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#Coffee wilt disease is caused by the #fungus #Fusarium xylarioides. @little_peck @TimBarraclough9 &co compare 13 strains spanning 60 years & many outbreaks, showing that successive HGT from F. oxysporum affected host specificity & disease #PLOSBiology plos.io/4gnYTVk

Horizontal transfers between fungal Fusarium species contributed to successive outbreaks of coffee wilt disease

Outbreaks of coffee wilt disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium xylarioides, have severely impacted coffee production.
plos.io
#Coffee #plosbiology #fungus #fusarium

#Aspergillus fumigatus, a saprotrophic #fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections, smashes the record for number of meiotic crossovers... ~30 per #chromosome (>2x the previous record holder) @TheRedBen @EvelineSnelders #PLOSBiology plos.io/3rc3k1L

The human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus can produce the highest known number of meiotic crossovers

Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals. By constructing a recombination map, this study shows that A.
plos.io
#plosbiology #fungus #chromosome #Aspergillus

Hi Mastodon #garden lovers or #soil knowers or #fungus experts, I have no idea what I've come home to in part of my newly planted garden, #help? looks like some sort of #seed? I recently added a heavy dose of #compost to this garden and planted lupin seeds underneath this particular area, but this looks odd!
small brown cups hold tiny black seeds and sit in mixed compost
#garden #help #soil #fungus #seed #compost

Before the #LastOfUsHBO made #Cordyceps famous, I wrote about how they control the minds of insects and how another #fungus comes to the rescue. (From my time as associate blogger #STCmicrobeblog a long time ago.)
schaechter.asmblog.org/schaech…

An Evolutionary Tale of Zombie Ants and Fungal Villains & Knights

by Gemma Reguera | In a recent post I shared with you some amazing things I had learnt about coprophilous (‘dung-loving’) fungi that spit their spores like pros.
Small Things Considered
#fungus #lastofushbo #cordyceps #stcmicrobeblog

NEW EPISODE!

We had a great time this week. We talk about #Centipedes, #Mushrooms, and #Amoebas.

There's also a shout-out to @openscience in this week's show.

podbean.com/media/share/pb-nrz…

#Nature #Strange #Weird #Oddity #Fungus #Science #scicomm #Podcast #Caves #Naturalist

#nature #science #weird #podcast #scicomm #caves #mushrooms #centipedes #amoebas #strange #oddity #fungus #naturalist @Open Science ✅

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