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Paula N. Ortega
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🇨🇴. Fungi, scientific collections, fungi in ecosystem processes.🍄‍🟫🌱 / MSc student
Reposted by Paula N. Ortega
Fungal Fairy Rings: the science behind the magic. 🍄🧚‍♀️

Researchers explore the history, ecology, dynamics and engineering functions of these intriguing fungal formations.

🔗 Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/03/06/f...
Fungal Fairy Rings: the science behind the magic
An article published in the journal IMA Fungus sheds light on fungal fairy rings, exploring the history, ecology, and impacts of these formations.
blog.pensoft.net
March 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Reposted by Paula N. Ortega
Just the tip of the iceberg: this study uncovers a hyperdiverse clade of African Russula fungi, revealing evolutionary habitat adaptations and five newly described species.

doi.org/10.3897/imaf...
Just the tip of the iceberg: uncovering a hyperdiverse clade of African Russula (Basidiomycota, Russulales, Russulaceae) species with signs of evolutionary habitat adaptations
The diversity within the ectomycorrhizal genus Russula (Basidiomycota) in West Africa is largely unexplored. The study area was Benin, where only ten out of the 159 species endemic to tropical Africa ...
doi.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM