<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/2024-02-msu-researchers-explore-ancient-partnership-between-moss-and-fungi.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>03/22/2024</pubDate><title>Friend or foe? MSU researchers explore ancient partnership between moss and fungi</title><description><span>Michigan State University researchers have shed new light on the ancient relationship between moss and fungi in a recent paper published in The Plant Journal.</span></description><highlights/><author/><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/Untitled%20design.gif" alt="Moss growth."/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/Untitled%20design.gif" alt="Moss growth."/></image><tags><tag>Davis Mathieu</tag><tag>Endobacteria</tag><tag>Fungi</tag><tag>Hamberger Lab</tag><tag>Moss</tag></tags></item>