AN attempt has been made, by the isolation of fungi from the upper six inches of soil, to determine differences in a series of experimental plots in the Transvaal Highveld, on the Frankenwald ...

Gentamicin is found quite satisfactory as an antibiotic in dilution plates for the isolation of soil fungi. An increase in number of fungal colonies is also noticed on media containing gentamicin.

Array “This is really uncharted territory,” said Assistant Professor Kai Zhu. “The climate is changing, and fungi will change, too. Those changes will impact tree distribution, and changes in fungi ...

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Native prairie ecosystems have been disappearing across North America since the agricultural revolution of the 1800s. The increased need for higher crop yields, infrastructure, and resource extraction ...

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Whether you’re standing in a forest, on a field of grass, or even on that square of soil that surrounds a tree planted along a city sidewalk, under your feet is vast network of fungal filaments. Finer ...

Conservationists in England are collecting cores of soil from an ancient woodland… so they can transplant them into a newly established site. The goal is to reintroduce missing fungi species in the ...

When it comes to storing carbon in the ground, fungi may be key. Soils are a massive reservoir of carbon, holding about three times as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. The secret behind this carbon ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions below ground -- more than China emits each year. Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel ...

You do not have to be a nature enthusiast to appreciate the planting of spaced-out trees alongside city sidewalks, giving a splash of color and life to the urban surroundings. However, because of ...