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Cardioglossa melanogaster, a species of African frog

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Fungus that kills frogs and salamanders is rapidly spreading in Africa

Across Africa there has been a surge in a fungus that causes heart failure in amphibians over the past two decades, which could devastate the continent’s amphibians as it has elsewhere

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Ecologists are infecting trees with fungi to make them age prematurely

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Mycelium of mushroom. Mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root tissues. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association. Mycorhize. - Image ID: BDF3AY (RF)

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Adding wild fungi to soil could make trees store more carbon

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Mushrooms growing around the base of a tree in a forest

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Do trees communicate via a 'wood wide web'? The evidence is lacking

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Bioluminescent fungi

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Fake mushroom experiment reveals why some fungi glow in the dark

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Oyster mushrooms

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Oyster mushroom fungus uses nerve gas to paralyse and eat tiny worms

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Ganoderma lucidum growing on dying wood

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Computer chip made using mushroom skin could be easily recycled

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Roberto Garc?a-Roa

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Grisly photo of a zombie fungus bursting from a fly wins competition

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Cup fungus (Dasyscyphella nivea) covered in water droplets, beside Zygote fungi (Zygomycota), close up. Hertfordshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

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Fungi evolved their weird and wild shapes in two big bursts

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a nest largely made of fungal rhizophores (one actually has a couple of fruiting bodies, that is mushrooms, coming out of it)

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Tropical birds build nests from fungi that may keep parasites at bay

Many birds’ nests in tropical rainforests contain rhizomorphs, fungal structures that produce defensive chemicals, which may protect nestlings from parasites

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UK mushroom growing uses 100,000 m³ of peat a year – can we do better?

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Slug poo helps mushrooms start new colonies by spreading spores

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The eerie bioluminescence of the ghost fungus in all its glory

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Birds in Patagonia have a surprising taste for truffles

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