The achievement, reported in the current issue of Nature magazine, represents a further stage in the history of research on this fungus. A half-century ago, George W. Beadle and Edward L. Tatum won a ...

The East Javan food called oncom is made by growing orange Neurospora mold on soy pulp left over from making tofu. In about 36 hours, the soy pulp is turned into a tasty and nutritious food.

Making oncom is almost magical. It starts with a pile of soy pulp, which is wrapped in banana leaves and sprinkled with the spores of a fungus called Neurospora intermedia. The bundle is left to ...

Six Oregon scientists were part of the international effort to crack the genetic code of a common mold that has served as a laboratory workhorse for more than half a century. The complete genetic ...

The molecular pathways involved in antiviral defenses and counter-defenses in host-pathogen systems remain unclear. Researchers have used Neurospora crassa as a model organism to explore how RNA ...

Of course, eating fungus isn’t new. Mushrooms are a type of nutritious fungus. And fungi have been used for centuries to ferment foods and turn them into other food products—like how milk is turned ...

An ordinary mold has extraordinary properties when it comes to powering batteries, Scottish researchers have discovered. The mold, Neurospora crassa, also known as red bread mold, can change manganese ...