The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes
by @grrlscientist.bsky.social via #Substack
#SciComm🧪 #gophers #MountStHelens🌋 #MycorrhizalFungi #microbes #microbiology🔬 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/the-secret...
by @grrlscientist.bsky.social via #Substack
#SciComm🧪 #gophers #MountStHelens🌋 #MycorrhizalFungi #microbes #microbiology🔬 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/the-secret...
April 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes
by @grrlscientist.bsky.social via #Substack
#SciComm🧪 #gophers #MountStHelens🌋 #MycorrhizalFungi #microbes #microbiology🔬 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/the-secret...
by @grrlscientist.bsky.social via #Substack
#SciComm🧪 #gophers #MountStHelens🌋 #MycorrhizalFungi #microbes #microbiology🔬 grrlscientist.substack.com/p/the-secret...
Can cloud forest restoration succeed without understanding the fungi belowground?
In Nigeria’s Ngel Nyaki, Dr. Iveren Abiem and team are studying mycorrhizal fungi that may support forest recovery and resilience.
#mycology #forestrestoration #mycorrhizalfungi #cloudforest
In Nigeria’s Ngel Nyaki, Dr. Iveren Abiem and team are studying mycorrhizal fungi that may support forest recovery and resilience.
#mycology #forestrestoration #mycorrhizalfungi #cloudforest
May 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Can cloud forest restoration succeed without understanding the fungi belowground?
In Nigeria’s Ngel Nyaki, Dr. Iveren Abiem and team are studying mycorrhizal fungi that may support forest recovery and resilience.
#mycology #forestrestoration #mycorrhizalfungi #cloudforest
In Nigeria’s Ngel Nyaki, Dr. Iveren Abiem and team are studying mycorrhizal fungi that may support forest recovery and resilience.
#mycology #forestrestoration #mycorrhizalfungi #cloudforest
Can soil collected from nearby healthy woodlands improve the success of restoring Britain’s Atlantic Rainforest?
That’s one of the questions SPUN and Cumbria Connect are testing in Cumbria.
Read about our experiment: buff.ly/McS8w75
#MycorrhizalFungi #AtlanticRainforest #ForestRestoration
That’s one of the questions SPUN and Cumbria Connect are testing in Cumbria.
Read about our experiment: buff.ly/McS8w75
#MycorrhizalFungi #AtlanticRainforest #ForestRestoration
September 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Can soil collected from nearby healthy woodlands improve the success of restoring Britain’s Atlantic Rainforest?
That’s one of the questions SPUN and Cumbria Connect are testing in Cumbria.
Read about our experiment: buff.ly/McS8w75
#MycorrhizalFungi #AtlanticRainforest #ForestRestoration
That’s one of the questions SPUN and Cumbria Connect are testing in Cumbria.
Read about our experiment: buff.ly/McS8w75
#MycorrhizalFungi #AtlanticRainforest #ForestRestoration
Meet the people taking Earth Day underground.
Help us make today #UnderEarthDay.
-Visit www.spun.earth/under-earth-day
-Share the video
-Download the logo and post it today
-Use #UnderEarthDay
-Tag @spununderground
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #mycology #ProtectTheUnderground
Help us make today #UnderEarthDay.
-Visit www.spun.earth/under-earth-day
-Share the video
-Download the logo and post it today
-Use #UnderEarthDay
-Tag @spununderground
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #mycology #ProtectTheUnderground
April 22, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Meet the people taking Earth Day underground.
Help us make today #UnderEarthDay.
-Visit www.spun.earth/under-earth-day
-Share the video
-Download the logo and post it today
-Use #UnderEarthDay
-Tag @spununderground
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #mycology #ProtectTheUnderground
Help us make today #UnderEarthDay.
-Visit www.spun.earth/under-earth-day
-Share the video
-Download the logo and post it today
-Use #UnderEarthDay
-Tag @spununderground
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #mycology #ProtectTheUnderground
Meet our 2026 Underground Explorers.
This year, SPUN is supporting 55 researchers, conservationists, and soil experts from 31 countries to help document mycorrhizal fungi in some of Earth’s most underexplored ecosystems.
#ProtectTheUnderground #UndergroundExplorers #MycorrhizalFungi
This year, SPUN is supporting 55 researchers, conservationists, and soil experts from 31 countries to help document mycorrhizal fungi in some of Earth’s most underexplored ecosystems.
#ProtectTheUnderground #UndergroundExplorers #MycorrhizalFungi
July 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Meet our 2026 Underground Explorers.
This year, SPUN is supporting 55 researchers, conservationists, and soil experts from 31 countries to help document mycorrhizal fungi in some of Earth’s most underexplored ecosystems.
#ProtectTheUnderground #UndergroundExplorers #MycorrhizalFungi
This year, SPUN is supporting 55 researchers, conservationists, and soil experts from 31 countries to help document mycorrhizal fungi in some of Earth’s most underexplored ecosystems.
#ProtectTheUnderground #UndergroundExplorers #MycorrhizalFungi
ICOM 2026 attendees: SPUN is heading to Cairns.
Justin Stewart (@thecrobe.bsky.social) will be representing SPUN across the conference, including a talk on our newest global mapping work and a hands-on R workshop.
Come say hello.
#ICOM2026 #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilEcology
Justin Stewart (@thecrobe.bsky.social) will be representing SPUN across the conference, including a talk on our newest global mapping work and a hands-on R workshop.
Come say hello.
#ICOM2026 #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilEcology
July 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
ICOM 2026 attendees: SPUN is heading to Cairns.
Justin Stewart (@thecrobe.bsky.social) will be representing SPUN across the conference, including a talk on our newest global mapping work and a hands-on R workshop.
Come say hello.
#ICOM2026 #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilEcology
Justin Stewart (@thecrobe.bsky.social) will be representing SPUN across the conference, including a talk on our newest global mapping work and a hands-on R workshop.
Come say hello.
#ICOM2026 #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilEcology
#MycorrhizalFungi are making the Climate 100.
SPUN's @tobykiers.bsky.social has been selected for @the-independent.com’s 2026 Climate 100, alongside scientists, campaigners and innovators working on climate solutions worldwide.
Congratulations, Toby.
Full list: buff.ly/rkm9wtB
#Climate100
SPUN's @tobykiers.bsky.social has been selected for @the-independent.com’s 2026 Climate 100, alongside scientists, campaigners and innovators working on climate solutions worldwide.
Congratulations, Toby.
Full list: buff.ly/rkm9wtB
#Climate100
September 21, 2026 at 1:03 PM
#MycorrhizalFungi are making the Climate 100.
SPUN's @tobykiers.bsky.social has been selected for @the-independent.com’s 2026 Climate 100, alongside scientists, campaigners and innovators working on climate solutions worldwide.
Congratulations, Toby.
Full list: buff.ly/rkm9wtB
#Climate100
SPUN's @tobykiers.bsky.social has been selected for @the-independent.com’s 2026 Climate 100, alongside scientists, campaigners and innovators working on climate solutions worldwide.
Congratulations, Toby.
Full list: buff.ly/rkm9wtB
#Climate100
On Alaska’s North Slope, SPUN’s team recoded 253 ectomycorrhizal fungal species not previously documented, revealing an incredible biodiversity under the seemingly barren landscape.
Thank you @maxlevy.bsky.social & @quantamagazine.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/u5D9ciX
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi #alaska
Thank you @maxlevy.bsky.social & @quantamagazine.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/u5D9ciX
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi #alaska
April 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
On Alaska’s North Slope, SPUN’s team recoded 253 ectomycorrhizal fungal species not previously documented, revealing an incredible biodiversity under the seemingly barren landscape.
