Yesterday, our colleague Huayong Wang defended his PhD thesis. Understanding drought stress resilience in the Fagus sylvatica - Cenococcum geophilum ectomycorrhizal symbiosis.
Congratulations!!!
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Autumn forests teem with an incredible diversity of mushrooms, and this year they are exceptionally abundant, making this my favorite time of year for woodland exploration.
“ In all investigated tree species, ectomycorrhizal associations were present to the deepest examined soil depth of 380 cm.” - Fine‐root trait variation in temperate trees follows arc‐shape pattern along deep soil profiles
This study sheds new light on the role of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in fungi,
an area that has remained relatively unexplored compared to its well-established prevalence
in bacteria. By analyzing...
