Mycelial fibers, the fibrous cells found in fruiting mushroom bodies, have gained momentum as a sustainable material for making faux-leather and packaging owing to their excellent formability.

Although most gardeners aim to bring in a good fruit crop on their plants, there are a few situations where a barren plant is preferred. Some homeowners would love to find a way to keep certain ...

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has both solitary and communal life stages. As long as food is abundant, it lives on its own, but when food is scarce the amoebae seek one another out.

The fruiting season for fungi in southern England has more than doubled in the last half century owing to the region's warmer summers and wetter autumns. Many species are now also fruiting twice a ...

Their great taste and their health benefits have made them one of the most popular fruits. The world market for strawberries, rich in antioxidants and vitamin C, was greater than 9 millon tons in 2016 ...

Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: Saproxylica, a hidden realm within the more familiar reality of trees, is home to these fungi It is springtime in Saproxylica. An alternate reality exists all around us: when ...