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Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close

MycoBloom's work with native AMF for restoration is in the news @theguardian.com along with the research of @lizkoziol.bsky.social, @invam.bsky.social fungal collection, and others:
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Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds Native mycorrhizal fungi enhance prairie restoration by boosting native plant diversity, supporting late-successional species, and reducing invasive plants

My new paper is out! 🧪🦠

Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵

We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share.

Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...

Mid-week #mycorrhiza 🍄
No rice this week: instead a beautiful arbuscule formed by native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (identity unknown) within a Plantago root. This animation takes you through a z-stack 🔬

Newly Submitted Manuscript:

A vibrant forb-rich prairie restoration powered by native mycorrhizal fungal inoculants! Data from 7 years post-inoculation shows AM fungal amendments boost plot quality (Floristic Quality Index) and reduces weeds.

#SoilHealth #nativeplants #Mycorrhizae #forbs 🍄🧪🌏🌾🌿

Our very own @lizkoziol.bsky.social will speak at the @thegsbi.bsky.social panel on microbial inoculants this Wednesday! 🦠🌎👩‍🔬

Join me Wednesday to talk soil inoculants—the good, the bad, and the dead on arrival. 🌱💀 #SoilScience

Hello, can we be added? Thanks!

How resilient are AMF cultures? Gi. decipiens SCT711C and Paraglomus sp. SCT771G stored for 8 years at 4C still kicking and alive. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for you all folks!! Cheers

Happy holidays y'all #mycosky 🦠

Love this!

Thanks Justin. Super interested, can we join?

MycoBloom mycorrhizal inoculants: #AMF from old-growth prairies, crafted by a women-owned small business, 🌿 made in the USA, and 🌎 shipped only to the US and Canada. Boost your plants the natural way! 🍄

#HealthySoil #Mycorrhizae #RegenerativeAg #prairierestoration #growyourown

Selection for agronomic traits in intermediate wheatgrass increases responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Agricultural practices have had a negative impact on the physical, chemical, and biological components of soil. Perennial cropping systems that facilitate positive soil microbial interactions could n...

Many crops lose their reliance on #AMF during domestication, but we found a novel #perennial grain is becoming MORE responsive to AMF.

Work by Tom McKenna, @lizkoziol Jared Crain @crews1859 Ben Sikes, Lee DeHaan and Jim Bever @NatureAsMeasure

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