Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi ...

Students living in rented accommodation with mould problems are campaigning for a Tripadvisor-style website to review properties. University of Bristol students started the Break the Mould campaign on ...

Some orchids have evolved a unique parasitic lifestyle, abandoning full reliance on photosynthesis in favor of extracting nutrients from fungi. Oreorchis patens serves as a fascinating case, capable ...

When the orchid Oreorchis patens happens to grow close to rotten wood, it shifts its fungal symbionts to those that decompose the wood and significantly increases the amount of nutrients it takes from ...