Adam Frew
@frewecologist.bsky.social
Lecturer in Mycorrhizal Ecology at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | (He/Him) 🏳️🌈 | Editor @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social & A/Editor @funecology.bsky.social | on Dharug land | www.frewlab.com
We need more of these kinds of studies.
A better grip on these fundamentals of AM fungal biology & ecology is needed if we hope to actually use AM fungi either as predictive signals or in land-management etc.
@sturmer.bsky.social @1pantunes.bsky.social
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A better grip on these fundamentals of AM fungal biology & ecology is needed if we hope to actually use AM fungi either as predictive signals or in land-management etc.
@sturmer.bsky.social @1pantunes.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Variability among Acaulosporaceae taxa challenges assumptions of trait conservatism in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Understanding trait variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is critical for developing effective inoculants and predicting their ecological per…
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December 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We need more of these kinds of studies.
A better grip on these fundamentals of AM fungal biology & ecology is needed if we hope to actually use AM fungi either as predictive signals or in land-management etc.
@sturmer.bsky.social @1pantunes.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A better grip on these fundamentals of AM fungal biology & ecology is needed if we hope to actually use AM fungi either as predictive signals or in land-management etc.
@sturmer.bsky.social @1pantunes.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reminder: Abstract submission for #ICOM2026 is now OPEN!
Deadline is 28th February, 2026
Submissions here 👇
icom2026.org/abstract/
@mycorrhizaims.bsky.social #mycorrhiza
Deadline is 28th February, 2026
Submissions here 👇
icom2026.org/abstract/
@mycorrhizaims.bsky.social #mycorrhiza
December 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Reminder: Abstract submission for #ICOM2026 is now OPEN!
Deadline is 28th February, 2026
Submissions here 👇
icom2026.org/abstract/
@mycorrhizaims.bsky.social #mycorrhiza
Deadline is 28th February, 2026
Submissions here 👇
icom2026.org/abstract/
@mycorrhizaims.bsky.social #mycorrhiza
hello again Umeå! ☃️❄️
I know this isn’t that cold, but coming from 38degC, I’m soaking up as much fresh cold air as possible before returning to the oven of Sydney. 🥵
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
@umeaplantsciencecentre.se
I know this isn’t that cold, but coming from 38degC, I’m soaking up as much fresh cold air as possible before returning to the oven of Sydney. 🥵
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
@umeaplantsciencecentre.se
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
hello again Umeå! ☃️❄️
I know this isn’t that cold, but coming from 38degC, I’m soaking up as much fresh cold air as possible before returning to the oven of Sydney. 🥵
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
@umeaplantsciencecentre.se
I know this isn’t that cold, but coming from 38degC, I’m soaking up as much fresh cold air as possible before returning to the oven of Sydney. 🥵
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
@umeaplantsciencecentre.se
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Excited to share our new paper! (1/4)
Fungi grow as networks, but how much these networks actually vary?
Turns out: not as much as we think.
Across four species, network traits stayed consistent, even when grazed by soil fauna!
doing.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70281
Fungi grow as networks, but how much these networks actually vary?
Turns out: not as much as we think.
Across four species, network traits stayed consistent, even when grazed by soil fauna!
doing.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70281
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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to share our new paper! (1/4)
Fungi grow as networks, but how much these networks actually vary?
Turns out: not as much as we think.
Across four species, network traits stayed consistent, even when grazed by soil fauna!
doing.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70281
Fungi grow as networks, but how much these networks actually vary?
Turns out: not as much as we think.
Across four species, network traits stayed consistent, even when grazed by soil fauna!
doing.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70281
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/...
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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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/...
Very cool work from the fungal wizard @aguilart.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Congratulations to the winners from the Plant-Soil Symposium at the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference last
week generously sponsored by the @britishecologicalsociety.org.
Thank you for supporting the fantastic research being led by these student researchers in plant–soil ecology in Australia!
🧵
week generously sponsored by the @britishecologicalsociety.org.
Thank you for supporting the fantastic research being led by these student researchers in plant–soil ecology in Australia!
🧵
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Congratulations to the winners from the Plant-Soil Symposium at the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference last
week generously sponsored by the @britishecologicalsociety.org.
Thank you for supporting the fantastic research being led by these student researchers in plant–soil ecology in Australia!
🧵
week generously sponsored by the @britishecologicalsociety.org.
Thank you for supporting the fantastic research being led by these student researchers in plant–soil ecology in Australia!
🧵
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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!
