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Manjeet Dhull
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MRes Student at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, WSU| mycorrhizal fungi | ecology | plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠|

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Manjeet Dhull @manjeet786.bsky.social · Jul 1
Spent last week at the microscope 🔬✨, and seeing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi up close for the first time—hyphae, arbuscules, vesicles—was absolutely mind-blowing. Small but mighty partners of plant roots 🌿. Sharing a few of my favourite shots.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi
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wa-orchids.bsky.social
Summer brings its own delights in the Aussie bush, like the beautiful moodjar tree (or WA Christmas tree), colourful Christmas spiders and other delights 🌿🌱
#ozflora #ausinverts #wildoz #mistletoe

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
World's largest mistletoe among flora blooming for Australian Christmas
As the summer heat settles in, flora and fauna associated with Christmas in Australia can be spotted throughout the country.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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stableisotopeecol.bsky.social
Precipitation increase promotes soil organic carbon formation and stability via the mycorrhizal fungal pathway | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #stableisotopes
PNAS
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December 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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frewecologist.bsky.social
Turns out fungi aren’t as plastic as we might think, their responses to grazers are much more species-specific.

Very cool work from the fungal wizard @aguilart.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Not Extremely Plastic: Testing the Limits of Morphological Plasticity in Fungal Mycelia in Response to Soil Grazers
Using image analysis to track the development of fungal networks in the presence of predators, we found that even in modular organisms, plasticity is more nuanced and limited than previously assumed....
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December 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social
✨ It was a pleasure to have @manjeet786.bsky.social from @westsyduhie.bsky.social join our symposium, presenting both a poster and a speed talk. He shared fascinating insights into how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can—and cannot—support sorghum in the fight against charcoal rot.

#ESA2025
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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newphyt.bsky.social
A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.

The fossil, more than 400 million years old, offers hints about the origin of one of the greatest partnerships in the history of life on Earth.

www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Ancient fossil reveals how plants and fungi first developed on land | Natural History Museum
A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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mrillig.bsky.social
Paper just out @newphyt.bsky.social

Ajaz et al.
Maximum entropy networks show that plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associations are anti-nested and modular

w/ Tancredi Caruso

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Maximum entropy networks show that plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associations are anti‐nested and modular
There is uncertainty in whether there is a common pattern of nestedness and modularity in plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associations, partly because of limitations arising from the use of ...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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martin-nunez.bsky.social
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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newphyt.bsky.social
✨ Paper spotlight ✨

Mycelial Dynamics in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

(🧵 1/5) Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form vast underground hyphal networks that support plant life.
Fig. 2 Phylogenetically distinct structures produced by the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal mycelium.
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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frewecologist.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mycorrhizae-associated belowground economics mediate microbial life history strategy in temperate forests
The co-evolution of plant roots, mycorrhizal fungi, and soil saprotrophic microorganisms shapes underground resource acquisition strategies of plants.…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
Research landscape of experiments on #GlobalChange effects on #mycorrhizas

A #Letter by Lehmann et al. 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Overview of key data of the ‘Mycorrhiza’ database.
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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paszkowskilab.bsky.social
It's been a busy time in the Paszkowski lab!

First, a pre-print on how rice distinguishes friend (AM fungi)🍄 from foe (pathogens)👾: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

And second, a review on single-cell omic approaches to understand the spatially and temporally complex AM symbiosis 🔬: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Defining the pre-symbiotic transcriptional landscape of rice roots
Plants interact with a plethora of organisms in the rhizosphere, with outcomes that range from detrimental to beneficial. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the most ubiquitous beneficial plant ...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social
Loyalty and nutrient trade… University of Western Australia researchers show how plants and fungi keep their partnerships alive—even in the face of cheating 🍃 ❤️ 🍄

#Mycorrhiza #Evolution
A simple plant–mycorrhizal fungal resource trade co‐evolution model explains mutualism stability, extinction and transitory parasitism via fitness feedback
The mutualism between mycorrhizal fungi and plants has persisted for over 400 million years, despite the mutualism paradox predicting that mutualisms should be evolutionarily unstable due to the fit.....
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October 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi in South America

📖 buff.ly/ZgIX5IC
#TansleyInsight by @nahpo.bsky.social and @martin-nunez.bsky.social

@uh.edu @WileyPlantSci #PlantSci

Image source: Colección y Archivo Visual Patagónico; Photographer: Antonio Lynch; courtesy of Federico Silin.
Ectomycorrhizal fungi being introduced together with their plant hosts on Isla Victoria, Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina, in 1936.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/6) The path towards a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity
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Fig. 1 Schematic representation of broad groups of traits measurable across plant organs.
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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frantecol.bsky.social
Extremely proud of Eileen Enderle for publishing her second PhD paper in @journalofecology.bsky.social !!

She shows that the impact that drought has on plant-soil feedback is mediated by soil bacterial and fungal communities.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Drought legacy effects on plant growth and plant–soil feedback are mediated by soil microbial communities independently of root exudates and root litter
The results show that drought indirectly restricts plant growth, which is not mediated by root exudates or root litter, but through altering microbial biomass and community composition. These finding...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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rbgkew.bsky.social
Great to collaborate with @DomainOfScience on this new video, with our scientists inputting on the fascinating map of fungi 🍄🌍 From medicines to forests, fungi are a kingdom of life shaping our world.

Discover just how important they are in 20 minutes 👇

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The Fascinating Map of Fungi
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September 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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anthomycota.bsky.social
Very interesting paper on fungal [necromass] traits and soil organic matter priming

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Necromass of Diverse Root‐Associated Fungi Suppresses Decomposition of Native Soil Carbon via Impacts of Their Traits
We investigated the decomposition of diverse root-associated fungi, their influence on native soil carbon (C) dynamics and the relationship of these processes with fungal traits. Fungal melanin, blac....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social
Ecology (definitely) matters!

Check out this beautiful book that also features our committee member @frewecologist.bsky.social interview!

Part 5 Forgotten species: species that are often overlooked
The pivotal role of mycorrhizal fungi – Dr Adam Frew
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ecolsocaus.bsky.social Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · Sep 19
ICYMI We're publishing a book! 🦜

Across 30 essays and stunning imagery, Australian ecologists share their feelings and thoughts about why nature truly matters.

The book is available for pre-order through @csiropublishing.bsky.social now: www.publish.csiro.au/book/8205

#ecology #WildOZ #nature
Ecology Matters
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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mrillig.bsky.social
Pleased to share our new article in Cell Host & Microbe, a collaboration with the group of Zhong Wei at NJAU

Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly

Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...
September 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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newphyt.bsky.social
✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/6) Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Vahter et al. focus on investigating biomass–diversity relationships in the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal group.
Fig. 4 Relationship between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal biomass from the neutral lipid fatty acid fraction and community-weighted mean host abundance niche optimum of AM fungi.
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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spun.earth
What Everyone Should Know About Fungi by Age 15

2️⃣ > 400 million years ago, mycorrhizal fungi enabled plants to transition from aquatic to terrestrial environments, making life on land possible.

See the top 10 list (buff.ly/77S4PQF ) and follow for new fungal facts.
September 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🌿 RESEARCH 🌿

Alfalfa genotypes with thick roots, increased exudate concentration, and mycorrhizal colonization under low P environments have high P utilization efficiency, opening up the potential for breeding for P-efficient lines - Fan et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 7 (shortened, full legend in paper): Intraspecific variation in key root functional traits involved in P acquisition between low-phosphorus efficiency (LPE) and high-phosphorus efficiency (HPE) genotypes of alfalfa in response to low soil phosphorus (P) availability. The blue upward arrow indicates P uptake from low P soil, while the black downward arrow signifies carbon (C) transport into root functional traits associated with P acquisition. The mean values for each trait are shown. If there are significant differences between LEP and HEP genotypes, the higher values are emphasized in bold and marked with asterisks: *P≤0.05, ***P≤0.001.
September 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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thecrobe.bsky.social
Over 70% of Earth's ecoregions have yet to be sampled for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

By analyzing eDNA sample locations, we found most soils are unsampled. Drylands are especially overlooked despite covering almost 1/3 of the Earth's terrestrial land.

academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...
Map of unsampled ecosystems for AM fungal eDNA from the GlobalAMFungi database.
September 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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1pantunes.bsky.social
New paper out today. Fluid mechanics within mycorrhizal networks: exploring concepts, traits, and methodologies

I ask: How do fungal networks move water, nutrients and signals underground?
Why does this matter? See thread ⬇️

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fluid mechanics within mycorrhizal networks: exploring concepts, traits, and methodologies
Mycorrhizal fungi form hyphal networks for water and solute transport between soil and plant roots. Trait-based research on these organisms typically focuses on spores and resource exchange structure...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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j-karst.bsky.social
New paper: ‘Soil inoculation improves tree seedling growth in substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varies by species and inoculum source’ led by James Franklin @jamesfranklin, a past PhD from my group. 🧵
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Soil inoculation improves tree seedling growth in substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varies by species and inoculum source
Soil inoculation improved tree seedling growth in some substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varied by species and inoculum source. Inoculum from extreme environments, such as the abandoned o...
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August 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM