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In recent decades we have come to realize that the microbial world is hugely diverse, and can be found in the most extreme environments. Fungi, sin...

The variety of the mycological world is far greater than most people imagine. Tens of thousands of fungal species have been described and many more...

Mushrooms are loved, despised, feared and misunderstood. They have been a familiar part of nature throughout human history and occupy a special pla...

From breakfast toast to evening wine, yeast is the microscopic thing that we cannot live without. We knew what yeast did as an invisible brewer and...

Animals and plants rule the world - or do they? A cup of seawater contains 100 million cells which are preyed upon by billions of viruses; a pinch ...