Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi with sugar through photosynthesis and the orchids receive important water ...

A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there — but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish, and its abdomen swells. Its body sprouts white fuzz. Around sunset, ...

Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) the influence of parasitic fungi on the ...

a spider on a piece of wood with a parasitic fungus bursting through its head, legs and body A rare image has captured the moment a huge spider is "defeated" and engulfed by a parasitic fungus, with ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The fungi were growing out of the bodies of host insects that became trapped in ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.The insect, along with a ...

The arboreal fungus appears on the branches of trees in the genus Prunus. In Minnesota, that means cherry and plum trees.