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Liz Koziol

@lizkoziol.bsky.social
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🦠 Mycorrhizal ecologist @ University of Kansas 🍄 Curator @invam.bsky.social 🌎 @mycobloom.bsky.social elizabethkoziol.wixsite.com/lizkozi… Prairies, AMF, microbial inoculants, restoration, conservation, sustainable ag, metabolites, NbS

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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🌏🧪🌾🌿 New experiment: Prairie strips supercharged with native fungi (AMF)! Prairie strips already reduce runoff & support wildlife, but they rarely restore AMF. Because AMF improve phosphorus uptake and increase forb diversity, we expect they can make this conservation practice even better.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Know someone who loves fungi, plants, conservation, or science? Share INVAM with them.
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prairieczar @prairieczar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Awesome day filming with @lizkoziol.bsky.social on her arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi research. Inoculation improves floristic quality, diversity, and suppresses weeds!
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prairieczar @prairieczar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Temperate grasslands are one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world . We had maybe 200 million acres of tallgrass prairie in North America. This specific prairie is probably 8,000 years old. Just a few of them left at this level.
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
There is a LOT of attention for soil health, especially in agricultural systems, but there is very little awareness of the value of intact, undisturbed, native soils. Here, I argue that applying the old-growth concept to soils will help their protection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Figure 1 from the paper, with on the left a disturbed soil, and on the right an undisturbed, old-growth soil.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Visited the prairie park remnant in Lawrence yesterday and found three new england asters flowering. They usually flower ~September. Did I miss summer? What is happening?
Aster nova angelie flower head in he foreground, Helianthus mollis leaves in the backgroundLeaves
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The little pocket prairie next to my work parking lot does not disappoint #monarch #nativeplants #echinacea
Monarch butterfly visiting an Echinacea pallida in a small 5 by 10 pocket prairie next to a parking lot.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRr
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After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
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MycoBloom @mycobloom.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Real-world results from the classroom 🌱🦠🌏 Students grew milkweed with/without MycoBloom fungal inoculant and found: “MycoBloom treated swamp milkweed sprouted sooner and is much taller!” — Lisa Ball, Environmental Club Sponsor, Lawrence High School #Mycorrhizae #Milkweed #STEMeducation
Side-by-side comparison of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) seedlings in a high school science classroom. The left tray, treated with MycoBloom fungal inoculant, shows taller, more vigorous plants, while the right untreated control tray has shorter, less developed seedlings. The image documents a student classroom experiment comparing plant growth under identical conditions with and without fungal inoculation.
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
After disappearing from the Milwaukee River in the early 20th century due to overfishing and habitat loss, the new discovery of an adult sturgeon 20 miles upstream from Lake Michigan is a milestone in a massive restoration project that’s been underway for 20 years www.wuwm.com/lake-sturgeo...
Lake Sturgeon spawning
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Justine Karst 🇨🇦 @j-karst.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Our paper 'What determines transfer of carbon from plants to mycorrhizal fungi?' was one of top 10 most-cited papers published in @newphyt.bsky.social in 2024. Thanks to the research community for considering our ideas and arguments.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Our @newphyt.bsky.social article made the High-Impact Research Collection: Top 10 Most Read of 2025 Meta-analysis: globally sourced commercial mycorrhizal inoculants often fall short nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Mixing prairie seed for a last-minute project add-on and always struck by the contrast: ~50 forb species mostly have compact, intricate, colorful seeds while the 8 species grass mixture is basically clouds of fluff.🌾🌿🌱🌼☁️ Hard to believe a whole prairie can start from a few handfuls.
A handful of fluffy grass seed mix.Diverse forb seed mixture separated into piles by plant species with different color shape and size.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Ready to supply ~100 cyclists w/seed bombs for our city's abandoned lots at tonight's @wednightrides.org! They contain 6-7 species of native plant seeds to juice up the biodiversity of our city, incl. Ironweed Echinacea Partidge Pea Bee Balm Blue Vervain Blackeyed Susan Swamp Milkweed (sometimes)
a box of little brown balls of clay and dirt and seeds in a philly pretzel factory box
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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) @spun.earth · 13/01/2026
We need help keeping the world’s largest living library of mycorrhizal fungi alive. The INVAM mycorrhizal culture collection is at risk due to federal funding cuts. Its loss would be catastrophic. Link to donate: 🔗 invam.ku.edu/donate Read @theguardian.com article: 🔗 buff.ly/hkEGXgu
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing
These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Kansas ranchers, landowners, and others with an active working knowledge of grasslands, the Kansas Department of Ag wants your input on the importance of the Kansas grasslands. I hope my biodiversity and restoration folks chime in! Find the link here: www.agriculture.ks.gov/about-us/kan...
