Tag Archives: fungi
Beneficial dust like a wall protecting a castle: the role of orchid seed coat in restricting the invasion of fungal hyphae
Prison break – How fungi escape from a hostile environment inside immune cells
Aspen fungal endophyte communities are enriched after herbivory by leaf eating Chrysomelid beetles
Phosphate dissolving fungi: a sustainable alternate for soil P nutrition
Nitrogen limitation of CO2 fertilization: relief from fungal partners
How fungi chew the fat: Fatty acid ester production in pathogenic filamentous fungi
Fungal burden in waste industry: an occupational risk to be solved
The discovery of an ancient symbiosis challenges a decades old paradigm

The vast majority of land plants form intimate nutritional partnerships with filamentous fungi wherein fungal-acquired mineral nutrients from the soil are traded for plant-generated organic carbon. These mutualistic associations, known as arbuscular mycorrhizas (“tree-like fungus-roots”), are widely