Margaux Boeraeve
@margauxboeraeve.bsky.social
Postdoc at KU Leuven 🇧🇪 working on nitrogen deposition effects on soil fungi and soil carbon 🍄
We're halfway November but there were plenty of flowers on this calcareous grassland 👀🌸 I guess the extreme drought this summer and spring messed with the plant's phenology... 🌍
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We're halfway November but there were plenty of flowers on this calcareous grassland 👀🌸 I guess the extreme drought this summer and spring messed with the plant's phenology... 🌍
Old cemetaries can be hotspots for grassland fungi 🍄 Last week I found Hygrocybe cantharellus, Hygrocybe phaeococcinea, Cuphophyllus flavipes s.l. and more on a World War I cemetary in southern Belgium. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Old cemetaries can be hotspots for grassland fungi 🍄 Last week I found Hygrocybe cantharellus, Hygrocybe phaeococcinea, Cuphophyllus flavipes s.l. and more on a World War I cemetary in southern Belgium. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends
The beech forests in Skåne are stunning!
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The beech forests in Skåne are stunning!
Hidden among these fruiting bodies of Entoloma placidum stands a Mycena picta, which I only discovered when looking at the picture, didn't notice it in the field 👀 🍄📷
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hidden among these fruiting bodies of Entoloma placidum stands a Mycena picta, which I only discovered when looking at the picture, didn't notice it in the field 👀 🍄📷
I found Amanita olivaceogrisea, which was only the 10th record for Sweden.
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I found Amanita olivaceogrisea, which was only the 10th record for Sweden.
Also many cool species of boletes, like this Suillellus mendax (will be sequenced to confirm identity).
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Also many cool species of boletes, like this Suillellus mendax (will be sequenced to confirm identity).
We found many Cortinarius species. This C. obsoletus was found in two localities this week, record 11 and 12 of this species in Sweden!
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We found many Cortinarius species. This C. obsoletus was found in two localities this week, record 11 and 12 of this species in Sweden!
Frantisekia mentschulensis, a rare wood decomposer, which we recorded almost every day this week.
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Frantisekia mentschulensis, a rare wood decomposer, which we recorded almost every day this week.
Back home after an amazing week of surveying mushrooms with the Swedish mycological society. Despite the drought we were able to record almost 1000 species! Quite some collections will be sequenced, a.o. as part of the @fundive-fungi.bsky.social project. 🍄
Some highlights 👇
Some highlights 👇
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Back home after an amazing week of surveying mushrooms with the Swedish mycological society. Despite the drought we were able to record almost 1000 species! Quite some collections will be sequenced, a.o. as part of the @fundive-fungi.bsky.social project. 🍄
Some highlights 👇
Some highlights 👇
This week I'm in Skåne, southern Sweden for a week of intensive mushroom-hunting with the Swedish mycological society 🤗🍄
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week I'm in Skåne, southern Sweden for a week of intensive mushroom-hunting with the Swedish mycological society 🤗🍄
The number of observations of this species on the Belgian citizen science website waarnemingen.be 👇 It has been expanding northwards for a while now but this year was insane.
September 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The number of observations of this species on the Belgian citizen science website waarnemingen.be 👇 It has been expanding northwards for a while now but this year was insane.
August 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Really cool study on ectomycorrhizal decomposers, that use manganese peroxidases to degrade organic matter (most likely to mine nitrogen). The authors identify 10 taxa as EcM decomposers (mostly Cortinarius spp.) and look into their niches 👇🧪🌍🍄
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Really cool study on ectomycorrhizal decomposers, that use manganese peroxidases to degrade organic matter (most likely to mine nitrogen). The authors identify 10 taxa as EcM decomposers (mostly Cortinarius spp.) and look into their niches 👇🧪🌍🍄
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
These 1-year-old clearcuts did significantly differ in soil organic layer carbon and nitrogen stocks! Combined with the results from the 4-13-year-old clearcuts, this suggests a rapid loss of fertilizer-induced soil carbon and nitrogen! This is supported by data on potential enzyme activities. (5/7)
April 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
These 1-year-old clearcuts did significantly differ in soil organic layer carbon and nitrogen stocks! Combined with the results from the 4-13-year-old clearcuts, this suggests a rapid loss of fertilizer-induced soil carbon and nitrogen! This is supported by data on potential enzyme activities. (5/7)
Here, we investigated the long-term effects of fertilization on post-harvest tree growth (i.e. the next generation of trees), topsoil carbon and nitrogen stocks, soil respiration and plant and fungal communities in boreal production forests. (3/7)
April 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here, we investigated the long-term effects of fertilization on post-harvest tree growth (i.e. the next generation of trees), topsoil carbon and nitrogen stocks, soil respiration and plant and fungal communities in boreal production forests. (3/7)
Forest fertilization is mainly applied to increase harvestable tree volumes, but is also known to lead to reduced soil respiration and increased soil carbon stocks. But these production forests are mainly harvested through clearcutting, which is an intense disturbance. (2/7)