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Our controlled burn last week had lots of green in the understory, which made for a super steamy smoke cloud.
Picture of a grassland fire with a very steamy smoke cloud
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A fun set of talks this Sunday at the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center (Lawrence, Kansas)! 🍄🧪🔬🦠🌿 Join us at 1:30 PM for prairie restoration & ecology talks. Helen Alexander will talk about tallgrass prairies, and I’ll share about restoring mycorrhizal fungi—with microscopes & live fungi to explore!
A flyer announcing the date and time of the talks
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Stephanie Watts-Fawkes @mycoresearch.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
New study from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social lab, showing that many commercial mycorrhizal inoculants are snake oil. So important for this data to be published! Between this, @lizkoziol.bsky.social and Matt Salomon’s work… well I think we make a strong point. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Poor Quality of Commercial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculants Used for Agriculture and Home Gardening
There is an urgent need to develop microbial inoculants that can consistently improve crop performance as part of efforts to implement sustainable agricultural practices and reduce the environmental ...
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The cats approach the jack-o'-lanterns with caution. Step one: administer several investigative smacks.
Two cats creeping up on a pumpkin Cat 1 punching pumpkin Cat 2 punching pumpkin
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Such a long, warm fall we have been having, a Rudbeckia hirta starting to flower at the end of October. Crazy
Black eyed Susan flowering and with a pollinator visitor October 22.
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Reb Bryant @mycorreb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New paper on AM fungi in a prairie restoration experiment planted with community members back in 2021! Beyond the cool results we found, this was such a fun day where so many of my labmates and volunteers supported my first field experiment as a grad student. Feeling so grateful! ☺️
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Saw this little cutie on my way into the Kansas Biological Survey this morning. iNat suggests it's Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk moth caterpillar.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I love visiting my AMF inoculation experiments across every season. AMF diversity supports forbs, and floral diversity across seasons keeps wildlife thriving year-round. These New England asters still blooming in October host orange sulphurs, monarch butterflies, and some busy bees!
Monarch butterfly and a bumblebee on New England aster plantTwo bee species gathering flower on an aster stalkOrange Sulphur and bee on New England aster. Colias species are dependent on legumes as catapillers, and we have a ton of senna in these plots.
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New paper! I am excited about it, since it has some very cool contributions on: -Status of Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi -Definition of what is a invasive mycorhizal 🍄 -Cool picture of trees being brought from Europe in 1920! Lead by @nahpo.bsky.social! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi: belowground insights from South America
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are essential for nutrient cycling and plant symbiosis, yet their invasions remain understudied, particularly in South America. Large-scale forestry introductions have spr...
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Excited to share our paper on grassland establishment 7 yrs after native #AMF inoculation—showing AMF result in higher diversity + prairie spread into old fields—was selected Editor’s Choice by @femsjournals.bsky.social.🦠🌎 I’ll discuss next week at #SER2025 Denver ! academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I was honored to be an invited speaker at this year’s Grassland Restoration Network meeting! 🌾 I shared our work on using native inoculants to boost diversity in seed-based restorations—and learned so much from the community of practitioners & researchers. #RestorationEcology #Grasslands
Fields tours of restoration projects at Shawnee mission ParkPlant geeks dorking out over a rare Eryngium native plantThe group saw lots of legumes during plot tours of this prairie remnant in NE Kansas
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INVAM @invam.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thrilled to see the INVAM fungal collection—and our dedicated curators—featured in the Fall issue of @sierramagazine.bsky.social Preserving the world’s largest library of mycorrhizal fungi to power ecosystem restoration, science, and sustainable ag. 🦠🌱🌍 🔗 digital.sierramagazine.org/publication/...
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Sierra Magazine Fall 2025: The Library of Spores
Behind the effort to grow mycorrhizal fungi for ecosystem restoration Photos by Arin Yoon Share This Article NESTLED AMID KANSAS’S rolling hills and …
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César Marín @cmarin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Call for symposia at @ICOM2026 is open until 15 October. The 13 conference of @mycorrhiza_ims #Mycorrhiza will take place in Cairns, Australia, 12-17 July 2026! @southmycorrhiza @karst_justine @fmartin1954 @1pantunes #soil #fungi icom2026.org/symposia/
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We're seeking a new Senior Editor! ⏰ Are you... 👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management? 👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team? 👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards? More info 👇 bit.ly/4lPzaIx
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Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society
Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 07 Sep 2025.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
My new paper is out! 🧪🦠 Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic... Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵
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Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds
Native mycorrhizal fungi enhance prairie restoration by boosting native plant diversity, supporting late-successional species, and reducing invasive plants
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
First-year prairie restoration: we’re moving AM fungi from intact remnants to a disturbed site. Foxtail may be the dominant weed now, but I know from experience it’ll be nearly gone next year—no management needed. And honestly? I think it’s very pretty. 🌾🦠🧪🌎🍄
Prairie restoration experiment showing nearly 90% dominance by the non-native foxtail grasses.
