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@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-07-11 17:00:03

"Spore and peace: fungi power a quiet revolution in nappy waste"
#Fungi #Mushrooms

Spore and peace: fungi power a quiet revolution in nappy waste
A US-based biotech firm has developed a plastic-eating fungi, offering an eco-friendly solution to tackle the global nappy waste crisis

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-06-15 14:57:01

'shrooms!
Somewhere near Antoniewo, near Skoki, Greater Poland.
#fungi #hiking

@funkvolk@mastodon.social
2025-06-28 09:57:37

Plastik-futternde Pilze:
reuters.com/business/environme
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Plastic-eating fungi could be a glimmer of hope in cutting ocean pollution
Scientists in Germany have identified plastic-eating fungi that could offer a glimmer of hope in tackling the problem of millions of tonnes of waste polluting the world's oceans every year.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-06-27 18:00:09

"Of mushrooms and mycelium: How fungi are powering eco-friendly solutions"
#Mushrooms #Fungi

Of mushrooms and mycelium: How fungi are powering eco-friendly solutions
Often hidden from view, fungi are a critical part of our ecosystems. Some can be eaten as mushrooms; others help trees and forests thrive. But that’s not all: they’re also helping us create low-cost, sustainable housing materials and additional income for farmers, says Gabriela D’Elia, director of the Fungal Diversity Survey and a fungi enthusiast, […]

@jeang3nie@social.linux.pizza
2025-07-15 20:13:49

Some interesting fungi from our hike today at Huston-Brumbaugh woods. Playing around with selective focus, aperture priority with the lens wide open.
#photography #macrophotography

@jby@ecoevo.social
2025-06-05 16:42:19

Interesting study of eastern Joshua tree mycorrhizal associations from trees near the Dome Fire burn in Mojave National Preserve, with sampling stratified by season
#ecology #mutualism #JoshuaTree …

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Eastern Joshua tree arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal mycobiomes largely consistent across roots, soils, and seasons
The Mojave Desert is home to iconic Joshua trees threatened by climate change. Most desert plants form mutually beneficial partnerships with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), yet the AMF of the Eastern Joshua tree (Yucca jaegeriana) remain completely uncharacterized. We tested how Y. jaegeriana AMF spore abundance, richness, and composition varied when sampling 20 trees across 4 seasons from roots versus soils. We confirmed root colonization via staining, assessed spore abundance via microsco…

@arXiv_qbioPE_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-05-28 07:37:14

Response to comment on Mutualism weaken the latitudinal diversity gradient among oceanic islands
Camille Delavaux, Thomas Crowther, James Bever, Evan Gora
arxiv.org/abs/2505.21006

Response to comment on Mutualism weaken the latitudinal diversity gradient among oceanic islands
In our original paper (Delavaux et al. 2024; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07110-y), we find that the latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) in plant species richness is reduced on oceanic islands worldwide. Moreover, we find that plants that associate with mutualists, including pollinators, AM fungi, and N-fixing bacteria, disproportionately contribute to this reduction. To make this assertion, we fit models of continental diversity to absolute latitude and compared mainland diversi…