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We know people do forage and consume wild mushrooms, whether intentionally or accidentally. Sometimes, the consequences can be serious.
Be very afraid – if you’re an insect.
For decades, construction companies have used fireproofing chemicals associated with risks to human health and the environment. We need safer alternatives.
Dangerous fungal infections are on the rise globally. But we have few drugs that work and no prospect of anti-fungal vaccines any time soon.
Fungi underpin life on Earth, but are far less well catalogued and understood than animals and plants. Three scientists call for including fungi in conservation strategies and environmental laws.
New research has found what may be language in electrical impulses transmitted between mushrooms.
Research institutes and “centres of excellence” exist around the world to draw talent and to share resources - all with the aim of solving important problems.
The global mushroom industry is worth $35 billion yearly and growing. But mushrooms and other fungi play important ecological roles that scientists are still learning about – and some may be endangered.
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor, School of Sciences, RMIT University
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Professor in Plant-Soil Processes, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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PhD student, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Curator of Mycology at New York State Museum, Bard College
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
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PhD Candidate in Mycology, University of Bath
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Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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Conjoint Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW