A British Mycological Society journal (@britmycolsoc.org.uk). We publish investigations into all aspects of fungal ecology.
Account/posts by Editors-in-Chief Benjamin Wolfe(@benwolfe.bsky.social) and Allison Walker(@fungaldreamteam.bsky.social).
Fungal Ecology 🍄
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Do forest fungi prefer to grow in/on specific substrates?
Two new papers, including one in Fungal Ecology, examine substrate specificity of boreal forest fungi.
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📣Upcoming deadline: submit your abstract for the BMS Annual Scientific meeting & Student Research Conference by 19th April! Presentations are invited on any mycological topic and can be delivered as a talk or a poster. Submit your abstract here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
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📃 A new study in @fungal-ecology.bsky.social from @rowenahill.bsky.social uses GlobalFungi sequencing data to provide the first global assessment of Gaeumannomyces incidence, and reviews current understanding of host interactions and lifestyle.
Does the distribution of mycorrhizal fungi in tropical forests constrain the distribution of orchids?
A new paper from @petrollir.bsky.social et al. answers this question with Bulbophyllum variegatum orchids in the forests of Réunion Island.
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📷 by @petrollir.bsky.social
Congratulations to Fungal Ecology Editor (and New Phytologist's Editor-in-Chief) Maarja Öpik for this major achievement.
We are grateful for your many seminal contributions in the field of mycorrhizal ecology, and for your support of the global community of fungal ecologists as an editor.
What characteristics of dead wood promote fungal species richness in forests? And how can we use this information to manage fungal biodiversity?
New research on the functional diversity of dead wood in Norwegian forests provides some answers.
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When humans create an artificial island, how do fungi colonize this new habitat?
Using the Danish island Peberholm as an experimental system, a recent Fungal Ecology article examines arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal succession on new land. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
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To learn more about research on this remarkable ecosystem engineer, check out this video and podcast featuring research from Fungal Ecology author Alex Maisey (La Trobe University)
Video: youtu.be/OVTeoKvs5zw?...
Podcast: buff.ly/c6AIT7R
Fungal herbaria provide important baseline biodiversity data as forests change.
In new work from Mader and colleagues, historic collections were used to understand how forest fungal communities may change with intensifying insect infestations of a keystone tree species. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
The superb lyrebird makes remarkable songs in Australian forests. It also displaces ∼150 tonnes per hectare per year of litter/soil in search of food.
A new paper in Fungal Ecology explores how fungi respond to the lyrebird's disturbances: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0...
