Researchers present three new species and two new records of the genus 𝐿𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 from subtropical China based on morphological and multi-locus phylogenetic evidence. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/myco...

Meet Plenary speakers of @icom2026.bsky.social Prof. Marc-André Selosse - from Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) - will be opening the session "Moving forward while looking into the past: How the evolutionary history of mycorrhizas informs future adaptation pathways" #ICOM2026

It was a pleasure to visit the fossil plant sites around Angers with Prof Jiri Kvacek and his student from Prague last week

📢 Last chance to submit your abstract, apply for a travel grant and take advantage of early bird registration for our upcoming #symposium, '#Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life'! Deadline: 12 May 👉 www.newphytologist.org/symposia/eic #PlantScience

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern hemisphere before moving north – and beyond

New paper out in: “Bring back the phenotype”. Sewall Wright was right all along. After a century, it is time to catch up! Nice writing with Mike Wade from Indiana University, who has provided empirical evidence of group selection since 1976! doi.org/10.1111/nph.... @newphyt.bsky.social

Most land plants team with mycorrhizal fungi to survive. This ancient partnership has helped both plants and fungi thrive over much of Earth. Learn more on #EarthDay: scim.ag/4cMgplJ

Et voilà le résultat ! Si vous l'avez manquée en direct, vous pouvez (ré)écouter l'émission : tinyurl.com/2a62nz3y ou sur l'application RadioFrance !

[RDV 16h !] Il y a env. 500 Ma, les plantes aquatiques colonisaient la terre ferme. Que connaît-on des mécanismes à l’origine de cette sortie des eaux ? Quelles ont été les adaptations nécessaires ? tinyurl.com/2a62nz3y avec Pierre-Marc Delaux, @huguesrenault.bsky.social & Christine Strullu-Derrien