Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a fermentation-based method to produce mycelium leather at industrial scale, demonstrating the process by sewing a prototype handbag from the material.

A study published in PLOS Biology has found, for the first time, that fungi living in Arctic fjord sediments efficiently absorb dissolved organic matter and lock it into their biomass, rather than releasing it as carbon dioxide.

A team at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa is developing a fungus-based vaccine platform that could produce doses for around a dollar, potentially transforming vaccine access across Africa.

The UK government has classified the golden oyster mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) as a high-risk invasive species following confirmed sightings in English woodland. The fungus, linked to home-growing kits and hobbyist cultivation, is feared to outcompete native fungi and disrupt forest ecosystems wherever it establishes itself.

A Stockholm University team used DNA extracted directly from soil to confirm, at molecular resolution, that Marasmius oreades grows as a hollow ring underground, not a solid disc.