New preprint! We used global observations and ML-informed niche modeling to understand the drivers of mycorrhizal fungal distributions and predict their sensitivity to climate change, finding big differences between guilds. Many people to thank! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The recent NY Times article on Oath (a soil inoculant company) warrants a mini-thread, so here we go: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b... (1/9)

Devastating loss of Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares this week. She was an amazing mycologist, a leader in her field, & my friend & collaborator. This is a tremendous loss for mycology, science, & the world. There is a meal train for her husband & two small children www.mealtrain.com/trains/l3kg64

Very happy to see this lab paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social - we identified genomic traits & environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelium exploration in the soil and on roots. Thanks to all our co-authors and to @tommansfield.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

This needs attention. Suzanne Simard threatened legal action against a journalist asking critical questions. This is not how science works. Brave of @aislingirwin.bsky.social to report.

New paper out! 🎉 Led by Jenickson Costa @uspoficial.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social @jenicksoncosta.bsky.social Forest Ecosystem Multifunctionality: A Systematic Review of Measures and Drivers 🌳🌲 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our new study linking bacterial and AM fungal phosphorus cycling is out now in mSystems! 🦠🏔️ This work was done by a great team based at @rmblscience.bsky.social, including @skivlin.bsky.social and @aclassen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1128/msys...

The first chapter of my dissertation is finally published in @esajournals.bsky.social! We determined which microbial characteristics best explain soil nutrient cycling and their importance compared to plant and soil factors 🍄🌱 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2... @nahpo.bsky.social @k8eatherton.bsky.social

I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles. @newphyt.bsky.social 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....

Before / after 2 years in the ground for these root & fungal ingrowth cores

🚨 Early Career Researcher Travel Award! 🚨 Open to grad students & postdocs presenting at #ICOM2026 @ICOM2026 Apply now! All info👉 url-shortener.me/6QQF 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 📢 Decisions: Jan 30, 2026

They aren’t fun emails to receive, but I deeply appreciate it when a job I applied for lets me know I’m not being considered anymore. It’s so crazy to me this only happens maybe 10% of the time.

📢📢📢 New peer-reviewed Comment in @springernature.com Climate Change authored by @yalecncc.bsky.social Scientific Leadership Team member and Yale School of the Environment Professor Mark Bradford on "Upstream data need to prove soil carbon as a climate solution." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Feels so good when a new(ish) paper gets its first citation :)

Got a grant rejection today with some very valuable feedback. Apparently 3 months after a disturbance is too late to start sampling, but anything before a year is too early. I’ll keep that in mind for next time!

Happy to share this big piece on saprobic fungal traits and soil carbon cycling. Great collaboration in the SPP SoilSystems @dfg.de , with Damien Finn, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Denise Vonhoegen, @mrillig.bsky.social and many others contributing to the study. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I’m thrilled to announce that next summer I’ll be joining the University of Maryland Department of Biology as an assistant professor! The Van Etten lab will study how horizontal processes (DNA and gene transfer + organelle acquisition) drive and are driven by ecology and evolution. vanettenlab.org

Plant phylogeny and life history predict AM fungal species and genetic composition, but only life history and genetic composition predict feedback https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.10.664051v1

Labeling chambers are up and running so these dual-mycorrhizal plants are incorporating 13-CO2 to measure how much they give their fungal mutualists

Excited to be talking about where rarity comes from and how it persists through evolutionary time tomorrow at #Evol2025! Swing by the Evolutionary Ecology IV session at 4:45 PM to hear more about the evolution of multidimensional rarity in plants 🌱

Fungal endophytes may not be a reliable way to improve plant resilience to global change. Warmer temperatures disrupt symbiosis between plants and fungal endophytes by reducing fungal colonization and diversity in plant tissues, with stronger effects in leaves than roots. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Acomplished a meaningless goal in my dumb game and now all the serotonin is gone

Friendly reminder that it’s very, very cool to not use AI art as a journal cover

Did you ever wonder when to use "conifer", "gymnosperm", "needleleaf", "angiosperms" and "broadleaves"? Us too so we transformed the discussion into this viewpoint. I hope you enjoy the reading as much as we enjoyed the writing! @kateplantphys.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Bacteriophages as important considerations for mycorrhizal symbioses in our changing world @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Forum by @louberrios.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...

Fungal endophytes may not be a reliable way to improve plant resilience to global change. Warmer temperatures disrupt symbiosis between plants and fungal endophytes by reducing fungal colonization and diversity in plant tissues, with stronger effects in leaves than roots. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

📰 Published📰 Ectomycorrhizal trees can have unique impacts on soils🌳 🧪🌍

We need to think more critically in how we use tree mycorrhizal status to predict forest ecosystem function. Important intra-guild variation among ectomycorrhizal trees leads to differences in soil biogeochemistry and organic matter properties. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

WATCH: “Are you going to Brian Kelsey’s pardon party this weekend?” We asked Republican senators if they scored an invite to the Memphis Republican ex-Senator’s party to celebrate his Trump pardon after serving 2 weeks in prison for federal campaign finance crimes he pleaded guilty to.

The last chapter of my dissertation was accepted for publication today, three years to the day (basically) from my defense!

Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and he was then detained by the Israeli military, activists on the scene said.

The National Science Foundation is one of America's most precious gems

Laughed a little too hard at this, maybe it’s time to close that R session…

🧪 The NSF director is lying to you. Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵

NEXT HOUSE STOP for the cruel Lamberth bill to block undocumented kids from going to school: Ed Committee (Tuesday March 18th) [email protected]

Changes to nutrient availability in tropical forests can alter the outcome of competition between ectomycorrhizal fungi and free-living saprotrophs with implications for decomposition and plant nutrient acquisition. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I made a website would love suggestions for other things to put on it www.edwardsecology.org

Saw a very similar pattern during my dissertation research. Sometimes these cool stories we like to tell to explain invasions are really just-so. Good example of how many ecological phenomena aren’t scalable across ecosystems, time periods, or experiments.

Celebrating a nice milestone today in the face of a lot of uncertainty around science right now

Hey BlueSky! I made a starter pack for folks working on mycorrhizal symbioses. LMK who else to include! go.bsky.app/285P8Tn

I'm begging a major news org to cover the fact NSF is defying the courts to enact Trump's unconstitutional executive order

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

Fungal endophytes could potentially promote plant resilience to climate change. However, across 3 warming experiments (differing in age/species/climate), warming disrupted plant-fungal endophyte symbiosis, with stronger effects in leaves than roots. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New study where we show how diversity-productivity relationships in forests may be mediated by more complex canopies, with structural diversity driving productivity more than species diversity esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I reviewed two papers today that means someone has to review mine now right??

New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 takes place on 4–7 August at the University of Birmingham! Don't miss your opportunity to join this unique meeting of early career plant scientists! Apply to attend by 27 January: www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent... #PlantScience #npnextgen

Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to - not publish - have outstanding publication records - introduce more novel scientific concepts - less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards. www.nber.org/papers/w33289

The judge presiding over the Luigi Mangione case is married to a former Pfizer executive. More about the judge here: