The Conversation: From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi The Guardian: ‘Without them there is no life’: the race to understand the mysterious world of Africa’s fungi Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna ... ‘Without them there is no life’: the race to understand the mysterious world of Africa’s fungi MSN: Long overlooked as crucial to life, fungi start to get their due Agarikon is one of two endangered species of fungi in the United States. So rare is the species that scientists have placed samples of it in a biobank facility for safekeeping at the San Diego Zoo, in ...

Understanding the Context

Long overlooked as crucial to life, fungi start to get their due