If you're walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. These fungi aren't what you might ...

This research provides a new perspective on what controls the distribution and abundance of plants in an ecosystem ... (2024). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi equalize differences in plant fitness ...

Studies show AM fungi can have huge benefits for ecosystem restoration by supporting the establishment of native plant communities . Their importance to ecosystem function makes it clear ...

I am especially interested in whether changing communities of mycorrhizal fungi buffer or increase the effects of environmental change. I have recently initiated a study in our new mesocosm facility ...

At its vegetative heart, mycoremediation is about rendering fungi’s natural abilities as decomposers and breaker-down-of-things to restore ecosystems. Scientists can train certain species of ...

The importance of fungi in the ecosystem will be discussed as well as data that provides a deeper understanding of their short life spans and the difficulties encountered when trying to study them.

Fungi. They grow between toes, on bread and in the shower. But the organisms also produce food and medicine and act as ecosystem maids by decomposing dead matter — benefits that are sometimes ...

I am especially interested in whether changing communities of mycorrhizal fungi buffer or increase the effects of environmental change. I have recently initiated a study in our new mesocosm facility ...