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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New paper out: Spatial dynamics of filamentous soil fungi in response to a heterogeneously distributed chemical stressor. Catharina Neumann and @milosbielcik.bsky.social explore what happens when fungal mycelia encounter a localized pollutant patch. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

To be able to protect endangered fungi, we first need to know where they are located. New work in Fungal Ecology clarifies the current and future distribution of the critically endangered polypore Wrightoporia araucariae in Brazil. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Macroscopic and microscopic features of Wrightoporia araucariae (ICN 154335, holotype) and Antrodia sp. (FLOR 69074). (A, B) Basidiomes of W. araucariae (A) and Antrodia sp. (B) (scale bars = 2 cm); (C, D). Pore surface view of W. araucariae (C) and Antrodia sp. (D) (scale bars = 5 mm); (E). Original label and reassignment of FLOR 69074; (F, G, I). Basidiospores of W. araucariae (F) (basidiospores globose to subglobose), IKI+ in Melzer's reagent, and Antrodia sp. (H, I) (basidiospores ellipsoids), IKI- in Melzer's (I), in light microscopy (scale bars = 10 μm); (G, J) Longitudinal section of W. araucariae (G) and Antrodia sp.’s (J) tubes in light microscopy, showing strongly dextrinoid skeletal hyphae (G) and the absence of dextrinoid reaction (J) (scale bars = 10 μm).

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the ash dieback epidemic removes European ash trees from the UK landscape, can fungi that depend on this tree species find alternate hosts? New work in Fungal Ecology uses fruit body records to address this fungal conservation question. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📷 Mark Anderson

A photo of an ash tree suffering from ash dieback

A graph from the research paper referenced in the post

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Do forest fungi prefer to grow in/on specific substrates? Two new papers, including one in Fungal Ecology, examine substrate specificity of boreal forest fungi. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... doi.org/10.1111/mec.... @tedersoo.bsky.social @drhyfe.bsky.social @sundymaurice.bsky.social

A graph from the paper "Fungi-substrate association patterns in boreal forests" in Fungal Ecology showing sharing of indicators among forest substrates. A) Marginal estimates of the relative abundance of indicator OTUs across substrates, with site and substrate as fixed factors. Substrates with similar letters do not differ significantly (α = 0.05). B) Numbers of indicator OTUs of each forest substrate (left bars) and in other substrates (right bars). Bar height is proportional to the number of OTUs. Grey bars on the left represent OTUs that occur exclusively in the indicated substrate.

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 13/04/2026

📣Upcoming deadline: submit your abstract for the BMS Annual Scientific meeting & Student Research Conference by 19th April! Presentations are invited on any mycological topic and can be delivered as a talk or a poster. Submit your abstract here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html #BMS2026

Photo of a poster exhibition, with the text: British Mycological Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 13-16 July, Royal Holloway University of London, Abstract Deadline: 19 April.

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Does the distribution of mycorrhizal fungi in tropical forests constrain the distribution of orchids? A new paper from @petrollir.bsky.social et al. answers this question with Bulbophyllum variegatum orchids in the forests of Réunion Island. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... 📷 by @petrollir.bsky.social

A tropical forest on La Réunion island where the research was conducted

The epiphytic orchid Bulbophyllum variegatum growing in moss on a tree

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Congratulations to Fungal Ecology Editor (and New Phytologist's Editor-in-Chief) Maarja Öpik for this major achievement. We are grateful for your many seminal contributions in the field of mycorrhizal ecology, and for your support of the global community of fungal ecologists as an editor.

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What characteristics of dead wood promote fungal species richness in forests? And how can we use this information to manage fungal biodiversity? New research on the functional diversity of dead wood in Norwegian forests provides some answers. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... 📷 @jenninorden.bsky.social

Gullenhaugen Nature Reserve in Norway, where the research in Fungal Ecology was conducted

Four components of functional diversity of dead wood

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

When humans create an artificial island, how do fungi colonize this new habitat? Using the Danish island Peberholm as an experimental system, a recent Fungal Ecology article examines arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal succession on new land. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... 📷 Wikipedia

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Fungal herbaria provide important baseline biodiversity data as forests change. In new work from Mader and colleagues, historic collections were used to understand how forest fungal communities may change with intensifying insect infestations of a keystone tree species. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The superb lyrebird makes remarkable songs in Australian forests. It also displaces ∼150 tonnes per hectare per year of litter/soil in search of food. A new paper in Fungal Ecology explores how fungi respond to the lyrebird's disturbances: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0...

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Amazing! Bird Sounds From The Lyre Bird - David Attenborough - BBC Wildlife

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

What is the global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)? A recent paper in Fungal Ecology by @steffilutz.bsky.social and colleagues provides updated estimates of AMF richness from 4,733 sampling sites across the globe doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

A global map showing sites where AMF data were analyzed for this Fungal Ecology paper

A phylogeny showing the distribution of AMF fungi across different biomes.

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We are excited to welcome these three new editors to our editorial board!

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In this review in Fungal Ecology, Håvard Kauserud (@drhyfe.bsky.social) argues that while the ITS region is by far the best DNA (meta)barcoding marker for fungi, we should not use it naively or simplistically doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

What fungi live in the leaves of Pando, the massive aspen clone in Utah, USA? And how do they vary across the spatial extent of this 43 hectare clonal plant? Find out in this article in our latest issue of Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... (photo by US Forest Service)

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A recent study from De Mattheis and colleagues explores the Diversity and ecology of nivicolous Peziza from the glacial basin of the Gran Sasso massif in the Central Apennines doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This British Mycological Society webinar from December 2025 explores the BMS journals and the benefits of publishing your fungal biology research or mycology field studies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BagG...

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Mycology Publishing - making the BMS journals work for you.

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Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

📣 The deadline for this @britmycolsoc.org.uk special issue on fungal conservation has been extended to 15th March 2026. Spread the word and don’t hesitate to contact @cfemycolab.bsky.social or me if you have any questions. We’re looking forward to receiving your submissions! 🍄

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Fungal Ecology 🍄 @fungal-ecology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

What fungi live in these beautiful wasp galls on California blue oak trees? And are they different from the endophytes that live in ungalled leaves? See this new paper in Fungal Ecology to find out! doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

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