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Joshua Cole
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Microbiomes, Genomes and Sustainable Land Use at University of Warwick 🍄 | University of Lincoln Alumni
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arbuscules of fine root endophyte
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thrilled to share our new paper “Comparative genomic analysis of a metagenome-assembled genome reveals distinctive symbiotic traits in a Mucoromycotina fine root endophyte arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus” in BMC Genomics! 🥳

bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

#Mycorrhiza #Mucoromycotina
Comparative genomic analysis of a metagenome-assembled genome reveals distinctive symbiotic traits in a Mucoromycotina fine root endophyte arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus - BMC Genomics
Background Recent evidence shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis, as defined by the presence of arbuscules, is established by two distinct fungal groups, with the distinctive ‘fine root end...
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) season the UK 🍄
October 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !

Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄‍🟫

If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Whole genome sequencing of historical specimens from the world's largest fungal collection yields high‐quality assemblies
High-throughput molecular studies of museum specimens (museomics) have great potential in biodiversity research, but fungal historical collections have scarcely been examined, leading to no comprehe...
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
My phone’s best attempt at capturing some arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi down the lens… might need to get the camera out but it still looks amazing to me 😅
July 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi
I enjoyed writing this piece with Tan Hao for the Current Biology special issue on Fungi
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Saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum in fungi
Fungi are one of the most diverse and ecologically important groups of organisms on Earth. They exhibit remarkable diversity in their ecological roles…
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June 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Another #FungiFriday for my #fungifriends from the Peruvian Amazon 🍄
February 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#FungiFriday for my #fungifriends from the Peruvian Amazon
January 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM