While the red listing of more mushrooms and their relatives has been welcomed, the results paint a worrying picture. Almost a ...

Most of Australia’s plants rely on a hidden underground network of fungi for water and minerals. They could be in trouble – ...

"As we lose fungi, we impoverish the ecosystem services and resilience they provide, from drought and pathogen resistance in ...

The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, ...

Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

The IUCN warns that over 400 fungi species face extinction due to deforestation, pollution, and climate change.

Meanwhile, deforestation and degradation are driving nearly 200 species toward extinction. Many fungi rely on decaying trees for habitat and “have evolved during millions and millions of years to [use ...

The latest update to IUCN red list has 1,300 species of fungi assessed with at least 411 at risk of extinction.

The Waltham Public Library hosted naturalist Jonathan Kranz, who led a small audience through the joys and practicalities of foraging for mushrooms in New England.

Human activities have been infringing on fungal ground, the scientists explain. They found that 279 species are at risk of ...