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Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West – and ...

“If I was starting my career again, and I can see it's going to happen with the younger mycologists that work in Kew, they will be looking at a whole range of uses of fungi, from plastic-eating ...

Mucormycosis, a fungus infection caused by Mucorales, has a high mortality rates in those with weakened immune systems and those who have suffered severe trauma, such as burns, blast injuries or ...