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Katie Stuble @holdenrestoration.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Job alert! Please share. We're looking for an urban ecologist (PhD) to join the research team at the Holden Arboretum. Develop an active research program while supporting stakeholders. 🌳 I'll be at #ESA2025 and happy to chat. #AltAc #HoldenScience #UrbanEcology holdenfg.org/career-and-i...
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Career & Internships » HF&G
Holden Forests & Gardens is not just a great place to visit, it’s a wonderful place to work. Discover the opportunities now available for potential
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share. Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
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prairieczar @prairieczar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Prairie Blazing Star to the horizon on an old growth prairie on the edge of the KC metro. What a strong flowering response from a dormant season fire after 3 years of haying!
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
When your dedicated DM has a 3D printer and zero chill, high-end minis magically appear. Meet: 💎Rock (the rock barbarian) 🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper 🍄 Myc the spore druid 🕵️‍♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat) 🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf #DnD #minis #3dprinting
Five DnD miniatures lined up on a players map.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Myles stands next to an absolutely giant compass plant (Silphium lacinatum). Myles is 6'3 for reference! This plot is part of a grassland restoration experiment in its 8th year and it included a native AM fungal addition. #nativeplants 🌎🧪🦠🍄🌱🌾
Grad student Myles who is 6'3, standing next to an absolutely giant 10 foot tall compass plant (Silphium lacinatum)
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Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi I enjoyed writing this piece with Tan Hao for the Current Biology special issue on Fungi www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi
Fungi are one of the most diverse and ecologically important groups of organisms on Earth. They exhibit remarkable diversity in their ecological roles…
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Excellent job opportunity at @unihohenheim.bsky.social: build your own team in Experimental Plant Biodiversity Research (within @plantecology.bsky.social, group of Frank Schurr). Great environment (also b/c of new @greenrobust.de and #TERRA @dfg.de clusters of excellence), and great people!
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The Poor Proles Almanac. @poorprolesalmanac.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New episode out now! We sit down to chat with @lizkoziol.bsky.social to discuss prairie fungi! Available wherever you get your podcasts!
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius. This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Spring forbs in the prairie are so dramatic, the droopy petals of the pale purple cone flower, the giant flowering spikes of the Baptisia standing 4 feet taller than all the rest of the vegetation. Ridiculous #nativeplants #restorationecology
Droopy and leaning petals of echineace pallida flower heads.Baptisia alba having grown 6.5 feet tall.That's a whole lotta forbs in this prairie restoration experiment! Must be the AMF additions!
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Jonathan Plett @fungidownunder.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
For Australian Domestic students interested in pursuing a PhD in molecular mycorrhizal studies, please consider applying for a scholarship-funded position in my lab (tinyurl.com/jxcdhp3p) - our lab is a diverse group studying plant-microbe interactions from genes to landscapes
ECM colonised root cross section. Photo credit Tess McBride
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The Baptisia in the pocket prairie at work busted up the earth as it emerged. #nativeplants #plantpower
Baptisia plant emerging in the spring is pushing up soil clods.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
First morel mushroom and Jack-in-the-pulpit finds of the spring in the Kansas woodlands 🍄📸🌱
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Agostina Torres @agostinatorres.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
So honored to receive this award from @jappliedecology.bsky.social! Huge thanks to my amazing collaborators @martin-nunez.bsky.social @rodriguezcabal.bsky.social & Tere Morán-López
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Realising the promise of arbuscular #mycorrhizal fungal #biofertilisers through more applied research 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 👆 A #Commentary by Salomon & Watts-Williams on this article by Koziol et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue
Figure 1: Proposed research directives aimed at advancing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) biofertiliser development.
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I was so happy to participate with the whole invam.bsky.social team to be interviewed for this podcast, which covers the history of mycorrhizae, the INVAM fungal collection, and recent global research on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculants.
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Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Since March 27, 2025, 1,300 species of #fungi are now listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species! 🍄📢 ⬇️📈 I made two slides to illustrate how the number of assessed and threatened fungal species has changed over time. Another important milestone for fungal #conservation!
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