In the Amazon rain forest, salty particles from spore-launching fungi help make clouds and rain, according to new research. The tiny, potassium-rich specks, smaller than bacteria, waft above the ...

Plants and fungi can release potassium into the air under certain ... Yet another topic for future research is the question of whether the Amazon is the only rainforest that gets the potassium cycle ...

The Amazon Rainforest has earned the title "The Lungs ... the Amazon is home to glow-in-the-dark mushrooms. These fungi emit ...

Yet, fungi are surprisingly abundant in soil from Brazil's Amazon rainforest. To help protect the Amazon rainforest, which is being lost at an ever-faster rate, it is essential to understand the ...

The scientists who did this research aren’t totally sure that the Amazon’s fungi are producing the potassium they observed in their samples of rainforest air. It’s plausible, though ...

In the Amazon rain forest, salty particles from spore-launching fungi help make clouds and rain, according to new research. The tiny, potassium-rich specks, smaller than bacteria, waft above the ...