Next week (!), John will defend his PhD thesis on the still underexplored fungi of African soils.
His work maps fungal diversity across 32 countries—showing just how much we still don’t know about these communities.
#mycorrhizae #fungaldiversity

🌳 To Tree or Not to Tree - How Forests Invented the Internet Millions of Years Before Us 💻 We humans like to think we invented networking. Ethernet cables. Wi-Fi. The cloud ☁️. Social media 📱. The whole digital circus. But nature...

To Tree or Not to Tree - How Forests Invented the Internet Millions of Years Before Us
#bob3160 #trees #forest #fungi #network #nature #science #mycorrhizae #communication #roots #internet #biology #ecosystem #web bob3160.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-t...

Carotenoid Biofortification in Field-Grown Tomato Fruits by Early Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Carotenoids are bioactive compounds with relevant health-promoting properties. Thus, a carotenoid-rich diet is essential for improving human health. Beneficial soil microorganisms are used in agricult...

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Data here on what we always suspected - #mycorrhizae increase quality of tomatoes #biofortification #foodforhealth #carotenoids

Our Better Nature: Whispers and Walls — How Trees Defend Themselves | The Saturday Evening Post Trees actively protect themselves with some pretty cool and impressive tricks. They even have ways of telling their neighbors when a new bug is going around.

I think you'll like this take on tree defence mechanisms. #trees #writingcommunity #authors #writing #mycorrhizae #woodwideweb #nature #forest #environment

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It's great to see Douglas L Godbold, @borisrewald.bsky.social, Marian Schönauer, & Pavlína Pancová Šimková applying their #EXCELLENTIA expertise in urban #trees, #soil-health #mycorrhizae, soil water #modelling, and EU #research-funding to address urgent needs in #Sarajevo, BiH with #UNSA colleagues

When evaluating insect visitation on diploid Centaurea aspera, tetraploid C. seridis, and their triploid hybrids (C. × subdecurrens) on the dunes of El Saler (Valencia, Spain), Halictus scabiosae was identified as one of the most frequent visitors. Females usually played the primary role in pollination. In this image, a male H. scabiosae approaches a female while she visits the flower head of a tetraploid C. seridis. See “Insect visitation patterns in diploid Centaurea aspera and its related allotetraploid and triploid hybrids: Similar rates but distinct assemblages” by Alfonso Garmendia et al. in this issue. (Photo credit: Alfonso Garmendia.)

The latest American Journal of #Botany is now online at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197...!

Check out these issue highlights at botany.org/file.php?fil...!

#botany #plantscience #fossils #phylogenetics #mycorrhizae

#NatureBookChallenge #FungiFriends #Forests #Mycorrhizae

Researchers like Amanda Griffin at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study aboveground-belowground microbial interactions to make plant microbiome research more predictive.

Check out this new #AJB Review by Connor Morozumi et al.!

Aboveground-belowground microbial interactions in plants: A call to recognize the complexity within multispecies microbial communities

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#plantscience #botany #ecology #endophytes #Epichloë #mycorrhizae

Mykorrhiza Symbiose – Mykorrhiza Pilze für Ihre Pflanzen

#Mycorrhizae are found in almost all tree species. There are approximately 6,000 species of fungi that can form associations with plants."

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The simplest method to restore soil health on meadows & pastures is to eliminate artificial fertilizers and mow supposed weeds for several years until #mycorrhizae* regenerate in the upper soil layers. Due to water scarcity and droughts alone, meadow grasses and wild herbs need to anchor themselves

Continued: @stuwest.bsky.social, Thomas W. Crowther, @tobykiers.bsky.social, SPUN Mapping Consortium, @johanvdhoogen.bsky.social.

Help us make fungal conservation a priority.

#ProtectTheUnderground #UndergroundAtlas #SoilScience #Fungi #Mycorrhizae #SoilBiodiversity

Beneath the Canopy: Mycorrhizae in the Tongass Forest-The Wood Wide Web | Rav’n about Sitka

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#raven #sitka #podcast #alaska #tongass #mycorrhizae

Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert - Inside Climate News Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate ...

insideclimatenews.org/news/2206202... #fungi #mycorrhizae #NationalParks

Public database on soil fungi can enhance ecological restoration by identifying best-suited species Most plants form beneficial relationships with belowground mycorrhizal fungi that help them access soil nutrients in exchange for sugars. These plant-fungal relationships are the most common type of…

Public #database on #soil #fungi can enhance #ecological restoration by identifying best-suited species ...

| #mycorrhizae | #microbes | #plants | #climatechange | #ecology | Via @sciencex.bsky.social‬

Mysterious fungi: Researchers pinpoint hotspots of 'dark taxa' across Earth's underground ecosystems Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate the Earth's climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that provide plants with essential nutrients, while drawing carbon deep into soils. Scientists and…

Pinpointing hotspots of 'dark taxa' across Earth's underground #ecosystems ...

| #fungi | #Mycorrhizal | #mycorrhizae | #roots | #DNA | #Ectomycorrhiza | By @spun.earth‬ via @sciencex.bsky.social‬

Density of belowground publications (n cell-1) in Thailand displayed as overlay on satelite image, grid cell size 13600 km2.

