Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to ...

Toby Kiers wins the Tyler Prize for her groundbreaking research on vital underground fungal networks and their ecological ...

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When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...