Michael Cunliffe

(He/Him)
A selection of marine fungi from the culture collection at the Marine Biological Association. Marine Biological Association

Marine fungi could help feed the world and fight disease

A culture collection of more than 500 fungal strains from seawater, sediments and seaweeds is helping scientists better understand marine fungi.
Scanning electron microscope image of marine fungus Paradendryphiella salina, collected from the shoreline near Plymouth in Devon. Beth Tindall-Jones/University of Exeter Bioimaging Centre.

Meet the fungi that live in the sea

Despite being known to science for over a century thanks to a few early pioneering marine mycologists, most people have never heard of marine fungi.

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