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Francis M. Martin

@fmartin54.bsky.social

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Microbiologist & Plant physiologist. Symbiosis, Mycorrhizae, Genomics, Plant-microbe interactions, Microbial ecology. Views are my own https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?page_id=10523

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UMR IAM @umr-iam.bsky.social · 15h

#OurTuesdaySeminar: delighted to have our two colleagues Alain Sarniguet and Matthieu Barret from @emersys-irhs.bsky.social @irhs-angers.bsky.social who gave us an overview of #bacteria-bacteria #interactions (T6SS & siderophores) in seed #microbiota.

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Timo Mendez @timomendez.bsky.social · 15h

Article I wrote for Rewilding Magazine, also featuring some of my photography. Check it out.

www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...

Why rewilders shouldn’t forget about fungi

These mostly hidden life forms have a big role to play in rewilding – and need its support, too.

www.rewildingmag.com

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MycoKeys @mycokeys.pensoft.net · 20h

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...

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Clare Blencowe @clareblencowe.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, this must be my cue to repost the interview I did with the author 😁

▶️ mycobookclub.blogspot.com/p/interviews...

Interviews

Q&A with Dr. Toshimitsu Fukiharu, author of Mushroom Botanical Art Tuesday 1 March 2022 Dr. Toshimitsu Fukiharu is a curator and senior rese...

mycobookclub.blogspot.com

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Ji Zhang @ecoloji.bsky.social · 1d

Microbiome spatial scaling varies among members, hosts, and environments across model island ecosystems url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Microbiome spatial scaling varies among members, hosts, and environments across model island ecosystems

Abstract. The species area relationship is a classic ecological law describing the relationship between habitat increase and the number of species. Species

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 1d

It's mushroom season in the Northern Hemisphere 🍄

Here's a look at the chemistry of arguably the most iconic mushroom, fly agaric, and what makes them so brightly coloured and hallucinogenic: www.compoundchem.com/2024/11/11/f...

#ChemSky 🧪

Infographic on fly agaric mushrooms, with an image of the mushrooms in the middle (red with white spots). The chemical structures of the mushroom's pigments are shown, including muscarufin, the primary pigment responsible for their red colour. The compounds behind the mushrooms' psychoactive properties, ibotenic acid and muscimol, are also shown. These compounds imitate neurotransmitters in the brain to exert their effects.

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 3d

Very happy and proud to share the #Spirogyra genome: 50 Mbp small, lacking almost all plastid division proteins and many transcription factors. Kudos to all the many people involved in this multi year project!
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · 4d

In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently

www.science.org/content/arti...

In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently

Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

www.science.org

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 4d

Mycena haematopus #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

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