The man suffered organ failure a few days after the injection, doctors said in a case report.

The blob looks like a fungus, acts like an animal, moves without limbs, eats without a mouth and learns without a brain.

Drug-resistant fungi are appearing around the globe, and some are known to cause illness in humans.

The MNRF is using the Northumberland County Forest to study a sap beetle's interactions with oak trees which could help prevent the spread of an invasive fungus.

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a fungus which could clean up oil spills and restore oilsands tailings.

Researchers out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified fungus as a "key factor" in Crohn's disease.

Stressed and less established trees in parts of the Greater Toronto area are being threatened by soil-borne fungi.

Bats strike fear in many hearts, but it is these nocturnal mammals that are in danger, decimated by a mysterious disease that has wiped out seven million in North America in a few short years.