A study on Lepraria lichens found they possess genes for sexual reproduction despite being thought entirely asexual. This ...

compared to days without thunderstorms (n = 919 days), daily asthma visits increased from 8.6 to 10 (p < 0.05), and air concentrations of fungal spores doubled (from 1,512 to 2,749/m 3), with ...

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. A small amount of glittering spore powder left behind by Floating Fungi. Seems that a sneeze is all it takes for this powder to vanish ...

Although every breath we take contains thousands of fungal spores, these spores do not trigger an immune response. Latgé and colleagues, writing in a recent issue of Nature, show that the surface ...

Some fungi are able to reproduce both sexually and asexually. Fungi reproduce using spores which they release into the environment. A new fungus will grow from the spore. The Coprinus cinereus ...

However, this process eliminates genetic diversity in fungi strains and has resulted in mutations, including the inability to ...

So they assumed that these lichens are asexual.” Fungus forms the ... The fruiting body’s job is to disperse spores, which are like the fungal equivalent of seeds. These spores get dispersed ...