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

Every animal, plant, and fungus around us today is eukaryotic.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 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

Water trickled down the walls, and the stone became slick with whatever fungus had grown over the centuries.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Small plants and fungi had only recently begun spreading across the landscape, while forests and other complex land ecosystems had not yet developed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

The City Corporation, which manages Epping Forest as a registered charity, said its open spaces had been home to several significant fungi discoveries in recent years.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Alongside microorganisms commonly found on human skin, the team identified fungi and salt-adapted archaea.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

As we crept along a path carpeted with oily black leaves, I stared at the trees covered in fungi, and the withered grass and bushes that had turned to mulch.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

Then I like your burial of the pedant so much!—you have quite the damp smell of funguses and the sense of creeping things through and through it.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning