Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

Scientists identify a new marine fungus that attacks toxic algae, offering insight into natural controls on blooms that ...

A team of researchers from Yokohama National University, Japan, have discovered a previously unknown species of marine fungus that can kill harmful, bloom-forming algae. The new species, Algophthora ...

A soil fungus and a marine alga have formed a beautiful friendship. Surprisingly, after about a month together, the partners got even cozier. Algal cells began growing inside the fungi’s super long ...

EAST LANSING, Mich -- Scientists think that green algae are plants water-living ancestors, but we are not sure how the transition to land plants happened. New research from Michigan State University, ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...

When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria -- often called blue-green algae -- are usually involved. Mass development of cyanobacteria is bad for water quality. But ...

In a recently published article in the journal Cells, scientists have provided a detailed description of the utility of mannose-specific lectins in preventing coronavirus infections. They have ...

I got my botany degree two years ago, so I could be out of date, but I was taught that Phytophthora was a fungus (14 September, p 9). The Editor replies: • Phytophthora were traditionally ...

Not every biologist is fortunate enough to discover two new species on the very campus where they teach, but Florida Gulf Coast University professor and researcher William Sanders did just that ...