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A scientist collects soil samples in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Scientists Race to Document Soil Fungi

by Andrew J. Wight 15 August 202415 August 2024

Genetic sequencing of samples collected from across the country contribute to a global database and may help researchers assess the damage caused by war.

Rows of corn in an agricultural field stretch into the distance.
Posted inOpinions

How Soil Symbionts Could Unlock Climate-Smart Agriculture

by Uta Paszkowski 5 June 202426 August 2024

By tracing the evolutionary history of beneficial soil microbes, scientists hope to unearth a sustainable solution for producing food to feed a growing global population.

A photo of a small mushroom in a wooded area surrounded by tiny mushroom sprouts
Posted inNews

Soil Fungi May Be a Carbon Pool

by Caroline Hasler 17 July 202324 July 2023

New research suggests that mycorrhizal fungi take in 13 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually, playing a prominent role in Earth’s carbon cycle.

A dust storm that hit Phoenix in 2011
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Rethinking How Valley Fever Spreads

by Saima May Sidik 20 January 20229 September 2024

Scientists have long assumed that dust storms lead to infections with the desert soil fungus Coccidioides, but new evidence suggests otherwise.

A canopy view of Morgan-Monroe State Forest in southern Indiana
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Hardwood Forest Soils Are Sinks for Plant-Produced Volatiles

by David Shultz 7 May 202031 October 2022

New research identifies temperature, moisture, and soil fungi as important factors in influencing how biogenic volatile organic compounds cycle between plants and the atmosphere.

Amanita thiersii mushrooms
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Mushrooms Could Provide a Record of Grassland History

Alexandra Branscombe by A. Branscombe 11 April 20174 October 2021

Scientists measured carbon isotopes in certain types of fungi to assess whether the organisms can track how climate change is affecting grasses.

A new study reevaluates a theory behind the mysterious “fairy rings” that vegetation can form in certain environments
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mysterious "Fairy Circles" Continue to Enchant Scientists

by S. Witman 5 April 201725 October 2022

Researchers revisit an old theory about the ethereal patterns of vegetation that form in some arid landscapes.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Microbial Communities Form Iron Shells in Abandoned Mines

by David Shultz 10 September 201510 November 2022

Fungi and bacteria deposit metal ions on steel objects left behind by miners. These metals form strange clam-like shells on the steel surfaces.

Posted inNews

Fungus, Physics Explain Weird Tresses of Ice 

by C. Reed 29 July 20154 May 2023

Alfred Wegener, of plate tectonics fame, proposed a link nearly 100 years ago between fungi and "hair ice" on dead wood. A new study has identified the fungus and how it may influence ice structure.

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