fungus

For several weeks each year, ethnic Tibetans in this village pluck matsutake mushrooms, a flavorful fungus that is believed to boast medicinal properties—and can make fortunes in this less-developed corner of China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Pancho often took him there, teaching Óscar when to fertilize and how to identify deadly fungus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

In 2025, the UK's first confirmed record of a rare fungus species, Russula blumiana, was made in Epping Forest.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Astronauts have collected samples of the fungus aboard the International Space Station, and previous experiments have shown that it can also survive outside the station.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Dense thickets of halfdrowned trees pressed close around them, branches dripping with curtains of pale fungus.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Bird's nest fungi resemble miniature nests complete with tiny eggs, while the rare red cage fungus forms a vivid crimson lattice structure.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

After more than a decade studying fungi, Large said the rarest species he had seen in the region was the coral tooth fungus.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Even so, the team sees considerable potential in using fungi to support future agriculture beyond Earth.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The researchers also considered fungi that have been used aboard the International Space Station.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Insects are beset not only by viruses and bacteria but also by fungi, protozoa, microscopic worms, and other beings from all that unseen world of minute life that, by and large, befriends mankind.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

After snowball Earth, titanosaurs and dawn redwoods and humongous funguses appear.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2021

The illnesses most frequently reported by migrants who make it across the jungle are foot funguses, gastrointestinal problems and respiratory infections.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021

In 1962, Rachel Carson published the book “Silent Spring,” which convincingly argued that chemicals used to kill insects, funguses and pests were also killing birds and harming the environment.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2016

This makes your entire body hypersensitive to all forms of irritants, including weather changes, certain food proteins, and funguses.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2010

I’m going to do the same, and put down everything, just as it comes; beetles, chrysalises, flowers, funguses, mosses, earth-nuts, and land-snails, all just as I find them.

From We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing