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Read moreFungal dispersal from down-under; how one Australian mammal spreads mycorrhizal spores
The Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
Truffle like fungi and their unlikely, analogous dispersers
Tuber melanosporum
Learn about how one of the most expensive foods in the world disperses, and find out what these dispersers share.
Read moreFungi Friday-Poronia punctata
Poronia punctata growing on old, hay filled horse dung in Portugal. By Elsa.
This species is a great example of how minor changes in human development may have large consequences for individual species.
Read moreIsland biogeography; speciation in an endangered Japanese Pine and a newly discovered mycorrhizal fungus
Island distribution of Pinus amamiana. These endangered pines grow on Southern islands of the Kagoshima Prefecture.
A newly described species of mycorrhizal fungi isolated from soils inhabited by endangered pines native to the islands of Southern Japan show the importance of taking a mycological approach in the field of conservation biology.
Read moreFungal spore dispersal trade-offs
Thick-walled spores of Phellinus pomaceus.
Learn about the different ecological trade-offs associated with different spore morphology.
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