Thank you @maxlevy.bsky.social & @quantamagazine.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/u5D9ciX
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi #alaska
Thank you @maxlevy.bsky.social & @quantamagazine.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/u5D9ciX
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi #alaska
In episode 1 of our “Nature’s Genius” podcast series, acclaimed visionary biologists @tobykiers.bsky.social and Merlin Sheldrake of @spun.earth guide us through the intricate wonders of the #MycorrhizalFungi networks that make life on Earth possible. 🍄🎧 Dive in: https://buff.ly/4ka8odx
February 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In episode 1 of our “Nature’s Genius” podcast series, acclaimed visionary biologists @tobykiers.bsky.social and Merlin Sheldrake of @spun.earth guide us through the intricate wonders of the #MycorrhizalFungi networks that make life on Earth possible. 🍄🎧 Dive in: https://buff.ly/4ka8odx
#InternationalMountainDay Mountains ⛰️ can provide insights on how climatic & edaphic gradients affect tree migrations & temperate-boreal forest biome transitions as climate changes. Check out our recent paper in Ecological Monographs to see how 😀🧪🌎
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Mycorrhizal fungi as critical biotic filters for tree seedling establishment during species range expansions
Global warming has been shifting climatic envelopes of many tree species to higher latitudes and elevations across the globe; however, unsuitable soil biota may inhibit tree migrations into these are....
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December 12, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Some relationships in nature go back hundreds of millions of years. Mycorrhizal fungi and plants are one of them.
It's a mutualistic symbiosis: fungi help plants access water and nutrients from the soil in exchange for carbon.
More terms on www.spun.earth/glossary
#mycorrhizalfungi #symbiosis
It's a mutualistic symbiosis: fungi help plants access water and nutrients from the soil in exchange for carbon.
More terms on www.spun.earth/glossary
#mycorrhizalfungi #symbiosis
September 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Some relationships in nature go back hundreds of millions of years. Mycorrhizal fungi and plants are one of them.
It's a mutualistic symbiosis: fungi help plants access water and nutrients from the soil in exchange for carbon.
More terms on www.spun.earth/glossary
#mycorrhizalfungi #symbiosis
It's a mutualistic symbiosis: fungi help plants access water and nutrients from the soil in exchange for carbon.
More terms on www.spun.earth/glossary
#mycorrhizalfungi #symbiosis
Most plant-friendly fungi are a mystery to scientists
#Fungi #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #UndergroundEcology #ForestEcosystems #DarkTaxa #CarbonSequestration #Deforestation #Mushrooms #Ecology #SustainableForestry #SoilFungi #Trees
the-14.com/most-plant-f...
#Fungi #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #UndergroundEcology #ForestEcosystems #DarkTaxa #CarbonSequestration #Deforestation #Mushrooms #Ecology #SustainableForestry #SoilFungi #Trees
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July 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Most plant-friendly fungi are a mystery to scientists
#Fungi #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #UndergroundEcology #ForestEcosystems #DarkTaxa #CarbonSequestration #Deforestation #Mushrooms #Ecology #SustainableForestry #SoilFungi #Trees
the-14.com/most-plant-f...
#Fungi #MycorrhizalFungi #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #UndergroundEcology #ForestEcosystems #DarkTaxa #CarbonSequestration #Deforestation #Mushrooms #Ecology #SustainableForestry #SoilFungi #Trees
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A new paper supported by SPUN’s Underground Explorers Program explores fungi inside the roots of 11 Chloraea orchid species in central Chile. The findings reveal highly variable fungal communities, with important implications for orchid conservation.
Full paper: buff.ly/W9gaXYB
#mycorrhizalfungi
Full paper: buff.ly/W9gaXYB
#mycorrhizalfungi
July 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A new paper supported by SPUN’s Underground Explorers Program explores fungi inside the roots of 11 Chloraea orchid species in central Chile. The findings reveal highly variable fungal communities, with important implications for orchid conservation.
Full paper: buff.ly/W9gaXYB
#mycorrhizalfungi
Full paper: buff.ly/W9gaXYB
#mycorrhizalfungi
I've been fascinated by #lithophytes lately--#plants that grow on or in #stones--so I wrote up an article about them: rebeccalexa.com/what-are-lit...
#botany #mycology #fungi #carnivorousplants #mycorrhizalfungi #biodiversity #science #scicomm #nature
#botany #mycology #fungi #carnivorousplants #mycorrhizalfungi #biodiversity #science #scicomm #nature
December 6, 2023 at 7:41 PM
I've been fascinated by #lithophytes lately--#plants that grow on or in #stones--so I wrote up an article about them: rebeccalexa.com/what-are-lit...
