Mating systems, that is, whether organisms give rise to progeny by selfing, inbreeding or outcrossing, strongly affect important ecological and evolutionary processes. Large variations in mating ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The new family Stephanosporaceae (Basidiomycetes, Fungi) is proposed. As far as known, the range of the family covers aphyllophoroid ...

A new polypore species, Postia amylocystis Y.C. Dai & Renvall, is described, based on recent collections from the Changbai Mountain Range in northeastern China. The species is evidently a saprotroph ...

Up until 2016, lichen was thought to be a partnership between one alga and one fungus, the classic symbiotic relationship. Then came the observation than in fact lichen harbors two types of fungi—an ...

Methane is 25 times more effective as a greenhouse gas when compared with carbon dioxide. Most of this gas is produced by bacteria in rice fields, landfills or cattle farming. Following the study of ...

Walnut Creek, CA--The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announces today the publication of a high-quality draft genome sequence of the white rot fungus, ...

The rainy weather this spring has made for terrific conditions for many of our native fungi. While hiking along a trail this past weekend that was more stream than trail, I happened upon one of my ...

The human skin's surface is home to the "skin microbiome," an ecosystem where fungus, bacteria and viruses coexist. Sometimes, things within the microbiome can go wrong: Fungal skin infections affect ...