Mark A. Anthony
@anthomycota.bsky.social
Ecologist into fungi, forests, and global change. Assistant professor at University of Vienna 🇦🇹 Also into 🏋️♂️🏃♂️🌈🏄🌋👾
www.fungalecologylab.com
www.fungalecologylab.com
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Coming to the @egu.eu General Assembly in 2026? Consider submitting an abstract to our mycorrhizae session if you are working on these organisms and their linkages to ecosystem functioning. Last year, this new session was a huge hit, so let's make year two even better!
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Apply now: 1 Postdoc + 1 PhD position, Anderson-Wagner group @univie.ac.at Focus: gut microbial effects on hippocampus & memory 🧠🦠
#PostdocJobs #Microbiome #AcademicJobs #PhDposition
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January 8, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Apply now: 1 Postdoc + 1 PhD position, Anderson-Wagner group @univie.ac.at Focus: gut microbial effects on hippocampus & memory 🧠🦠
#PostdocJobs #Microbiome #AcademicJobs #PhDposition
Postdoc Ad: careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... > Psychology
PhD Ad: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p... > CoBeNe
#PostdocJobs #Microbiome #AcademicJobs #PhDposition
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PhD Ad: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p... > CoBeNe
We’ve posted a new preprint providing evidence that endophytic fungi facilitate resource transfer through common mycelial networks. A neat aspect of our study is that we measured fungal functional changes when connected to more than one plant, not just the plants!
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks
Fungal symbionts play essential roles in ecosystems influencing plant development and biodiversity. Mycorrhizal fungi can form common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) where a fungus connects the roots of a...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We’ve posted a new preprint providing evidence that endophytic fungi facilitate resource transfer through common mycelial networks. A neat aspect of our study is that we measured fungal functional changes when connected to more than one plant, not just the plants!
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Great new article out by Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan on fungal production, composition, and fire response. Solomon presented this work at our mycorrhizal session last year the @egu.eu meeting (you can still submit to present your work at our 2026 session).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Decoupled responses of mycorrhizal fungal communities and function to recurrent wildfire
Understanding the effects of fire on ecosystem function is critical for both above- and belowground processes. Mycorrhizal fungi play essential roles …
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December 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Great new article out by Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan on fungal production, composition, and fire response. Solomon presented this work at our mycorrhizal session last year the @egu.eu meeting (you can still submit to present your work at our 2026 session).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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"Working in academia can be stressful. Laurel Raffington suggests treating it as ‘just a job’ to reduce performance pressure and advocate for structural improvements."
"Academia is just a job"
by @laraffington.bsky.social (2025, Nature Human Behavior)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Academia is just a job"
by @laraffington.bsky.social (2025, Nature Human Behavior)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Academia is just a job - Nature Human Behaviour
Working in academia can be stressful. Laurel Raffington suggests treating it as ‘just a job’ to reduce performance pressure and advocate for structural improvements.
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"Working in academia can be stressful. Laurel Raffington suggests treating it as ‘just a job’ to reduce performance pressure and advocate for structural improvements."
"Academia is just a job"
by @laraffington.bsky.social (2025, Nature Human Behavior)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Academia is just a job"
by @laraffington.bsky.social (2025, Nature Human Behavior)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Precipitation increase promotes soil organic carbon formation and stability via the mycorrhizal fungal pathway | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #stableisotopes
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Precipitation increase promotes soil organic carbon formation and stability via the mycorrhizal fungal pathway | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #stableisotopes
Who runs the forest? Microbes. Our new paper shows soil microbiomes outweigh the effects of elevated CO2 on Scots pine growth, and differences in soil microbiomes influence how plants grow and respond to elevated CO2.
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Soil microbial community differences drive variation in Pinus sylvestris physiology, productivity, and responses to elevated CO2 - Environmental Microbiome
Background Soil microbial communities can affect plant nutrient uptake, productivity, and may even confer resistance to global change. Elevated atmospheric CO2 is widely expected to stimulate plant pr...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Who runs the forest? Microbes. Our new paper shows soil microbiomes outweigh the effects of elevated CO2 on Scots pine growth, and differences in soil microbiomes influence how plants grow and respond to elevated CO2.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How cool is this!
Some archaea—an ancient group of microorganisms—have an entirely novel genetic code, according to a new study in Science.
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. https://scim.ag/4omApQ7
The findings expand our understanding of how alternative genetic codes evolve and hint at new molecular tools for biotechnology applications. https://scim.ag/4omApQ7
An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine
Multiple genetic codes developed during the evolution of eukaryotes and bacteria, yet no alternative genetic code is known for archaea. We used proteomics to confirm our prediction that certain archae...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
How cool is this!
"A growing body of evidence that the ‘Gadgil effect’ is not universal, even in the N‐poor litter of temperate pine forests where it was first described"
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More exceptions than rules: Variable effects of ectomycorrhizal fungi on leaf litter decomposition in temperate pine forests
The results add to a growing body of evidence that the ‘Gadgil effect’ is not universal, even in the N-poor litter of temperate pine forests where it was first described and is often invoked. Further...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"A growing body of evidence that the ‘Gadgil effect’ is not universal, even in the N‐poor litter of temperate pine forests where it was first described"
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Very cool looking paper on bacterial AND fungal necromass contributions to SOC
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Very cool looking paper on bacterial AND fungal necromass contributions to SOC
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Coming to the @egu.eu General Assembly in 2026? Consider submitting an abstract to our mycorrhizae session if you are working on these organisms and their linkages to ecosystem functioning. Last year, this new session was a huge hit, so let's make year two even better!