🧪 Counting #roots, #mycorrhizae and #pathogens in the #Eurasian soil transect to synthesise in-situ knowledge of "soil biology" for 🍁 #forests belowground. Great progress thanks to a highly engaged consortium! Example for Thailand: some soil data but little information on roots / mycorrhizae... dig!

The Fungal Advantage Hidden in Tree Roots Beneath the forest floor, trees may be forging fungal alliances that give them the edge in drought and poor soils. New research shows how this hidden symbiosis could shape the future of forestry in a changing climate.

Some trees form secret fungal alliances that make them drought-proof. This underground strategy could change the future of forestry. #ForestResilience #Mycorrhizae #ClimateAdaptation

Dual associations with two fungi improve tree fitness When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different…

Dual associations with two #fungi improve #tree #fitness ...

| #microbiome | #plants | #Agroecology | #microbes | #symbiosis | #mycorrhizae | Via @eurekalert.bsky.social

🧹 Got my #plant mess #cleanedup! The final update from my #repotting saga.
😌 It was so #satisfying. I've moved them outside since. My #propagations are doing great!
💦 #Watered w/mosquito bits, next I'll add #nematodes, then some #mycorrhizae later. Hoping this will keep #pests away/strengthen them.

This podcast explores INVAM, the world's largest AM fungi collection housed at @universityofkansas.bsky.social, to uncover what makes #mycorrhizae great!

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Graphical abstract of the submitted manuscript: A photo of a forb-rich prairie restoration alongside images of native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spores. Two graphs illustrate that increasing AM fungal amendments improved plot quality (Floristic Quality Index) and reduced weed abundance in the margins.

Newly Submitted Manuscript:

A vibrant forb-rich prairie restoration powered by native mycorrhizal fungal inoculants! Data from 7 years post-inoculation shows AM fungal amendments boost plot quality (Floristic Quality Index) and reduces weeds.

#SoilHealth #nativeplants #Mycorrhizae #forbs 🍄🧪🌏🌾🌿

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis evolved independently and by convergent gene duplication in rosid lineages Click on the article title to read more.

New publication: #Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis evolved independently and by convergent gene duplication in rosid lineages. #evolution #mycorrhizae #phyologenomics
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Orchid's nutrient theft from fungi sheds light on photosynthesis-parasitism continuum Most orchids live in a symbiotic relationship with fungi in their roots: The plants provide sugar they produce through photosynthesis and in return receive water and minerals from the fungi. However, ...

#Orchid's #nutrient theft from f#ungi sheds light on #photosynthesis-#parasitism continuum.

#kleptophagy #kleptoparasitism #mycoheterotrophy #mycorrhizae

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Blue stained plant root covered in darker blue circles as viewed under a microscope. Probably mycorrhizal spores.

Hey any #mycologists who study Arbuscular #mycorrhizae interested in chatting/sharing photos? I am working on some mycorrrhizal colonization counts and something always tends to appear that I am not positive identifying... Mostly self taught and would love to chat.

Some ectomycorrhizal root tips I recently had the pleasure of photographing. #mycorrhizal #emfungi #mycorrhizae

New @egubg.bsky.social session on #mycorrhizae 🍄‍🟫🍄and #forests 🌳🌲 awaiting your abstracts @anthomycota.bsky.social @eva-demullier.bsky.social

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#Bactiva #SmallDetailBigDifference #BeneficialMicroorganisms #Trichoderma #Mycorrhizae #PGPR #BiologicalCropManagement #SoilHealth

Upstairs, Downstairs - conserved and divergent CLAVATA signalling in shoot meristem development and root symbioses AbstractBackground. The CLV3/EMBRYO-SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) peptides control plant development and response to the environment. Key conserved roles includ

📢 New publication 'Upstairs, Downstairs - conserved and divergent CLAVATA signalling in shoot meristem development and root symbioses' by Tiana Scott, Alejandro Correa-Lozano and Eloise Foo in @annbot.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

#nodulation #mycorrhizae

A graph correlating root diameter and AMF community composition

Root traits and mycorrhizal traits are correlated, according to research by John Ramana. Article in @newphyt.bsky.social if you want to know more: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#ESAus2024 #FunctionalTraits #Mycorrhizae

Plants and fungi exchange 'molecular messages' to establish beneficial symbioses In a recent study published in New Phytologist, researchers from CRAG, in collaboration with the Uni

news.agropages.com/News/NewsDet... Amazing!! #plantbiology #fungi #mycorrhizae