The World Health Organization warns of increasing resistance to treatments for fungal diseases, especially among vulnerable ...

Nearly a third of species of fungi assessed by an international conservation group are at risk of extinction from threats ...

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"Fungi are crucial to all life. Without fungi, an ecosystem can collapse quickly," said Caroline Pollock, Senior Programme Coordinator in IUCN's Red List Unit. Fungi are best known as mushrooms ...

The fungal kingdom is the world’s biggest after animals, with an estimated 2.5 million species - of which around 155,000 are named. "Fungi are the unsung heroes of life on Earth, forming the very ...