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Coming to the @egu.eu General Assembly in 2026? Consider submitting an abstract to our mycorrhizae session if you are working on these organisms and their linkages to ecosystem functioning. Last year, this new session was a huge hit, so let's make year two even better!
This week as part of the @pilzfestspiele.at - our group showed mycorrhizal fungal colonized roots, our culture collection, posters of results, and we had a massive turnout! People are becoming increasingly interested in fungi @cemess.bsky.social @ter-cemess.bsky.social
www.fungalecologylab.com
www.fungalecologylab.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This week as part of the @pilzfestspiele.at - our group showed mycorrhizal fungal colonized roots, our culture collection, posters of results, and we had a massive turnout! People are becoming increasingly interested in fungi @cemess.bsky.social @ter-cemess.bsky.social
www.fungalecologylab.com
www.fungalecologylab.com
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Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions!
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August 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Very interesting paper on fungal [necromass] traits and soil organic matter priming
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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....
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September 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Very interesting paper on fungal [necromass] traits and soil organic matter priming
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See our new study examining how P additions in tropical rainforests affect tree growth and feedback to AMF and EMF communities. Very interesting links to EMF biomass production strategies. Great work led by Qingshui Yu 🍄🟫🍄
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Decadal nutrient addition reveals phosphorus limitation and its adaptive mechanisms in tropical rainforests
Tropical rainforests on low-phosphorus soils are highly biodiverse and productive, playing a crucial role in climate change mitigation. However, the d…
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September 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
See our new study examining how P additions in tropical rainforests affect tree growth and feedback to AMF and EMF communities. Very interesting links to EMF biomass production strategies. Great work led by Qingshui Yu 🍄🟫🍄
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Come be my colleague in Vienna!
One week to go! Apply by Sept 17 for the Full Professor position in Soil Ecosystems and Global Change at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna.
More info: 🔗 ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n...
@univie.ac.at #SoilEcosystems #WeAreHiring
More info: 🔗 ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n...
@univie.ac.at #SoilEcosystems #WeAreHiring
We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change
Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.
ter.univie.ac.at
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Come be my colleague in Vienna!
A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter!
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The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change
Click on the article title to read more.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The first chapter of my dissertation is out in Ecology Letters! We pooled data from forest sites across the globe to understand how forests differ in their carbon investment in reproduction (flowers, fruits, seeds). #ForestEcology #GlobalEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems Globally
Forest allocation of net primary productivity (NPP) to reproduction is poorly quantified globally, despite its critical role in forest regeneration and a well-supported trade-off with allocation to g...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The first chapter of my dissertation is out in Ecology Letters! We pooled data from forest sites across the globe to understand how forests differ in their carbon investment in reproduction (flowers, fruits, seeds). #ForestEcology #GlobalEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
What a week and almost 2 more to go sampling our Mycobiome x Climate Change exp (144/576 done)! We added isotopes to track 🍄 transfer, collected seedlings (so much 🍄🟫) and you can see the myco treatment effects! Grateful for such a great team in the lab! Thanks @snsf.ch and @wwtf.at for support!
August 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Interested in doing a PhD in ecophysiology? This is the place place to do it, amazing team, friendly environment and great supervision!
New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Interested in doing a PhD in ecophysiology? This is the place place to do it, amazing team, friendly environment and great supervision!
Wow, this is totally fascinating and surprising to me!
Early germline sequestration in a basidiomycete fungus | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Early germline sequestration in a basidiomycete fungus
In sexual organisms, inheritance of new mutations is highly dependent on the timing of germline definition. Here, we used the fairy ring–forming fungus Marasmius oreades to challenge the general assum...
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August 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wow, this is totally fascinating and surprising to me!
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“…when organisms interact can largely determine how they interact.”
#Viewpoint: Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among #bacteria, ectomycorrhizal #fungi, and land #trees
By Louis Berrios 👇
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#Viewpoint: Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among #bacteria, ectomycorrhizal #fungi, and land #trees
By Louis Berrios 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“…when organisms interact can largely determine how they interact.”
#Viewpoint: Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among #bacteria, ectomycorrhizal #fungi, and land #trees
By Louis Berrios 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Viewpoint: Is it all about timing? Identifying the symbiosis critical points that govern interactions among #bacteria, ectomycorrhizal #fungi, and land #trees
By Louis Berrios 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Into tropical forest restoration? Check out our new review led by @nadike.bsky.social discussing pathways of SOC gain and loss during active restoration | out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social
Let's get more C back into these soils!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Let's get more C back into these soils!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Soil carbon as a blind spot in tropical rainforest restoration
Keller et al. discuss the potential effects of active restoration on soil organic
carbon storage in the topsoil in tropical rainforests.
www.cell.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Into tropical forest restoration? Check out our new review led by @nadike.bsky.social discussing pathways of SOC gain and loss during active restoration | out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social
Let's get more C back into these soils!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Let's get more C back into these soils!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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I'm so excited to share our new paper in Global Change Biology: A network of 18 wildfire chronosequences reveals key environmental drivers and knowledge gaps in the boreal nitrogen balance, with @michael-gundale.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
August 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm so excited to share our new paper in Global Change Biology: A network of 18 wildfire chronosequences reveals key environmental drivers and knowledge gaps in the boreal nitrogen balance, with @michael-gundale.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....