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University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Pathology: a world leader in the area of plant health. plpa.cfans.umn.edu
We can't resist celebrating Witches' Cauldrons in spooky season, even though this unique little cup fungus appears in spring when the snow melts. Read Bob Blanchette and Nick Rajtar in FUNGI on Witches' Cauldrons: fungimag.com/v18i1/v18i1-...
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you've found a Stinkhorn Mushroom in the wild before, did you see it or smell it first? 🍄 These funky fungi can be found in lawns or mulch as well as in the wild near wood decay. extension.umn.edu/lawn-care/co... #mycology #fungifriends #fungi
September 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Having an unBEETable time today at #PlantHealth2025 with UMN’s Chanda Lab @beetpath.bsky.social — Ashok and Austin brought excellent research on sugarbeet health @plantdisease.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
As #planthealth2025 starts, just wanted to share some fungi we’ve seen in and near Honolulu! #mycology #fungifriends @plantdisease.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Heading to Honolulu next week? Come find us at APS Plant Health: plpa.cfans.umn.edu/news/planthe... @plantdisease.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Miss seeing elm trees in Minnesota's metros? Research into resistance and resilience in elm is working to bring them back: mitppc.umn.edu/news/revivin...
July 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Everyone welcome Dr Ashok Chanda, UMN-PLPA Extension faculty and beet health researcher extraordinaire, to Bluesky! 🦋 @beetpath.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Charmed by coral crowns 👑 Crown-tipped coral fungus, or Artomyces pyxidatus, has tiny, jiggly arms topped with cute "crowns" #fungifriends #mycology
July 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Professor Linda Kinkel has been selected as a World Food Prize Top Agri-Food Pioneer! 🌱 Kinkel's work at Jord BioScience harnesses the strengths of microbial diversity as a sustainable agriculture solution.
June 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Celebrating PI Megan McCaghey and grad student Jasper Tao, who won the Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award! @plantdisease.bsky.social @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Looking for a Postdoctoral Research role in plant health? Apply to join the Ranjan Lab at UMN-PLPA:

UMN Internal: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/int/367704
External: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/367704
April 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Bacterial Leaf Streak Meeting 2025 is over! Thank you so much to the organizers, attendees, presenters, staff, and volunteers who made it a success!
April 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The 2025 Bacterial Leaf Streak Initiative Meeting has already led to so much learning and synergy, and we're only halfway through! Thank you to our visiting colleagues from Ohio State, @ndsuplantpathology.bsky.social, @sdstate.bsky.social, Colorado State, USDA, Manitoba, and INIA Uruguay 🌾
April 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Welcoming Assistant Professor Megan McCaghey and her Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab team to Bluesky! 🦋 Follow the lab for updates: @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
From Petri dish to main dish 🍽️

Students in "Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees" (taught by @forestmycology.bsky.social) get to grow and harvest their own culinary mushrooms. An educational treat!

#mycology #fungifriends #umnproud
April 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's what's on the inside that counts! Unfortunately for this aspen sample, what's on the inside is Phellinus tremulae, also known as white trunk rot of aspen. Sample from @forestmycology.bsky.social #fungifriends #mycology
March 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This #FungiFriday, let's look at a hefty Agarikon (Laricifomes officinalis). This wood-decaying conk is sometimes known as "bread of ghosts"! #fungifriends @forestmycology.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Dreaming about finding Huitlacoche (corn smut) in the summer even though it's 3 degrees Farenheit on campus today ❄️ #fungifriends
February 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
White Jelly Fungus! Found on decaying logs at a local park last summer (left) and displayed on campus (right). #fungifriends
February 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧 @forestmycology.bsky.social found us these celebratory Reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma)
January 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Wood Ear mushrooms spotted in Costa Rica by a department member on vacation. Does anyone else here always look for fungi while traveling and/or hiking? 🙋‍♀️
January 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fungal wonders of the day: Witches Butter (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) and Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)
January 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Plant Pathology Wrapped 2024: As the semester comes to an end, we're glad to have spent it researching and learning with great students, faculty, and staff!
December 5, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Spreading like a rust onto this new platform—we're happy to be here, Bluesky!
November 27, 2024 at 8:09 PM