Fungi’s talents extend to oil and petroleum degradation. Oyster mushroom mycelium (Pleurotus species), Penicillium citrinum, and Fusarium species metabolise crude oil’s complex hydrocarbons ...

The idea for Invisible Threads began through conversations between the composer and librettist about fungi, mycelium, and the interconnected system of tree roots in the world beneath our feet ...

Is Fungus the Plastic of the Future? Explore mycelium technology as a potential replacement for plastic, highlighting its numerous applications and the opportunities it presents for products ...

Far West Fungi’s dirt-free hothouses pack in each mycelium so densely that it forms a mass of bright white spongy matter. Mycelium doesn’t taste very good, but once it’s dried, it has some ...

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step closer to eventually making it a ...

Of all the fungi we tested, only T. reesei could survive this environment. Despite the drastic pH increase, its spores germinated into threadlike hyphal mycelium and grew equally well with or ...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can reduce the incidence and importance of plant root diseases caused by pathogens. The mechanisms involved are not well characterized. We used an in vitro ...