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

Because it was the most resistant to UV radiation, the fungus could potentially survive even in locations exposed to some sunlight.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

If mold is a concern, home buyers should consider hiring a mold specialist or asking home inspectors to test for mold, if possible, and stay vigilant about the potential growth of the fungus.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

The bridge was of gray stone, lichened, dappled with slow moisture where the fungus crept.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Instead, they obtain nutrients through underground fungi and remain concealed beneath layers of leaf litter for nearly their entire lives.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Picking the fungi can disrupt the forest's ecosystem, which helps recycle nutrients, support wildlife, and preserve some 55,000 ancient trees.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Cognitive performance was similar among people taking vitamin D2, which is typically obtained from plants or fungi, and vitamin D3, which the body produces after sun exposure and which can also come from animal-based foods.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

German naturalist Carl Gustav Carus carried out the first scientific studies of pyrophilous fungi in the 1830s, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The walls were lined with shelves and crammed with jars of all shapes and colors, gathered from Deadwood Dump and filled with dried fungi.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

Whereby German affairs are come to be greatly overgrown with funguses in our Time; and give symptoms of dry and of wet rot, wherever handled.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Thomas Carlyle