Zunyong Liu admitted to smuggling the fungus so he could conduct research on it at a University of Michigan laboratory where his girlfriend worked, said officials.

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against two Chinese scholars accused of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen with agroterrorism potential into the United…

Zunyong Liu admitted to smuggling the fungus so he could conduct research on it at a University of Michigan laboratory where his girlfriend worked, said officials.