April 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Forest fertilization is mainly applied to increase harvestable tree volumes, but is also known to lead to reduced soil respiration and increased soil carbon stocks. But these production forests are mainly harvested through clearcutting, which is an intense disturbance. (2/7)
New paper out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social ! We studied carry-over effects of nitrogen fertilization in Swedish production forests. 🌲🧪🌍
🧵(1/7)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵(1/7)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New paper out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social ! We studied carry-over effects of nitrogen fertilization in Swedish production forests. 🌲🧪🌍
🧵(1/7)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧵(1/7)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interesting proposal to classify ectomycorrhizal fungi along a continuum from miners to absorbers. 👇🍄 An inspiring read, so much potential for studies testing this trait spectrum! 🤓 🧪🌍
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Interesting proposal to classify ectomycorrhizal fungi along a continuum from miners to absorbers. 👇🍄 An inspiring read, so much potential for studies testing this trait spectrum! 🤓 🧪🌍
Today is my last day at SLU in Uppsala 😢. Next week I am starting my FWO postdoctoral fellowship at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, just in time for the 600th (!!) anniversary of the university! I have some exciting research ahead 😊🍄🌳
January 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Today is my last day at SLU in Uppsala 😢. Next week I am starting my FWO postdoctoral fellowship at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, just in time for the 600th (!!) anniversary of the university! I have some exciting research ahead 😊🍄🌳
We recommend to refrain from fertilizing pine-dominated stands on low-productive soils or in regions with cold climates and spruce-dominated stands on low- and high-productive soils. In our dataset, this means that 17% of the fertilized pine-dominated stands should not have been fertilized. (5/5)
January 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We recommend to refrain from fertilizing pine-dominated stands on low-productive soils or in regions with cold climates and spruce-dominated stands on low- and high-productive soils. In our dataset, this means that 17% of the fertilized pine-dominated stands should not have been fertilized. (5/5)
In pine-dominated stands, fertilization failed to increase tree volumes in cold climates and low-productive stands. In spruce-dominated stands, fertilization did not result in increased tree volumes in low-productive and high-productive stands. (3/5)
January 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In pine-dominated stands, fertilization failed to increase tree volumes in cold climates and low-productive stands. In spruce-dominated stands, fertilization did not result in increased tree volumes in low-productive and high-productive stands. (3/5)
In this study, we analysed data from 32 498 recently harvested fertilized and unfertilized stands from Sweden's largest forest owner. We found that, while forest fertilization generally increases standing tree volumes at harvest, the effect was highly context-dependent. (2/5)
January 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In this study, we analysed data from 32 498 recently harvested fertilized and unfertilized stands from Sweden's largest forest owner. We found that, while forest fertilization generally increases standing tree volumes at harvest, the effect was highly context-dependent. (2/5)
Just when the Swedish government announced that they want to stimulate forest fertilization to increase productivity (ignoring previous recommendations from my colleagues at SLU), our new paper on the context-dependency of forest fertilization is out! 🧵 (1/5)
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Just when the Swedish government announced that they want to stimulate forest fertilization to increase productivity (ignoring previous recommendations from my colleagues at SLU), our new paper on the context-dependency of forest fertilization is out! 🧵 (1/5)
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But then, a few weeks ago, while we were ice skating I saw an animal crossing the frozen lake. It was a Eurasian lynx!
No picture of it, sadly, since we were trying to get as close as possible before it dissappeared in the reed. But definitely the most exciting animal observation of the past year 😊
No picture of it, sadly, since we were trying to get as close as possible before it dissappeared in the reed. But definitely the most exciting animal observation of the past year 😊
December 31, 2024 at 6:42 PM
But then, a few weeks ago, while we were ice skating I saw an animal crossing the frozen lake. It was a Eurasian lynx!
No picture of it, sadly, since we were trying to get as close as possible before it dissappeared in the reed. But definitely the most exciting animal observation of the past year 😊
No picture of it, sadly, since we were trying to get as close as possible before it dissappeared in the reed. But definitely the most exciting animal observation of the past year 😊
A species I really wanted to see this year was Eurasian lynx. We found plenty of tracks in the snow during the previous winters, we had two different individuals on our camera trap right next to our house last winter and went out looking several times with a thermal imaging camera, without luck.
December 31, 2024 at 6:42 PM
A species I really wanted to see this year was Eurasian lynx. We found plenty of tracks in the snow during the previous winters, we had two different individuals on our camera trap right next to our house last winter and went out looking several times with a thermal imaging camera, without luck.