Viruses that roam the fungal kingdom knowablemagazine.org/content/a…

"today, scientists researching fungal #viruses are enjoying a golden age of discovery... finding all sorts of weird and wonderful interactions between #fungi and their viruses and even between fungal viruses and #plants or #animals. Most fungal viruses don’t seem to do much of anything to their hosts, but others cause sickness or offer surprising benefits."

#Scientists described about 1.5mil #species on Earth 🌍 How many still remain undiscovered? 🧐 We may not get the chance to know 50 million species of #animals, #plants and #fungi! Take action #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

palmoildetectives.com/2024/04/…

Strange Species Could Vanish Before Discovery

Scientists have described around 1.5 million species on Earth – but how many are still out there to be discovered? This is one of the most heated debates in biology. Discounting microbes, pla…

^{Palm Oil Detectives}

500,000 Taxa on iNaturalist! inaturalist.org/blog/103155-50…

"that’s 23% of all known species on Earth... #Birds stand out: nearly all species have been observed on #iNaturalist. 349 species (2%) are yet to be recorded... For #reptiles, #amphibians, & #mammals there are about 10x as many unobserved... Like birds, most unobserved species only remain in tropical regions. This is not the case for #fish, #plants, #invertebrates, & #fungi where there are still many left to observe in all parts of the globe"

Some material experiments with mycelium substrate growing in sawdust and flour, to make fungi sculptures from moulds.

I am using a proprietary mix from the Dutch company Kineco kineco.bio/, although I know I can potentially make this myself with some spores and sawdust.

Will report back in about 7 days with whatever comes of these.

#art #fungi #mycelia #sculpture #experiment

A perfect day for hiking and the woods offered up this bright bouquet of Honey Mushrooms.

Ringless Honey Mushrooms
[Armillaria tabescens]

#FungiFriday #Fungi #Nature #Mushrooms #Pilze #Mushtodon

Do you know MediaDive, the world’s largest collection of cultivation media for microorganisms 🧫? It contains detailed introductions how to prepare the medium you need for your strain. In addition to the provision of all media used at the DSMZ, you can also create your own media or search for a medium suitable for your strain. Give it a try 😉
mediadive.dsmz.de/

#database #microbiology #research #DSMZDigitalDiversity #bacteria #fungi

What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

doi.org/10.3114/sim.2024.108.0…

#mycology #fungi

Cool paper looking at biomass degradation in leaf cutter ant fungus gardens:

Mapping microhabitats of lignocellulose decomposition by a microbial consortium

nature.com/articles/s41589-023…

#microbiology #fungi #cellulose

Mapping microhabitats of lignocellulose decomposition by a microbial consortium - Nature Chemical Biology

Metabolome-informed proteome imaging provides a comprehensive view of underlying biological pathways within micrometer-scale microhabitats of the fungal garden, informing the understanding of metabolic fungal pathways in plant matter degradation.

^Nature

Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity

doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj8016

#fungi #mycology #global #diversity #function

mushroom dump (1/3)

#mushtodon #mushrooms #sporespondence #fungi #fungiverse

Marine #microorganisms are crucial for #ocean health.

#Bacteria, #archaea, #fungi, #algae and #viruses make up most of the biomass in the seas and form the base of marine food webs.

They support nutrient cycling and drive crucial biogeochemical processes, including key steps in the carbon, nitrogen and silicon cycles.

Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account.

#biology #ecology #oceans
nature.com/articles/d41586-023…

‘Oceans are hugely complex’: modelling marine microbes is key to climate forecasts

Microorganisms are the engines that drive most marine processes. Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account.

^{Tagliabue, Alessandro}

Had enough of #viruses?

Here are the #fungi! knowablemagazine.org/article/h…

We live in the age of infectious diseases resurgence

Looks pretty cool

Mycorrhizas drive the evolution of plant adaptation to drought

nature.com/articles/s42003-023…

#evolution #coevolution #plants #fungi

Mycorrhizas drive the evolution of plant adaptation to drought - Communications Biology

Phylogenetic comparative analysis using data of 1,638 species of angiosperms and gymnosperms suggests that the evolution of plant adaptation to critical environmental change in water availability across global climates is dependent on mycorrhizas.

^Nature

Gotta love the term "threshold of lichenisation" - sounds dramatic. Cool study!

Alcobiosis, an algal-fungal association on the threshold of lichenisation

nature.com/articles/s41598-023…

#symbiosis #lichen #algae #fungi

Alcobiosis, an algal-fungal association on the threshold of lichenisation - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Alcobiosis, an algal-fungal association on the threshold of lichenisation

^Nature

The burning question about #fungi: what happens to them in extreme heat? theguardian.com/environment/20…

#Scientists in #Italy are testing the impact of #fire and #drought to learn how the changing #climate affects #underground fungal networks.

We are thrilled to release Fungal, a variable fork of DejaVu Sans that can grow like mycelium. Fungal is the fruit of an ongoing collaboration between @triple and @raphael , and is part of the larger project fungal.page.

🍄 Download it here: velvetyne.fr/fonts/fungal/

#mycotypo
#mycology #typedesign #freesoftware #fungi #wikipedia