Q: Do all plants need sunlight? A: Plants do need sunlight or other light sources to power the chemical reactions of photosynthesis and make food for themselves. But some plants rely on others to make ...

During a recent scientific expedition in the primeval forests of the Ailao Mountains in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, a Sichuan entomologist unexpectedly discovered seven rare saprophytic plants ...

When we think of a forest, most of us have a mental image of a stand of more-or-less dense trees that covers a sizable piece of the landscape. Plantations don’t count: too manicured, too uniform. So ...

You know spring has sprung and the snow has melted when Tahoe’s snowplants start popping up in the usual places. From well-manicured yards to trailside forests, these hardy, cone-shaped flowers are ...

Did you have mushrooms for dinner? This orchid did. Most plants we see around us are green because they have chlorophyll in their cells, and chlorophyll absorbs most of the red and blue components of ...

Dear Neil:We have strange "spore-like" things growing out of our yard. They are large, brownish-black mounds that keep growing. When I pick them up, they seem to have a small root system. Should I be ...

THE method commonly used to determine the competitive saprophytic ability of soil fungi consists of exposing suitable substrates to colonization by the fungus in non-sterile soil. A serious ...