The bird owes its name to an umami-rich marinade made from Reed & Co Distillery’s own koji, Japan’s flavour-unleashing fungus ...

Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...

Barbecue sauce can be a contentious topic. The regional variations in barbecue sauce are legendary, from vinegar-kissed Carolina barbecue sauce to the sweet and smoky variety found in Texas. However, ...

A series of submersible surveys to nearly 10 kilometers in the deepest parts of Japan's ocean trenches have revealed seafloor biodiversity is shaped by depth, food supply, seismic activity and the ...

The thick hypha (12 µm wide) emerged by branching from the thin hyphae (4 µm wide). The nuclei were visualized using histone-GFP. These findings offer fundamental insights into how cell volume and ...

Berlin-based startup Nosh.bio is debuting its Koji-based hybrid mince in partnership with Speisemanufaktur Adlershof, marking the product’s first public showcase. This week, the hybrid mince is ...

The fungi had infected species of ancient ants and flies that became trapped. Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The ...

Nearly 100 million years ago, a droplet of tree resin captured a gruesome scene: a fungus bursting out of the body of an ant pupa. This amber fossil suggests that the fungus famous for its ability to ...