Lynn Rothschild on how mushroom mycelia might be utilized as a Mars habitat-building resource. This week, we're diving deep ...