Prosecutors claim Liu tried to smuggle the fungus through Detroit Airport so he could study it at a University of Michigan laboratory. Jian, Liu's girlfriend, works at this lab, the prosecutors added.

Two Chinese nationals are accused of smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" via a noxious fungus into the U.S., according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

A University of Michigan scholar, Yunqing Jian, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, face charges for allegedly attempting to smuggle Fusarium graminearum, a potentially dangerous agricultural pathogen ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — In Detroit, two people were charged with allegedly smuggling a fungus into America, claiming it was for studying at the University of Michigan, according to the U.S ...

The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States.

This investigation, like the June 18 congressional inquiry into “research security” at U-Mich, promotes witch-hunting claims against Chinese scientists associated with the university.

In 2023, the affidavit states that the University of Michigan offered her a position as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction Laboratory in Ann Arbor.

Golden oyster mushrooms have started to invade parts of southern Michigan, and could soon spread into northern Michigan, as ...

Experts calculate the parasitic fungus at Crystal Creek in Michigan, US, covers an area the size of 75 rugby pitches, weighs more than 400 tons and is at least 2,500 years old (pictured: stock image).