#botany #mycology #fungi #carnivorousplants #mycorrhizalfungi #biodiversity #science #scicomm #nature
#botany #mycology #fungi #carnivorousplants #mycorrhizalfungi #biodiversity #science #scicomm #nature
How do mycorrhizal fungal networks support the creation of woodlands?
Led by @bethanfmanley.bsky.social, we’re working with Cumbria Connect & @rspbengland.bsky.social to understand how mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland restoration.
📸: Seth Carnill
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #restoration
Led by @bethanfmanley.bsky.social, we’re working with Cumbria Connect & @rspbengland.bsky.social to understand how mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland restoration.
📸: Seth Carnill
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #restoration
April 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
How do mycorrhizal fungal networks support the creation of woodlands?
Led by @bethanfmanley.bsky.social, we’re working with Cumbria Connect & @rspbengland.bsky.social to understand how mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland restoration.
📸: Seth Carnill
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #restoration
Led by @bethanfmanley.bsky.social, we’re working with Cumbria Connect & @rspbengland.bsky.social to understand how mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland restoration.
📸: Seth Carnill
#fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #restoration
Confocal microscopy image of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore containing hundreds of nuclei, shown as colorful fluorescent dots. Image courtesy of Dr. Vasilis Kokkoris, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
May 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Confocal microscopy image of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore containing hundreds of nuclei, shown as colorful fluorescent dots. Image courtesy of Dr. Vasilis Kokkoris, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
Innovative woodland restoration experiment by Forest Research involves moving soil rich in vital fungi from an ancient woodland to a newly planted site in North Yorkshire... read more on thedirt.news #ForestryEngland #Fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #Woodland
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December 4, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Innovative woodland restoration experiment by Forest Research involves moving soil rich in vital fungi from an ancient woodland to a newly planted site in North Yorkshire... read more on thedirt.news #ForestryEngland #Fungi #mycorrhizalfungi #Woodland
thedirt.news/fungi-transl...
thedirt.news/fungi-transl...
Which fungi can support trees like oak and birch as woodland expands?
In this video, David Satori, a PhD researcher at @rbgkew.bsky.social, shares how local mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland creation at Wild Haweswater in Cumbria.
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
In this video, David Satori, a PhD researcher at @rbgkew.bsky.social, shares how local mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland creation at Wild Haweswater in Cumbria.
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
April 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Which fungi can support trees like oak and birch as woodland expands?
In this video, David Satori, a PhD researcher at @rbgkew.bsky.social, shares how local mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland creation at Wild Haweswater in Cumbria.
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
In this video, David Satori, a PhD researcher at @rbgkew.bsky.social, shares how local mycorrhizal fungi may influence woodland creation at Wild Haweswater in Cumbria.
#mycorrhizalfungi #fungi
How do mycorrhizal fungi help plants access nutrients? With hyphae: fine filaments that extend through soil beyond plant roots, helping fungi reach nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen. This video shows carbon-rich lipids moving through fungal mycelium.
#mycorrhizalfungi #hyphae
#mycorrhizalfungi #hyphae
April 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
How do mycorrhizal fungi help plants access nutrients? With hyphae: fine filaments that extend through soil beyond plant roots, helping fungi reach nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen. This video shows carbon-rich lipids moving through fungal mycelium.
#mycorrhizalfungi #hyphae
#mycorrhizalfungi #hyphae
How do you map the infrastructure of plant-fungal trade?
@thecrobe.bsky.social joined @forrest.nyc on The Spatial Stack to discuss the Mycorrhizal Infrastructure Map and the science behind mapping mycorrhizal fungi across Earth.
Watch: buff.ly/YmpbmOr
#MycorrhizalFungi #GISMapping
@thecrobe.bsky.social joined @forrest.nyc on The Spatial Stack to discuss the Mycorrhizal Infrastructure Map and the science behind mapping mycorrhizal fungi across Earth.
Watch: buff.ly/YmpbmOr
#MycorrhizalFungi #GISMapping
September 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
How do you map the infrastructure of plant-fungal trade?
@thecrobe.bsky.social joined @forrest.nyc on The Spatial Stack to discuss the Mycorrhizal Infrastructure Map and the science behind mapping mycorrhizal fungi across Earth.
Watch: buff.ly/YmpbmOr
#MycorrhizalFungi #GISMapping
@thecrobe.bsky.social joined @forrest.nyc on The Spatial Stack to discuss the Mycorrhizal Infrastructure Map and the science behind mapping mycorrhizal fungi across Earth.
Watch: buff.ly/YmpbmOr
#MycorrhizalFungi #GISMapping
Come join the underground crew at ARTIS Amsterdam for @tobykiers.bsky.social’s State of the Environment Address on how underground fungal networks shape climate & conservation.
Not in Amsterdam? Join us virtually.
Hosted by @tylerprize.bsky.social and SPUN.
🔗 buff.ly/y7bBeqe
#mycorrhizalfungi
Not in Amsterdam? Join us virtually.
Hosted by @tylerprize.bsky.social and SPUN.
🔗 buff.ly/y7bBeqe
#mycorrhizalfungi
April 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Come join the underground crew at ARTIS Amsterdam for @tobykiers.bsky.social’s State of the Environment Address on how underground fungal networks shape climate & conservation.
Not in Amsterdam? Join us virtually.
Hosted by @tylerprize.bsky.social and SPUN.
🔗 buff.ly/y7bBeqe
#mycorrhizalfungi
Not in Amsterdam? Join us virtually.
Hosted by @tylerprize.bsky.social and SPUN.
🔗 buff.ly/y7bBeqe
#mycorrhizalfungi
Bijna 40% van het aardoppervlak is al aangetast, wat de voedselproductie, waterbeschikbaarheid, levensonderhoud en economische stabiliteit beïnvloedt.
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#SPUN #UNCCDCOP17 #MycorrhizalFungi #bodemgezondheid vs #bodemdegradatie
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#SPUN #UNCCDCOP17 #MycorrhizalFungi #bodemgezondheid vs #bodemdegradatie
#soilhealth #soilbiodiversity #unccdcop17 #mycorrhizalfungi #desertification #rangelands | SPUN | Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
Nearly 40% of Earth’s land is already degraded, affecting food production, water availability, livelihoods, and economic stability.
In Mongolia, nearly 77% of the land is affected by desertification ...
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May 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Bijna 40% van het aardoppervlak is al aangetast, wat de voedselproductie, waterbeschikbaarheid, levensonderhoud en economische stabiliteit beïnvloedt.
www.linkedin.com/posts/soilhe...
#SPUN #UNCCDCOP17 #MycorrhizalFungi #bodemgezondheid vs #bodemdegradatie
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#SPUN #UNCCDCOP17 #MycorrhizalFungi #bodemgezondheid vs #bodemdegradatie
May 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi in the Arid Desert Ecosystems of Kuwait: Detection and Identification from Perennial Native Grass Roots
#mycosky
#fungifriends
#mycorrhizalfungi
#vesicles
#desertecosystems
#septatemycorrhizae
#AMFcommunities
www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17...
#mycosky
#fungifriends
#mycorrhizalfungi
#vesicles
#desertecosystems
#septatemycorrhizae
#AMFcommunities
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Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi in the Arid Desert Ecosystems of Kuwait: Detection and Identification from Perennial Native Grass Roots
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) play a key role in enduring stresses in desert ecosystems, as they enhance the moisture and nutrient supply to desert plants. An investigation was carried out to det...
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February 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi in the Arid Desert Ecosystems of Kuwait: Detection and Identification from Perennial Native Grass Roots
#mycosky
#fungifriends
#mycorrhizalfungi
#vesicles
#desertecosystems
#septatemycorrhizae
#AMFcommunities
www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17...
#mycosky
#fungifriends
#mycorrhizalfungi
#vesicles
#desertecosystems
#septatemycorrhizae
#AMFcommunities
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