Scientists discover compounds in medicinal mushrooms that promise to slow Alzheimer's and Parkinson's with fewer serious side ...

There's a lot going on in the teeming microbiomes of our guts, and we're regularly making new discoveries about these bustling miniature ecosystems – including a new study identifying a symbiotic ...

In each instance, his job is to identify fungi that might be damaging the artifacts and recommend ways to stop it. "He is the best guy in the world to go to," says Robert J. Koestler, director of ...

“They learn how to safely work with these fungi, isolate them from the environment, screen them for potentially useful medical compounds, and identify fungi using traditional lab techniques and ...