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Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions!
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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · 16d

Very interesting paper on fungal [necromass] traits and soil organic matter priming

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Necromass of Diverse Root‐Associated Fungi Suppresses Decomposition of Native Soil Carbon via Impacts of Their Traits

We investigated the decomposition of diverse root-associated fungi, their influence on native soil carbon (C) dynamics and the relationship of these processes with fungal traits. Fungal melanin, blac....

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · 19d

Amazing, congrats!

Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · 27d

See our new study examining how P additions in tropical rainforests affect tree growth and feedback to AMF and EMF communities. Very interesting links to EMF biomass production strategies. Great work led by Qingshui Yu 🍄‍🟫🍄

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Decadal nutrient addition reveals phosphorus limitation and its adaptive mechanisms in tropical rainforests

Tropical rainforests on low-phosphorus soils are highly biodiverse and productive, playing a crucial role in climate change mitigation. However, the d…

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · 28d

Come be my colleague in Vienna!

cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 28d

One week to go! Apply by Sept 17 for the Full Professor position in Soil Ecosystems and Global Change at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna.

More info: 🔗 ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n...

@univie.ac.at #SoilEcosystems #WeAreHiring

We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change

Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Sep 8

A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter!

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The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change

Click on the article title to read more.

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Rachel Ward @rward8.bsky.social · Sep 2

The first chapter of my dissertation is out in Ecology Letters! We pooled data from forest sites across the globe to understand how forests differ in their carbon investment in reproduction (flowers, fruits, seeds). #ForestEcology #GlobalEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems Globally

Forest allocation of net primary productivity (NPP) to reproduction is poorly quantified globally, despite its critical role in forest regeneration and a well-supported trade-off with allocation to g...

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Aug 28

Oh yeah, I may have made www.fungalecologylab.com team hats

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Aug 28

What a week and almost 2 more to go sampling our Mycobiome x Climate Change exp (144/576 done)! We added isotopes to track 🍄 transfer, collected seedlings (so much 🍄‍🟫) and you can see the myco treatment effects! Grateful for such a great team in the lab! Thanks @snsf.ch and @wwtf.at for support!

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Dr Pierre Mariotte @pierremariotte.bsky.social · Aug 21

Interested in doing a PhD in ecophysiology? This is the place place to do it, amazing team, friendly environment and great supervision!

Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · Aug 20

New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Aug 15

Wow, this is totally fascinating and surprising to me!

Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · Aug 15

Early germline sequestration in a basidiomycete fungus | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Early germline sequestration in a basidiomycete fungus

In sexual organisms, inheritance of new mutations is highly dependent on the timing of germline definition. Here, we used the fairy ring–forming fungus Marasmius oreades to challenge the general assum...

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Aug 10

Reminds me of my childhood! Love it!!

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Aug 8

“…when organisms interact can largely determine how they interact.”

#Viewpoint: Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among #bacteria, ectomycorrhizal #fungi, and land #trees

By Louis Berrios 👇

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Mechanisms that potentially contribute to the maintenance of interactions between bacteria, ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF), and land trees across varied developmental periods.

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Aug 5

Into tropical forest restoration? Check out our new review led by @nadike.bsky.social discussing pathways of SOC gain and loss during active restoration | out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social

Let's get more C back into these soils!

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Soil carbon as a blind spot in tropical rainforest restoration

Keller et al. discuss the potential effects of active restoration on soil organic carbon storage in the topsoil in tropical rainforests.

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Stefan Hupperts 🌲🍄 @stefhupperts.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm so excited to share our new paper in Global Change Biology: A network of 18 wildfire chronosequences reveals key environmental drivers and knowledge gaps in the boreal nitrogen balance, with @michael-gundale.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Jillian Petersen @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social · Jul 25

So happy for Alejandro and congrats on securing one of these competitive @oeaw.bsky.social fellowships for his PhD project! Can’t wait to share the results 😊

cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 24

Big congratulations to Alejandro Llanos-Lizcano on receiving a #DOCfellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)! His research at #CeMESS explores host–microbe interactions in lucinid clams.

Read more:🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

#ÖAW #PhD @univie.ac.at

DOC Fellowship for Alejandro Llanos-Lizcano

CeMESS PhD student Alejandro Llanos-Lizcano has been awarded a prestigious DOC Fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). The fellowship will support his doctoral research on host–microbe...

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Jul 10

Are you in the USA, interesting in greater stability, and looking for a postdoc with excellent funding? Write me to discuss this opportunity to come to Austria under the APART-USA program from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Uni Wien.

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APART-USA

Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our new results challenge the expectation that climate warming will offset carbon losses caused by heat and drought with a longer growing season in forests: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Decreasing Stem Growth in Common European Tree Species Despite Earlier Growth Onset

Our findings reveal that elevated winter and spring temperatures led to earlier attainment of annual growth levels, indicating an earlier onset of tree growth driven by early season warming. Despite ...

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Pilzfestspiele 2025 @pilzfestspiele.at · Jul 5

Mark explores the ecology and evolution of fungi, using genomic tools. His team investigates how soil fungi respond to environmental challenges — from invasive species to global warming.

Catch his talk on October 12 in the Audimax of the University of Vienna. . 🎤✨

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is a really unique and exciting opportunity for a full professorship in Vienna. Come be my colleague @ter-cemess.bsky.social and join a fantastic group of scientists!

cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 7

CeMESS is hiring!

Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research.

🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change

Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.

cemess.univie.ac.at

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Jun 23

Not surprising results (and subject to change as it's not published work) -- but something we really need to grapple with striking a balance around as educators.

[Nombre común] @lauk.bsky.social · Jun 23

phys.org/news/2025-06... I recently found this note. This is a good subject for discussion, I wish I knew more.

Using ChatGPT to write essays may be eroding critical thinking skills

A team of neurologists and AI specialists at MIT's Media Lab has led a study looking into the brain impacts of large language model (LLM) use among people who engage with them for study or work. They ...

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Anouk Willemsen @willemsenanouk.bsky.social · Jun 13

Out now in its final peer-reviewed form @asm.org's Journal of Virology!

doi.org/10.1128/jvi....

@dome-vienna.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @amersocvirology.bsky.social

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Jun 12

I feared becoming a prof would mean not doing some things I rly value. Yet these last weeks, I did loads of lab work (👋 again PLFA) and bioinformatics (new ONT long read data 🫶), and all between teaching, paper writing, grant chats, and meetings (so many). It’s a great job and I’m lucky to be in 🇦🇹!

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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fungal diversity, decomposition, substrate chemistry, and all their interconnections to understand how the environment shapes fungal communities and wood decay - led by the very talented @zhiyuanxu.bsky.social 🪵🍄🍄‍🟫

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Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · Jun 4

SPECIAL FOCUS: MYCORRHIZAL NETWORKS

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Functional Ecology: Vol 39, No 6

<em>Functional Ecology</em> journal publishes high-impact research providing a mechanistic understanding of ecological pattern and process from the organismic to ecosystem scale.

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