White and fissured: DNA study rewrites the story of North America’s desert crust lichens
A new MycoKeys study combines DNA sequencing, microscopy and standardized iodine staining to revise the Acarospora strigata group in North ...
Tag: mycology
Hidden Fungal Lineages Emerge from the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, Rewriting Polyporales Evolution
A new genus and six new species of wood-decaying fungi have been discovered on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, with molecular clock ...
Two New Fungal Species Unearthed on Giant Reed in Chinese Wetlands
Researchers in Jiangxi Province, China, have described two previously unknown saprobic fungal species, Lentimurispora arundinis and Stachylidium arundinis, isolated from ...
New Dung Fungus From Kenya Yields Novel Alkaloid With Antibacterial and Anticancer Potential
A newly described coprophilous fungus from Kenyan cow dung, Schizothecium keniense, produces the novel alkaloid pyrrospirone Z and other decahydrofluorene ...
Six New Soil Fungi from China Expand the Cunninghamellaceae Family
Six newly described species of Absidia and Gongronella from Chinese soils significantly expand the known biodiversity of the fungal family ...
Deadly mushroom toxins traced to single ancient origins in landmark fungal genome study
A phylogenomic analysis of Amanita mushrooms reveals that ibotenic acid and muscarine toxins each evolved once, roughly 28 and 15 ...
New Puffball Genus Longipediperdon Unveiled from China’s Bamboo Forests
Chinese mycologists have described Longipediperdon gen. nov. and its species L. spineum, a spiny puffball with exceptionally long-stalked spores, using ...
New Soil Fungus Garciamycella chlamydospora Yields Rare Antifungal Papulacandins
A newly described soil fungus from the Netherlands, Garciamycella chlamydospora, founds a new sordarialean genus and produces rare papulacandin antifungals, ...
Ten Hidden Fungal Species Found on Chinese Pine Needles
A combined morphological and DNA-based study in IMA Fungus describes ten new Lophodermium species from pine needles across China, expanding ...
Three New Mushroom Species Unearthed in Southwestern China’s Fungal Hotspots
Researchers have described three new species of Marasmius fungi from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, combining DNA phylogenetics with detailed morphology to ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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