Topic
Fungi
3 stories about Fungi that passed the news check, newest first.
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Simple fungi can recognize shapes, like circles and crosses, when looking for wood to eat
A wood-rotting fungus grown on a cross-shaped arrangement of wood blocks attached more of its threads to the outer blocks than to the inner ones.
Earth.com
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Mongolia’s iconic grasslands are in crisis — invisible fungi could help save them
Clues from Mongolia suggest that underground fungal networks may be key to reviving degraded land.
nature.com
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Molecular adaptations and metabolic reprogramming of Priestia megaterium KW16 in response to fungal pathogen-derived filtrates
A Nature Scientific Reports article examines how the bacterium Priestia megaterium strain KW16 responds to filtrates derived from fungal pathogens.
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