The database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia is out!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com

We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!

Thanks to all collaborators

It’s alive! Our Mycorrhizal Networks special issue is out in Functional Ecology.
Packed with spore-tacular science.

A collection that highlights advances, identifies unresolved questions & the future research directions.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new paper is out to day in Nature Ecology and Evolution!

It is called: Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#FunctionalTraits 🌐 ➕📏

@inrae-france.bsky.social @urep.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @bexplo.bsky.social

It was a great opportunity to present at #EGU25.

Thanks to @loutsi.bsky.social, @plantsoilemily.bsky.social, Tessa Camenzind and the other co-conveners for organising such a nice session!

Vienna calling & excited to attend #EGU25!

If you are interested how seasonality and climate change alter AM fungal responses under different grassland management types, come and see my talk today at 5:20pm in room 0.96/97🍄🌱.

📰Published📰 Urbanization alters fungal functional composition in boreal ecosystems by favoring larger-spore fungi & pathogenic fungi 🍄

buff.ly/KN7pOPc

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Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Most surprising discover of my career to date 😲. Most assume mustard plants do not associate w/ AMF. Our research shows that AMF promote invasive mustard growth without forming arbuscules 🤯. This may be a new pathway in which AMF can enhance plant growth 🍄🌱

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Western Sydney University PhD scholarship round is now open
[Australian & New Zealand citizens|residents only]

If you are interested in doing a PhD on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, fungal ecology & related topics then get in touch with me.
www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...

How do you study invisible organisms, such as fungi, from the environment?

We provide a benchmarked meta-barcoding dataset for soil fungi in Australia and Antarctica, combined with +100 predictor variables to fast-track data exploration, research and conservation.

rdcu.be/ebCeu

Our newest research on plant-fungal trade published today in @nature.com.

The work, led by scientists from Vrije Universiteit, Princeton University, SPUN & AMOLF combines robotics, mycology & biophysics to reveal underground supply-chain dynamics.

Open access:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’m very happy to share our latest paper on arbuscular mycorrhizal traits. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'd love to be included as well, if possible.

📰Published📰 Organic farming helps to protect beneficial soil fungi but some less helpful fungi still persist

https://buff.ly/424oqPB

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Are you curious how different agricultural management practices shape AM fungal community structure and function?🍄🌱

Check out our new article in @funecology.bsky.social!

Together with @frewecologist.bsky.social , @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social , Jeff Powell & Jarrod Kath

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

New paper out in Global Change Biology, led by PhD student Meike Heuck, examining if current life history strategy frameworks used for AM fungi are at all useful in agro settings under climate change.

doi.org/10.1111/gcb....