ARLINGTON, Va.--With more than 10,000 genes amid DNA strands of nearly 40 million base pairs, the first genome of a filamentous fungus has been sequenced through the cooperative efforts of a community ...

It's only been a few days, but your bread is already moldy. Can you slice off the mold and eat the rest? I love bread. There’s always a loaf sitting in a bread basket on my kitchen counter. Sometimes ...

The genome sequence of the bread mold Neurospora crassa has been revealed by a group of 77 researchers from seven nations, among them Prof. Oded Yarden of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of ...

Sourdough bread uses wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria for leavening, offering nutritional benefits and easier digestion. Mold, a fungus, thrives in moist, warm environments and breaks down organic ...

You’re all ready to eat your sandwich when you notice the golden brown of your roll now has a…decidedly green tint. So you wonder: Is it safe to eat moldy bread—you’d cut off the bad stuff, of ...

We've all encountered moldy food before, whether it's a rogue berry covered in gray fuzz or a green-speckled slice of bread. Maybe you didn't notice the mold growing until you plated your meal — or ...

When you notice green fuzzy stuff growing on a few slices of bread, you know that you definitely shouldn’t eat it and that it should go straight into the trash. But what if you’re in a rush to make a ...