Fungi Blog Posts

A new method has been developed for measuring levels of indoor fungal spores. The scientists describe a new method, which involves collecting air samples on a piece of commercially available aluminum foil, and then analyzing the spores with a techniq...

Aspergillus fumigatus is a fungus of the genus Aspergillus, and is one of the most common Aspergillus species to cause disease in individuals with an immunodeficiency. A. fumigatus, a saprotroph widespread in nature, is typically found in soil and...

According to researchers at Penn State University, 'biopesticides', which are naturally occurring fungi, might provide an answer to the common problem with bedbugs. Bedbugs cause irritation and spread disease across many parts of North Ameri...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have devised a new method of applying an Aspergillus strain called K49 as means to eliminate aflatoxin contamination, caused by other species of Aspergillus (such as A. flavus and A. parasiticus), in c...

Almost 500 international experts have worked together to develop a ranking system of the ten most important phytopathogenic fungi on a scientific and economic level. The rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) sits at the top of the list. In second pl...

Biosciences: NERC Fully-funded PhD studentship Description This project will conduct interaction experiments under controlled laboratory conditions using 30 saprotrophic Agaricomycetes recently sequenced by the Joint Genome Institute. The genome sequ...

Selamat berlatih untuk kingdom fungi 1. Eukariotik adalah … . 2. Rizoid adalah … . 3. Basisdiokarp adalah … . 4. Konidia adalah … . 5. Cara mendapatkan energi pada fungi dengan cara merombak organisme yang sudah mati adalah &#...

Mushrooms, Toadstools, Fungi, Funghi, whatever you know them as, many varieties are poisonous and in Italy it is advisable to take them to your local Health authority for identification before even considering eating them. In fact loca...

As we come to the end of the mushroom season in the UK, it’s good to reflect on the strange …Continue reading »...

A new fungal species, called Hebelomagriseopruinatum, has now officially been included in the list of species. The fungus, whose name can be translated into 'the grey-dewy tear leaf', was discovered on Zealand in Denmark during a mushroom-hunting tou...

The U.S. FDA has issued an updated staterment in relation to the NECC fungal meningiits issue. The subject has been covered by Pharmaceutical Microbiology and by Barry Friedman's blog, as well as by our LinkedIn site. The FDA statement runs: "...

Yesterday Pharmaceutical Microbiology outlined the serious case of fungal meningitis from a supposedly sterile medicine (a steroid), which had been distributed across several U.S. states. The steroid is called methylp...

A research team have discovered that a fungus that is common in polluted water produces environmentally important minerals as it reproduces. By utilizing this, scientists can develop a mineral that can be used to clean-up toxic residues. The...

Review of fungal contamination in pharmaceutical products A new paper has been published in the European Journal of Parenteral and Pharmaceutical Science (EJPPS) which presents a review offungal contamination of pharmaceutical produc...

A new method has been developed for measuring levels of indoor fungal spores. The scientists describe a new method, which involves collecting air samples on a piece of commercially available aluminum foil, and then analyzing the spores with a techniq...

A science team based at the University of Alberta  have made breakthrough use of 3-D magnetic resonance technology to map the structure of a common fungus: Candida albicans. Candida albicans is a diploid fungus that grows both as yea...

Canadian scientists have linked the reasons that some people have allergies to wine to the yeast used to produce the wine. By using genetic engineering, the scientists have developed a strain of yeast which is capable of producing allergy free win...

A review of scientific experiments undertaken using common cleanroom fungi and major types of disinfectants has been undertaken with the results published in the PDA journal. I was very pleased to be part of this study.

Take a Petri dish containing crude petroleum and it will release a strong odor distinctive of the toxins that make up the fossil fuel. Sprinkle mushroom spores over the Petri dish and let it sit for two weeks in an incubator, and surprise, the pet...

Mycorrhizal fungi are microscopic cells that help your plants, trees and lawn thrive.