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The US Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the country. Gardeners should take note.
Yes, you need to wash them but no, you don’t need to use micellar water to do it.
It’s a horror story unfolding in the west that could sweep across the country. Beware the shot-hole borer, an exotic pest that threatens our tree crops, plantations, urban forests and wild places.
Despite its 500-million-year history, the plant-fungi alliance holds mysteries that, once unravelled, could revolutionise agriculture and ecosystem management.
Students are invited to imagine how the social, political and legal landscape for cannabis will look in the future.
Hemp flowers and certain cannabis products contain fungal toxins, including Aspergillus and Fusarium, that can exceed acceptable regulatory levels.
One study found a zinc-containing gel stopped symptoms of thrush in the majority of women.
People who usually suffer from allergies are most at risk.
We’ve all heard of antibiotic resistance. The same thing is happening with other causes of infections in humans: fungi, viruses and parasites. This is making thrush and other infections hard to treat.
The microbiome and its signature smells are crucial for most organisms, whether human, insect or plant. The silent signals sent by the microbiome are essential communications that influence behaviour.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
For decades, construction companies have used fireproofing chemicals associated with risks to human health and the environment. We need safer alternatives.
Usually, mould spores are invisible – but give them a niche to exploit and you’ll get all kinds of colours on the things in your home.
A microbiologist on the deadly germs lurking in your kitchen and why you need to wash tea towels and dishcloths more often.
The research conducted through biobanks can help to address challenges like climate change and food security.
New research about underground fungal filaments suggests these networks store a vast amount of carbon. All the more reason to preserve them.
Gardening is often seen as a relaxing, harmless pasttime – but that isn’t always the case.
Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, is one example of a fungus which can alter the human mind.
Multidrug-resistant fungal infections are an emerging global health threat. Figuring out how fungi evade treatments offers new avenues to counter resistance.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences, Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics, and Director of the Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
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Professor in Plant-Soil Processes, University of Sheffield
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Adjunct academic, mycology, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Mycorrhizal Ecology, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, Earlham Institute
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Professor, Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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Honorary Professor Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling
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Associate Lecturer, Department of Biology, Lund University
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Professor of Microbiology, The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester