ur in her dms i’m reading about chytrids before falling asleep
December 18, 2024 at 4:09 AM
ur in her dms i’m reading about chytrids before falling asleep
no one's thinking about chytrids when they exhort you to make fungi your political model
In Central America, scientists found a spike in malaria cases after the fungus arrived. As frogs died, there were fewer tadpoles to eat mosquito larvae; more mosquitoes resulted in a fivefold increase in malaria cases: wapo.st/3LHtdAj (gift). We allow extinctions at our peril. 🌎
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
no one's thinking about chytrids when they exhort you to make fungi your political model
Read up on Chytrids, there’s all sorts of interesting marine fungi that we are just starting to understand.
January 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Read up on Chytrids, there’s all sorts of interesting marine fungi that we are just starting to understand.
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Chytrids are everywhere: diatom-parasitic #chytrids dominate pelagic fungal communities across 50 reservoirs.
doi.org/10.1007/s113...
Chytrids are everywhere: diatom-parasitic #chytrids dominate pelagic fungal communities across 50 reservoirs.
doi.org/10.1007/s113...
Chytrids are everywhere: diatom-parasitic chytrids dominate pelagic fungal communities across 50 reservoirs - Landscape and Ecological Engineering
Aquatic fungi play an important role in the material cycling, yet the factors structuring the spatial distribution of aquatic fungal communities remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated fungal community composition across 50 reservoirs in Japan using DNA metabarcoding. Chytridiomycota (chytrids) dominated fungal communities in many reservoirs and constituted a core component of fungal assemblage. Notably, diatom-parasitic taxa were detected in all reservoirs, indicating their ubiquitous occurrence. In contrast, rare and transient components were mainly composed of Dikarya (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota), likely influenced by stochastic processes, such as episodic inputs from terrestrial habitats. Variation partitioning showed that environmental, spatial, and host-related factors each explained only a small proportion of variation in both the total fungal community and chytrids, with spatial effects being slightly stronger for total fungi, whereas environmental and host-related factors contributed relatively more to chytrid communities. Our results indicate reservoir fungal communities are characterized by a ubiquitous chytrid core and substantial unexplained variation reflecting stochastic and within-lake processes.
doi.org
May 4, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Chytrids are everywhere: diatom-parasitic #chytrids dominate pelagic fungal communities across 50 reservoirs.
doi.org/10.1007/s113...
Chytrids are everywhere: diatom-parasitic #chytrids dominate pelagic fungal communities across 50 reservoirs.
doi.org/10.1007/s113...
New preprint: We studied the population dynamics of Arctic #phytoplankton and #mycoplankton and found evidence for chytrid-mediated diatom bloom termination. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Congrats @paulinethome.bsky.social
#protists #protistsonsky #algae #diatoms #chytrids
Congrats @paulinethome.bsky.social
#protists #protistsonsky #algae #diatoms #chytrids
July 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
New preprint: We studied the population dynamics of Arctic #phytoplankton and #mycoplankton and found evidence for chytrid-mediated diatom bloom termination. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Congrats @paulinethome.bsky.social
#protists #protistsonsky #algae #diatoms #chytrids
Congrats @paulinethome.bsky.social
#protists #protistsonsky #algae #diatoms #chytrids
For my inaugural Bluesky post, I invite you to learn about baiting for chytrid fungi, a term used to describe multiple early diverging lineages of true fungi, which retain a motile reproductive cell.
Baiting for Chytrids and Isolating from Bait
Video 3/3 in our series on studying zoosporic fungi: baiting for chytrids and isolating chytrids from bait. Join researchers at the University of Michigan as...
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August 19, 2023 at 11:33 PM
For my inaugural Bluesky post, I invite you to learn about baiting for chytrid fungi, a term used to describe multiple early diverging lineages of true fungi, which retain a motile reproductive cell.
Will @jandbio.bsky.social help get us a #chytrid emoji!?!
#fungi @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social ##zoosporicfungi #chytrids
#fungi @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social ##zoosporicfungi #chytrids
Scientists call for greater emoji biodiversity to elicit interest in lesser-known organisms like aquatic fungi, flatworms and arthropods. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fungi and flatworms? Scientists call for greater emoji biodiversity
Researchers say better representation could elicit interest in lesser-known organisms and help conservation efforts
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Will @jandbio.bsky.social help get us a #chytrid emoji!?!
#fungi @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social ##zoosporicfungi #chytrids
#fungi @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social ##zoosporicfungi #chytrids
Cell biology of non-model fungi is advancing rapidly, in Chytrids for instance. The chytrid cellularization process is amazing, where nuclei are dispersed throughout the cytoplasm then synchronously compartmentalized into daughter cells. Astonishing and so much to learn. #Fungal26 7/15
March 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Cell biology of non-model fungi is advancing rapidly, in Chytrids for instance. The chytrid cellularization process is amazing, where nuclei are dispersed throughout the cytoplasm then synchronously compartmentalized into daughter cells. Astonishing and so much to learn. #Fungal26 7/15
When a #chytrid loses its tail, it just regrows a few dozen.
Very cool work from the @stearnslab.bsky.social et al.!
#chytrids #fungi #MycoMonday #mycology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very cool work from the @stearnslab.bsky.social et al.!
#chytrids #fungi #MycoMonday #mycology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When a #chytrid loses its tail, it just regrows a few dozen.
Very cool work from the @stearnslab.bsky.social et al.!
#chytrids #fungi #MycoMonday #mycology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very cool work from the @stearnslab.bsky.social et al.!
#chytrids #fungi #MycoMonday #mycology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚬 Toxic waste: In a new study, IGB researchers show why #cigarette butts are doubly harmful to freshwaters. Once released into #water, the ingredients harm many aquatic organisms; toxic #cyanobacteria, on the other hand, could benefit indirectly > www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/toxi...
Toxic waste: cigarette butts harm the environment twice
Cigarette butts pollute Berlin’s waters with nicotine. New IGB study reveals toxic cyanobacteria might benefit.
www.igb-berlin.de
November 19, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Happy #WorldFrogDay!
May all of your #chytrid infections be sublethal.
#chytrids #Bd #Batrachochytrium #fungi #fungus
May all of your #chytrid infections be sublethal.
#chytrids #Bd #Batrachochytrium #fungi #fungus
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy #WorldFrogDay!
May all of your #chytrid infections be sublethal.
#chytrids #Bd #Batrachochytrium #fungi #fungus
May all of your #chytrid infections be sublethal.
#chytrids #Bd #Batrachochytrium #fungi #fungus
We absolutely plan to talk about chytrids in the future!
November 25, 2024 at 12:52 PM
We absolutely plan to talk about chytrids in the future!
Early Registration for ECFG17 satellite meetings on 2 March are still open till Dec 6. The Basal (zygos and chytrids) Fungal Symposium should be a a fun one to participate in! www.ecfg17.org
November 27, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Early Registration for ECFG17 satellite meetings on 2 March are still open till Dec 6. The Basal (zygos and chytrids) Fungal Symposium should be a a fun one to participate in! www.ecfg17.org
Another vote for chytrids!
November 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Another vote for chytrids!
Micrograph of a rhizoid gall caused by a chytrid on Bryum moss. The infected cell contains several zoosporangia, some of which have thread-like exit tubes that release flagellated spores. Chytrids are interesting fungi that mostly lack hyphae and have mobile spores.
September 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Micrograph of a rhizoid gall caused by a chytrid on Bryum moss. The infected cell contains several zoosporangia, some of which have thread-like exit tubes that release flagellated spores. Chytrids are interesting fungi that mostly lack hyphae and have mobile spores.
The #aquaticfungi episode from @protectspecies.bsky.social Podcast dropped, with hosts Monika Bohm and @catiacanteiro.bsky.social and guest Huzefa Raja.
Next time, let's do #chytrids. 😉
@funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social
youtu.be/kwuGIEciFR0
Next time, let's do #chytrids. 😉
@funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social
youtu.be/kwuGIEciFR0
Beneath the Surface: Conserving Aquatic Fungi
YouTube video by IndianapolisZoo
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November 25, 2024 at 4:39 AM
The #aquaticfungi episode from @protectspecies.bsky.social Podcast dropped, with hosts Monika Bohm and @catiacanteiro.bsky.social and guest Huzefa Raja.
Next time, let's do #chytrids. 😉
@funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social
youtu.be/kwuGIEciFR0
Next time, let's do #chytrids. 😉
@funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social
youtu.be/kwuGIEciFR0
A walk in Cregagh Glen today with @dmac00.bsky.social yielded Synchytrium globosum on Galium odoratum, the first record of this species from Ireland (and B&I as far as I can tell) and apparently the first global record for this host. What a great woodland to have nearby! #FungiFriends #Chytrids
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A walk in Cregagh Glen today with @dmac00.bsky.social yielded Synchytrium globosum on Galium odoratum, the first record of this species from Ireland (and B&I as far as I can tell) and apparently the first global record for this host. What a great woodland to have nearby! #FungiFriends #Chytrids
This 2-module logic: MTs ▶️ positioning, actomyosin ▶️ ingression, shows up in #Drosophila, #chytrids, and now #Spharoforma.
Maybe an ancient principle for how cells fairly divide a multinucleated cells ?
We will be looking at more species.
Next Algae !
Maybe an ancient principle for how cells fairly divide a multinucleated cells ?
We will be looking at more species.
Next Algae !
a man looking out a window with the words " this is our future " behind him
ALT: a man looking out a window with the words " this is our future " behind him
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February 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM
This 2-module logic: MTs ▶️ positioning, actomyosin ▶️ ingression, shows up in #Drosophila, #chytrids, and now #Spharoforma.
Maybe an ancient principle for how cells fairly divide a multinucleated cells ?
We will be looking at more species.
Next Algae !
Maybe an ancient principle for how cells fairly divide a multinucleated cells ?
We will be looking at more species.
Next Algae !
You have to read the fine print, but technically, #zoosporic #eufungi are on today's @wikipedia.org Featured Page.
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#blastoclads #Blastocladiales #Blastocladiomycota #chytrids #chytrid #fungi #mycology #fungal #fungus #zoospore #aquaticfungi
@iucnfungi.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
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#blastoclads #Blastocladiales #Blastocladiomycota #chytrids #chytrid #fungi #mycology #fungal #fungus #zoospore #aquaticfungi
@iucnfungi.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
You have to read the fine print, but technically, #zoosporic #eufungi are on today's @wikipedia.org Featured Page.
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#blastoclads #Blastocladiales #Blastocladiomycota #chytrids #chytrid #fungi #mycology #fungal #fungus #zoospore #aquaticfungi
@iucnfungi.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
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#blastoclads #Blastocladiales #Blastocladiomycota #chytrids #chytrid #fungi #mycology #fungal #fungus #zoospore #aquaticfungi
@iucnfungi.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
the intersection of chytrids and bryophilous pathogens must be one of the least studied fungal groups
September 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
the intersection of chytrids and bryophilous pathogens must be one of the least studied fungal groups
Chytrids? Lichen?
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Chytrids? Lichen?
The succession of epiphytic microalgae conditions fungal community composition: how chytrids respond to blooms of dinoflagellates www.nature.com/articles/s43... #jcampubs
The succession of epiphytic microalgae conditions fungal community composition: how chytrids respond...
ISME Communications - The succession of epiphytic microalgae conditions fungal community composition: how chytrids respond to blooms of dinoflagellates
www.nature.com
September 26, 2023 at 1:02 PM
The succession of epiphytic microalgae conditions fungal community composition: how chytrids respond to blooms of dinoflagellates www.nature.com/articles/s43... #jcampubs
Day 3 was short but just as interesting. From the roots of #cyanobacterial names to their genomic diversity. Also a great opportunity to share my work and present my lovely #chytrids to the #ICTC13 audience and finish the day with plenty of time in beautiful Chania
@ictc13.bsky.social
@ictc13.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Day 3 was short but just as interesting. From the roots of #cyanobacterial names to their genomic diversity. Also a great opportunity to share my work and present my lovely #chytrids to the #ICTC13 audience and finish the day with plenty of time in beautiful Chania
@ictc13.bsky.social
@ictc13.bsky.social