Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a science commentator The words we use to describe things can frame the way we think about them.

• Symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae is known as LICHEN • Symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots of higher plants is known as MICHORHIZZA • Fungi is achlorophyllous that is ...

As Lovett states, 'For most of the history of science, fungi were the realm of botanists,' 18th-century French scientist Rene Leomur describes fungi that parasitize insects as 'plant roots.' The New ...

Mushrooms spark debate as they're neither plant nor animal, belonging to the Fungi kingdom. Unlike plants, they don't photosynthesize, obtaining nutrients from organic matter. Rich in vitamins, ...