Genome studies have helped uncover an entirely new branch of fungi that includes 600 seemingly unconnected fungi. However, when digging into the genome sequencing of each fungus, researchers ...

1. A Contemporary View of the Holomorph: Nucleic Acid Sequence and Computer Databases are Changing Fungal Classification / J.W. Taylor -- 2. The Fungal Holomorph: An Overview / D.R. Reynolds -- 3.

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. Though they aren't as charismatic as a red and white fly agaric mushroom, ...

When Italian botanist Giuseppe Inzenga first tasted the white ferula mushroom in 1863, he described it as one of the tastiest he had ever had. Once found in just 38 square miles on Sicily’s Madonie ...