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Blue cheese could get an upgrade thanks to new mould hybrids

Five new varieties of Penicillium roqueforti, the fungus used to make blue cheese, might rescue the fungus from a genetic dead end and produce pharmaceutical compounds

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Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts

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Otherworldly beauty of fungi on show in photo competition

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Lager could get array of novel flavours thanks to new strains of yeast

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

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Fungi grow faster if you play sounds to them

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Tulostoma shaihuludii

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Sand-dwelling fungi discovered and named after Dune's giant sandworms

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Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

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Winning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

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cf. Mycena (???) Reserva Los Cedros, Cotacachi, Ecuador

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Fascinating photos of fungi show their diversity

Mycologists Danny Newman and Roo Vandegrift spent more than a decade scouting for fungi in the threatened Los Cedros reserve in Ecuador. See some of their finds here

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Terminator model has living skin made from fungus

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Wood-munching fungi can break down common type of plastic

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Blight review: The threat of a fungi-fuelled pandemic

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Sheets of fungus could be used as eco-friendly fireproofing for homes

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