Fungi are the most common causal agent of plant disease. Of the more than 2 million species of fungi worldwide, 8,000 are known to be detrimental to plants. These microscopic organisms cause symptoms ...

SALINAS, CA − A lethal fungus has quietly spread in the soil across the West. Now, it’s threatening areas well beyond the dusty deserts and valleys where it likely originated. Valley fever, a disease ...

On a trip to Costa Rica, 12 people from the same family were infected. Normally, a vacation to a tropical locale involves sunburns, maybe some bug bites, and sand stuck in your hair. For one family ...

This year, my husband and I planted tomato transplants early (Feb. 11) in our three raised garden beds at our home. By mid-April we began picking tomatoes and feel that we had a tremendous harvest. We ...

The Tennessee Department of Health issued a health advisory following an increase in cases. Here's what to know.

Cases of Valley fever rose statewide in 2024, data from the California Department of Public Health shows, with some places seeing spikes of over 100% year over year.Valley fever, which is caused by ...

A family vacation to Costa Rica turned sour after 12 of 13 relatives developed symptoms of a fungal lung infection following an excursion through bat-filled caves. In season two of The Last of Us, the ...

Preemptive control of heavy-hitting diseases like white mold, frogeye leaf spot, Cercospora leaf blight and others is now ...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife has confirmed the presence of a fungus in Clark County that causes a deadly disease in bats ...

Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per year, mostly in California and Arizona. Two decades ...

This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine. Back at the turn of the 21st century, Valley fever was an obscure fungal disease in the United States, with fewer than 3,000 reported cases per ...