Mycology News

Scientists reanimate 220-year-old brewer’s yeast

Published on November 30, 2016
In February 1797, the British trading ship the Sydney Cove was caught in a storm as it neared the end of its journey from Calcutta to Port Jackson, the prison colony that would later become the city of Sydney, Australia.
Domestication influences fungal community composition of sunflower

Published on November 28, 2016
Studying the assembly of fungal and bacterial communities on plant roots can help us understand how to manage microbiomes to improve crop health and yields.
Wheat Blast in Bangladesh For First Time

Published on November 28, 2016
Wheat fields in Bangladesh were devastated with a new disease to the region known as a wheat blast.
Myco-materials may be the future of fabric manufacturing

Published on November 28, 2016
Philip Ross began his career working as a chef and artist in the 1980s.
Vital AM fungi damaged by GM Bt cotton

Published on November 27, 2016
The negative effects of Bt cotton on AM fungi are wide-reaching.
Mycelial networks from soil oomycetes promote bacterial horizontal gene transfer.

Published on November 27, 2016
The exchange of genetic material between bacteria, known as Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) is an evolutionary mechanism that allows bacteria to acquire new traits hundreds of times faster than they would do by mutation.
An early warning for forest health

Published on November 27, 2016
Lichens have been studied as an early warning system for forest health by the United States Forest Service since the 1980s.
‘Snake fungal disease’ plagues North America

Published on November 27, 2016
The first observation that something might be wrong with North American snakes was in 2006.
$112,000 Truffle!

Published on November 21, 2016
Recently, at the 17th annual World Alba White Truffle Charity Auction, which took place in Piedmont, Italy and Philadelphia, a white truffle sold for $112,000!
Antarctic fungi able to survive martian conditions

Published on November 21, 2016
In preparation for life-detection experiments in Mars, scientists perform studies using terrestrial organism able to grow in extreme conditions analog of Mars conditions.