Mars `jelly doughnut` clearly alien fungus: Astrobiologist

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 10:06

A self-described astrobiologist and author has asked a federal judge to force NASA to look more closely into the rock that suddenly appeared on Mars rover Opportunity`s field of vision earlier this month; he`s claimed that the rock is an alien fungus.

New skin-eating fungus killing Dutch salamanders

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 09:03

A new kind of skin-eating fungus has been killing fire salamanders in the Netherlands at an alarming rate, European researchers said Monday.

Fungus effective in ridding beg bugs

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 18:41

A natural fungus could get rid of blood sucking bed bugs which infest thousands of homes and deprive inmates of sound sleep.

180-year-old fungus collected by Darwin found in Cambridge library

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 13:34

Fungi and seaweed collected by Charles Darwin on his Beagle Voyage 180 years ago has been discovered, wrapped in newspaper in a Cambridge University library.

`Mushrooms may have stopped coal formation 300 mn yrs ago`

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 14:36

Scientists claim to have found evidence that shows the arrival of fleshy fungi species may have stopped the formation of coal deposits about 300 million years ago.

81 new plant and fungus species identified

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 16:56

Scientists at The New York Botanical Garden have discovered and described 81 new species of plants and fungi in the course of one year.

Fungi to save world from environmental catastrophe?

Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2012, 18:34

Scientists say they have found a "plastic-eating" fungi in the Amazon rainforest, which they claim could save the world from environmental catastrophe.

Fungus trials on Himachal crops successful

Last Updated: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 16:57

Scientists claimed that trials on vegetable crops in varied temperatures of Himachal Pradesh have been successful with the use of a newly identified fungus.

20-yr-old ‘huge’ fungus discovered in China

Last Updated: Monday, August 1, 2011, 21:23

The fruiting body is up to 10m long, 80cm wide and weighs half a tonne.

`Super` wheat to boost food security

Last Updated: Saturday, June 11, 2011, 13:00

Scientists say they`re close to producing new "super varieties" of wheat that will resist a virulent fungus while boosting yields up to 15 percent.

Delhi: Fungus found in samples of food articles

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 22:03

Fungus, acid insoluble ash and toxic particles were found in samples of food articles prepared from contaminated buck wheat, consuming which one person had died and around 200 people fell ill in the city earlier this month.