Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the tree awaken to feast on it, joined by others that creep up from the soil.

Fungi spouts from a fallen tree along a trail at the Washington Works Nature Trails. The plant helps in the decaying process ...

Boulder Mushroom is researching fungi's ability to decompose wildfire fuels like fallen trees and dead grass that can ignite ...

Similar fungi attack other trees such as sycamore ... It's important to rake up all the fallen leaves each fall and compost ...

Most orchids live in a symbiotic relationship with fungi in their roots ... could only see parasitic individuals near fallen and rotting tree trunks. Becoming a parasite means that the orchids ...

And whilst we're having fun, trees have to get ready for the coming ... The second group are the fungi which break down the leaves and live off their nutrients. In the autumn the fungi grow ...