A tree removal crew member removes decayed wood from inside a cut limb during the removal of a 250-year-old bur oak on ...

The arboreal fungus appears on the branches of trees in the genus Prunus. In Minnesota, that means cherry and plum trees.

Bark beetles moving between trees routinely carry two fungi that are responsible for the Dutch elm tree disease outbreak.

Nature gives rise to fascinating adaptations, which can sometimes lead to organisms living in some strange situations. The relationship between bark beetles, spruce trees, and a type of fungus is a ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.

RAPHINE — The kudzu of the tree world could one day be controlled by a fungus. Project name: Potential biological control of the invasive Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) in Virginia using ...

Mycologist Larry Millman is on a mission to record the fungi at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge. He’s one discovery away ...

OUTBREAK: A fungal infection outbreak in Middle Tennessee that has sickened more than 30 people and killed one is raising ...

The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has played a major role in the worldwide decline of frogs and toads. Its origins were investigated in a study conducted by scientists from the State ...

Eutypa dieback is a fungal disease that affects grape vines, apricot trees, and sometimes cherry trees. Early symptoms ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists recently discovered. But a special fungus can help the trees circumvent this ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say. When you purchase through links on our site, ...