Congratulations to Fungal Ecology Editor (and New Phytologist's Editor-in-Chief) Maarja Öpik for this major achievement. We are grateful for your many seminal contributions in the field of mycorrhizal ecology, and for your support of the global community of fungal ecologists as an editor.

What characteristics of dead wood promote fungal species richness in forests? And how can we use this information to manage fungal biodiversity? New research on the functional diversity of dead wood in Norwegian forests provides some answers. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... 📷 @jenninorden.bsky.social

When humans create an artificial island, how do fungi colonize this new habitat? Using the Danish island Peberholm as an experimental system, a recent Fungal Ecology article examines arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal succession on new land. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... 📷 Wikipedia

Fungal herbaria provide important baseline biodiversity data as forests change. In new work from Mader and colleagues, historic collections were used to understand how forest fungal communities may change with intensifying insect infestations of a keystone tree species. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

The superb lyrebird makes remarkable songs in Australian forests. It also displaces ∼150 tonnes per hectare per year of litter/soil in search of food. A new paper in Fungal Ecology explores how fungi respond to the lyrebird's disturbances: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0...

What is the global richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)? A recent paper in Fungal Ecology by @steffilutz.bsky.social and colleagues provides updated estimates of AMF richness from 4,733 sampling sites across the globe doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

We are excited to welcome these three new editors to our editorial board!

In this review in Fungal Ecology, Håvard Kauserud (@drhyfe.bsky.social) argues that while the ITS region is by far the best DNA (meta)barcoding marker for fungi, we should not use it naively or simplistically doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

What fungi live in the leaves of Pando, the massive aspen clone in Utah, USA? And how do they vary across the spatial extent of this 43 hectare clonal plant? Find out in this article in our latest issue of Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... (photo by US Forest Service)

A recent study from De Mattheis and colleagues explores the Diversity and ecology of nivicolous Peziza from the glacial basin of the Gran Sasso massif in the Central Apennines doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

This British Mycological Society webinar from December 2025 explores the BMS journals and the benefits of publishing your fungal biology research or mycology field studies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BagG...

📣 The deadline for this @britmycolsoc.org.uk special issue on fungal conservation has been extended to 15th March 2026. Spread the word and don’t hesitate to contact @cfemycolab.bsky.social or me if you have any questions. We’re looking forward to receiving your submissions! 🍄

What fungi live in these beautiful wasp galls on California blue oak trees? And are they different from the endophytes that live in ungalled leaves? See this new paper in Fungal Ecology to find out! doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...