After a storm, Evie came across a fallen oak with what looked like blue paint streaked across the surface. But this unusual color comes from something entirely natural. Find out how Blue Stain fungus ...

The genome of the fungus that helps mountain pine beetles infect and kill lodgepole pines has been decoded in a University of British Columbia study. Also known as blue stain fungus for the stain it ...

Blue-stain fungi constitute a distinctive group of wood-colonizing fungi which lack the ability to decompose wood lignocellulose, yet are capable of causing significant wood discoloration (Fig. 1).

The August silence prevails as I step into the woods. In the open site nearby, I see the late summer wildflowers — goldenrods, asters and sunflowers — all in bloom. Fireweeds from July have gone to ...