Honey fungus is the most serious fungal disease affecting garden trees and shrubs in this country. With young trees and shrubs, death can be very sudden, while older trees may take many years to die.

The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

Tropical trees like plumeria do not thrive in most parts of the United States because they require hot and humid conditions.

In California, oak, holly leaf cherry, California lilac (Ceanothus), lupine ... edible and ornamental form a close association with a fungus that lives in the soil called mycorrhizal fungi.

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found.

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