Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium. It is even possible ...

“And so we seem to have cooked out the fungal pathogens.” Without fungi to aid in decomposition, all life in the forest would soon be buried under a mountain of dead plant matter. “[Fungi ...

The lab conducts field experiments at Cedar Creek in East Bethel where the team buries dead fungi to measure the decomposition rates of fungi, Beidler said. Anahi Cantoran, a University graduate ...