EditorialA Brown-Forman whiskey aging warehouse coated in Baudoinia, a type of fungus that germinates off of ethanol, in Louisville, Ky., July 23, 2012. (Ben Sklar/The New York Times)
EditorialMichael French of Green Forests Work checks the progress of chestnut trees at a former coal mine in Coshocton County, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2022. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
EditorialAnders Rhod Larsen, a microbiologist at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, works with samples of MRSA bacteria, in Denmark, Dec. 12, 2018. (Ciril Jazbec/The New York Times)
EditorialAnders Rhod Larsen, a microbiologist at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, works with samples of MRSA bacteria, in Denmark, Dec. 12, 2018. (Ciril Jazbec/The New York Times)
EditorialMarguerite Boissonnault plays the character Fungus during “Dream of the Farm,” a work created and performed by an arts collective at Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, Pa., Aug. 5, 2021. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)