Podocarp root culturing complete! This month was definitely a mad dash to collect, plate, and isolate. Finished with 202 isolates with over 75 unique morphologies, a few being quite dominate. Excited to sequence and identify these! 🧫🌲

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Culturing Podocarpus oleifolius from the Fortuna Reserve in Western Panama. I love the unique root morphology of this clade and watching their associated fungi emerge while enjoying life on Barro Colorado Island! 🌲 🍄‍🟫 🧫

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Wrapping up field work in Panama these next couple weeks then headed to #MSAfungi25! Excited to meet other mycologist/fungal ecologist and talk about science. If you want to learn more about liana root-associated fungal communities stop by my poster 🍄🌲

Beautiful fungal pathogen damage on Castilla elastica (Caucho) saplings on Pipeline Road, Panama 🧫🌱

Great day in the field looking for Tachigali trees! 🌳☀️@dallingjim.bsky.social

Fun watching this mating display this morning in Gamboa

I bet the mammoth enjoys this more than I do ❄️

My eyes focus to the small Marasmius fighting for room on the bark of an oak tee. Among the mosses, centipedes, and lichens emerges this complex microcosm. My favorite thing about nature is how we can focus on different scales and still see the equaled beauty and complexity in all. 🍄‍🟫

Happy Winter Solstice 🍄☀️

From Fortuna Reserve, Panama. These are so extraterrestrial and I was in awe when first encountering them 🍄

I find mushroom hunting so much easier when I return home. Knowing where and when groups of fungi fruit makes the experience even more enjoyable!

Gymnopilus sp., Pleurotus sp, and Hypholoma fasciculare 🍄‍🟫