22-03-28 中国科学家在海南热带雨林国家公园发现了8个大型真菌新物种。 Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences have discovered eight new macrofungi species in south Chinas island province of Hainan. 中国热带农业科学院的研究团队在海...

21-04-02 研究人员们首次对世界上真菌的生存状况开展了大规模的评估调查。他们发现，真菌王国对于地球万物来说至关重要，尽管目前世界上约有三百八十万种真菌种类，但仍有超过 90% 是科学未知的。 From foods to medicines, to recycling nutrients fungi are vital for life on...

16-12-14 The mutualistic relationship between tree roots and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi has been shaping forest ecosystems since their inception. ECM fungi are key players supporting the growth, health and stress tolerance of forest trees globally, such as...

16-03-04 Ikea plans to use packaging made with mushrooms as an eco-friendly replacement for polystyrene, the Swedish retail giant has revealed. 瑞典家居用品巨头宜家家居日前表示，宜家计划用蘑菇制成的环保包装材料代替聚苯乙烯。 The flat-pack furniture retailer...

16-02-26 Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with grapefruit see...

16-01-31 European scientists have gathered tiny fungi that take shelter in Antarctic rocks and sent them to the International Space Station. After 18 months on board in conditions similar to those on Mars, more than 60% of their cells remained intact, with s...

15-09-01 Researchers have unraveled the mystery cause of the emerging wheat disease White Grain Disorder. Scientists at the Wheat Biosecurity Laboratory at The Australian National University (ANU) identified the cause of the disease when they isolated three...

12-10-19 Almost 500 international experts have worked together to develop a ranking system of the ten most important phytopathogenic（致植物病的） fungi on a scientific and economic level. The rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) sits at the top of the lis...

12-09-10 A good violin depends not only on the expertise of the violin maker, but also on the quality of the wood that is used. The Swiss wood researcher Professor Francis W. M. R. Schwarze (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technolo...

11-09-07 Fungi that cause severe infections in those with compromised immune systems are resisting the action of the latest group of antifungal drugs. Uncovering their strategies for doing this will lead to more effective treatments, says a scientist speakin...