Researchers find high risk to amphibians if fungal pathogen invades North America

New research indicates the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) could be devastating to amphibian biodiversity if introduced to North America.Nature Communications has published the findings from a group of researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, the University of Massachusetts-Boston and Washington State University.

Little brown bats provide 'glimmer of hope' against a species-threatening fungus

Scientists studying bat species that have been hit hard by the fungus that causes white nose syndrome say there is a glimmer of good news against the disease that has killed millions of bats across North America.

Climate change could lead to more fungal disease in humans, says expert

Climate change is driving many fungi to adapt to the Earth's warmer temperatures, which could mean more disease-causing fungi will learn to live in and on humans, says a McMaster University expert.

Opinion | ‘The Last of Us’ Is Right. Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish.

Fungi are a public health blind spot.

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Geographic Distribution of Dimorphic Mycoses in the United States for the Modern Era

AbstractBackground. The dimorphic mycoses (DM) of the United States, Histoplasma, Coccidioides, and Blastomyces, commonly known as endemic mycoses of North Amer

Geographic Distribution of Dimorphic Mycoses in the United States for the Modern Era

AbstractBackground. The dimorphic mycoses (DM) of the United States, Histoplasma, Coccidioides, and Blastomyces, commonly known as endemic mycoses of North Amer