Excellent New Phytologist Tansley Review (download free) just out that shows that plants in arid regions maintain deep taproots without using them for much water uptake - rather, they act as lifelines for when water is scarce. Crucial in hot, dry conds! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Who else find dimorphism in AMF super cool? Here is Ambispora leptoticha forming in the same culture acaulosporoid and glomoid spores. Is there an ecological or evolutionary advantage to produce both morphotypes? Enjoy the weekend!!

The curators of INVAM discuss #amf , field applications of AM fungi, and the INVAM process at Kansas Bio Survey & Center for Ecological Research. The presenters:
1) Jim Bever
2) Liz Koziol
and 3) Terra Lubin

Check it out!
youtu.be/3Ia-iKdpiFU?si…

Such a happy moment🥳 we have been working on for so long. Our article 'Towards establishing a fungal economics spectrum in soil saprobic fungi' is now online, open access, in Nature Communications
nature.com/articles/s4146… based on trait data the whole Matthias C. Rillig group collected since 2014

Here's something new that's a bit different to what I normally work on. Led by PhD student Chongzhe Zhang, in this article we propose a framework for 'Linking nematodes and ecosystem function: a trait-based framework'. authors.elsevier.com/c/1igSqcZ3X04gF Stefan Geisen

Tis I!

Save the date!
🗓️ 24 April at 12pm AEST/ 2pm NZST (online)

Dr Adam Frew Adam Frew from Western Sydney - HIE will discuss tripartite interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, their plant host and insect herbivores.

Free registration here: australasianmycologicalsociety.com/virtual-semina…

📰Published📰 Plant trait dissimilarity increases competition dlvr.it/T5Zfx2

Women end up doing the academic housework kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

Do not use BioRender. Do not let abusive practices spread!

There is an alternative! Use & Contribute to Simon Duerr 's open Bioicons! bioicons.com

Illustrations are free to use and reuse, and they are available in SVG vector and PNG format without fees!

A rare #fungus has been found for the first time in #Scotland by ES James Hutton scientists assessing restoration work on a Scottish temperate rainforest.

The Chamonixia caespitosa, a type of truffle, is typically only found in the Alps and Scandinavia.

More: bit.ly/3UfYFaO

With all due respect - isn't this just an enrichment culture? Why is it surprising that diverse communities become far less diverse when supplied only with glucose under static conditions and passaged to select for rapid growers? science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Any suggestions for live translations of meetings?

For visiting researchers and students, it would help them engage with group discussions if there were subtitles but I can't find anything.

🌱Do native & introduced species in a community follow the same assembly rules?
Using data from 50+ years of old-field succession, a recent study shows that they mostly do!
Urmi Poddar Rafael D'Andrea SBU Ecology & Evolution besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Beyond source and sink control – toward an integrated approach to understand the carbon balance in plants

Read the #Viewpoint by Arthur Gessler and Roman Zweifel

📖 ow.ly/uKYN50Re2UM

You can now find our study presenting refined conversion factors for soil fungal biomarkers online - open access link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Sven Marhan Uni Hohenheim Stefan Hempel Christoph Tebbe SoilSystems DFG public | @[email protected]

Meet Camille Truong, one of the Rising Stars of #ICOM12 !
Her research focuses on ectomycorrhizal associations in the southern hemisphere and the functional role of fungi in forest soils.

🍄Learn more 🍄
bit.ly/49KiSdx

International Mycorrhiza Society

📢Did you hear? Over 40 accepted symposia at Ecological Society of Australia conference this year and ours is one of them! 🥳
We look forward to another stellar conference and symposium in Melbourne.

Make sure to submit your abstract! 👋

Finally out!

“Integrating perspectives in developing mycorrhizal trait databases: a call for inclusive and collaborative continental efforts”
🤗🥰 with jessyduchicela Guille Bueno and Maria Isabel Mujica
Thanks to South American Mycorrhizal Research Network
International Mycorrhiza Society

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

First results on the study of AMF traits in Claroideoglomeraceae being presented at VI Symposium on Agriculture Microbiology by Lidia Lídia Klestadt Laurindo in collaboration with Pedro M. Antunes . Symposium is at ESALQ/USP /USP in Piracicaba, São Paulo.