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Fascinating talk by Jiahoa Wen (@westsyduhie.bsky.social) on the differential response of plants to distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal communities
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Fascinating talk by Jiahoa Wen (@westsyduhie.bsky.social) on the differential response of plants to distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal communities
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
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✨ 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
#ESA2025
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
✨ 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
#ESA2025
What are the major questions unanswered relating to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi?
It is just me, or are too many fundamentals still not resolved around some basic biology and ecology?
Their genetics, their growth patterns, host-preferences, sporulation, and so on.
It is just me, or are too many fundamentals still not resolved around some basic biology and ecology?
Their genetics, their growth patterns, host-preferences, sporulation, and so on.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What are the major questions unanswered relating to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi?
It is just me, or are too many fundamentals still not resolved around some basic biology and ecology?
Their genetics, their growth patterns, host-preferences, sporulation, and so on.
It is just me, or are too many fundamentals still not resolved around some basic biology and ecology?
Their genetics, their growth patterns, host-preferences, sporulation, and so on.
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We are excited to share the latest in plant-soil research in Australia today!
Come join our symposium in Riverbank room 2 from 13:30-17:00👇
Come join our symposium in Riverbank room 2 from 13:30-17:00👇
Ecological Society of Australia conference is already next week!
Our symposium "Functional biodiversity and bold insights from plant-soil ecology" will be on Wed (Nov 26) afternoon 130-530pm.
Cracker talks on 🔥❄️⛰️🚱🧬🫧🌿🐮🌾🍄 (did you guess them?!)
@ecolsocaus.bsky.social
esa2025.org.au
Our symposium "Functional biodiversity and bold insights from plant-soil ecology" will be on Wed (Nov 26) afternoon 130-530pm.
Cracker talks on 🔥❄️⛰️🚱🧬🫧🌿🐮🌾🍄 (did you guess them?!)
@ecolsocaus.bsky.social
esa2025.org.au
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We are excited to share the latest in plant-soil research in Australia today!
Come join our symposium in Riverbank room 2 from 13:30-17:00👇
Come join our symposium in Riverbank room 2 from 13:30-17:00👇
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We are delighted to announce Thomas Reviews, a new format for impact at the intersection of plants, people and the planet.
The three inaugural Reviews have been published in Plants, People, Planet today!
Read the Editorial 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #ThomasReview
The three inaugural Reviews have been published in Plants, People, Planet today!
Read the Editorial 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #ThomasReview
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We are delighted to announce Thomas Reviews, a new format for impact at the intersection of plants, people and the planet.
The three inaugural Reviews have been published in Plants, People, Planet today!
Read the Editorial 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #ThomasReview
The three inaugural Reviews have been published in Plants, People, Planet today!
Read the Editorial 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #ThomasReview
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🌟 I’ve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🌟 I’ve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
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I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
@newphyt.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
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128 authors - 1 message:
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
128 authors - 1 message:
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
Another successful night of pretending I might sleep again someday
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another successful night of pretending I might sleep again someday
Does the Pacific Koel intentionally attempt to wake up toddlers before sunrise when you’ve finally got the baby to sleep?
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
October 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Does the Pacific Koel intentionally attempt to wake up toddlers before sunrise when you’ve finally got the baby to sleep?
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
Our little family got bigger.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
September 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Our little family got bigger.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
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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
👏👏👏
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
👏👏👏
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
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
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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
👏👏👏
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
👏👏👏
Most of us use rDNA for community analyses of AM fungi. Intragenomic variation in rDNA of AM fungi can be pretty huge, depending on the region.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The pitfalls of rDNA‐based AMF identification: a comparative analysis of rDNA and protein‐coding genes
Intragenomic polymorphism of rDNA in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) has been largely overlooked in ecological and taxonomic studies, and the reliability of nuclear rDNA regions for species ident.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Most of us use rDNA for community analyses of AM fungi. Intragenomic variation in rDNA of AM fungi can be pretty huge, depending on the region.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species - Vahter - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species
This study investigates how agricultural disturbance influences arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal diversity, biomass, and community niche structure.
Utilizing niche concepts, we show that the AM fu.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species - Vahter - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
5 day old baby turned away from medicare urgent care clinic because no medicare card was available.
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
5 day old baby turned away from medicare urgent care clinic because no medicare card was available.
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
Nice to such cool and down to earth leaders in research get supported!
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social
Incredibly honoured & excited to be awarded one of the @royalsociety.org's new Faraday Discovery Fellowships - this means SO much, huge thanks to everyone who has contributed, supported, & encouraged. Loads of mycorrhizal research @sheffielduni.bsky.social to come!🤩 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...
Exceptional research leaders awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships | Royal Society
Seven pioneering researchers have been announced as the first recipients.
royalsociety.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Nice to such cool and down to earth leaders in research get supported!
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social