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Fungal aroma; the attraction of 'pollinators'

January 31, 2018 Philip Pinzone
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Epichloë typhina, a fungus that attracts Botanophila flies.

A fungal compound that initially evolved as an antifungal agent is now used to attract 'pollinators'. 

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In Ascomycota, Competition, Ecology, Evolution Tags FFN, forest floor, Forest Floor Narrative, Fungal aroma, pollinators, Mycology, Biology, Nature, Botanophila, Epichloë, botany, sent, insects, entomology, environment, bioactive compounds

Fungi Friday-Poronia punctata

January 19, 2018 Philip Pinzone
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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.

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In Ecology, Evolution, Fungi Friday Tags Fungi Friday, Poronia punctata, P. punctata, Poronia, Fungi, Mycology, Ecology, Evolution, Biology, coprophilous, Forest, Forest Floor Narrative, Forest Floor, competition, dispersal, species interactions, species distribution, Nature, Anthropocene, Human era, environment

Implications of mycorrhizae; Increased CO2 levels enhance mineral weathering

October 5, 2017 Philip Pinzone
Three AMF hosts, Ginkgo biloba, Sequoia sempervirens and Magnolia grandiflora followed by two ECM hosts, Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula. (f) AMF structures. (g) ECM rootlets. Quirk et al. 2014. 

Three AMF hosts, Ginkgo biloba, Sequoia sempervirens and Magnolia grandiflora followed by two ECM hosts, Pinus sylvestris and Betula pendula. (f) AMF structures. (g) ECM rootlets. Quirk et al. 2014. 

A new negative interaction uncovered in the wake of increased CO2 emissions. 

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In Mycorrhizae, Climate Change, Carbon Cycle Tags Forest Floor Narrative, forest floor, Forest, Forest ecology, global climate change, CO2 levels, CO2, science, mycorrhizae, Mycology, Biology, Botany, research, CO2 emissions, Earth’s atmosphere, Anthropocene, fungal mutualists, mineral weathering, environment, Evolution, Climate change, ECM, ectomycorrhizae, AMF, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, weathering

Herbivory above-ground regulates competition below-ground

August 3, 2017 Philip Pinzone
A hungry herbivore, the red kangaroo.  

A hungry herbivore, the red kangaroo.  

Find out how above-ground herbivory changes below-ground communities of bacteria and fungi.

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In Competition, Ecology, Mycology Tags Forest Floor Narrative, Forest floor, Ecosystems, ecology, Biology, Botany, herbivory, herbivores, Mycology, mammals, Nature, Fungi, Bacteria, rhizosphere, species interactions, aboveground, belowground, below-ground, above-ground, competition, compete, studies, functioning, community, environment, Australia, dynamic, organisms, competitive exclusion

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