Liz Koziol
@lizkoziol.bsky.social
🦠 Mycorrhizal ecologist @ University of Kansas
🍄 Curator @invam.bsky.social
🌎 @mycobloom.bsky.social
https://elizabethkoziol.wixsite.com/lizkoziol
Prairies, AMF, microbial inoculants, restoration, conservation, sustainable ag, metabolites, NbS
🍄 Curator @invam.bsky.social
🌎 @mycobloom.bsky.social
https://elizabethkoziol.wixsite.com/lizkoziol
Prairies, AMF, microbial inoculants, restoration, conservation, sustainable ag, metabolites, NbS
Our controlled burn last week had lots of green in the understory, which made for a super steamy smoke cloud.
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our controlled burn last week had lots of green in the understory, which made for a super steamy smoke cloud.
A fun set of talks this Sunday at the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center (Lawrence, Kansas)! 🍄🧪🔬🦠🌿
Join us at 1:30 PM for prairie restoration & ecology talks.
Helen Alexander will talk about tallgrass prairies, and I’ll share about restoring mycorrhizal fungi—with microscopes & live fungi to explore!
Join us at 1:30 PM for prairie restoration & ecology talks.
Helen Alexander will talk about tallgrass prairies, and I’ll share about restoring mycorrhizal fungi—with microscopes & live fungi to explore!
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A fun set of talks this Sunday at the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center (Lawrence, Kansas)! 🍄🧪🔬🦠🌿
Join us at 1:30 PM for prairie restoration & ecology talks.
Helen Alexander will talk about tallgrass prairies, and I’ll share about restoring mycorrhizal fungi—with microscopes & live fungi to explore!
Join us at 1:30 PM for prairie restoration & ecology talks.
Helen Alexander will talk about tallgrass prairies, and I’ll share about restoring mycorrhizal fungi—with microscopes & live fungi to explore!
The cats approach the jack-o'-lanterns with caution. Step one: administer several investigative smacks.
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The cats approach the jack-o'-lanterns with caution. Step one: administer several investigative smacks.
Such a long, warm fall we have been having, a Rudbeckia hirta starting to flower at the end of October. Crazy
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Such a long, warm fall we have been having, a Rudbeckia hirta starting to flower at the end of October. Crazy
Saw this little cutie on my way into the Kansas Biological Survey this morning.
iNat suggests it's Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk moth caterpillar.
iNat suggests it's Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk moth caterpillar.
October 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Saw this little cutie on my way into the Kansas Biological Survey this morning.
iNat suggests it's Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk moth caterpillar.
iNat suggests it's Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk moth caterpillar.
I love visiting my AMF inoculation experiments across every season. AMF diversity supports forbs, and floral diversity across seasons keeps wildlife thriving year-round. These New England asters still blooming in October host orange sulphurs, monarch butterflies, and some busy bees!
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I love visiting my AMF inoculation experiments across every season. AMF diversity supports forbs, and floral diversity across seasons keeps wildlife thriving year-round. These New England asters still blooming in October host orange sulphurs, monarch butterflies, and some busy bees!
I was honored to be an invited speaker at this year’s Grassland Restoration Network meeting! 🌾 I shared our work on using native inoculants to boost diversity in seed-based restorations—and learned so much from the community of practitioners & researchers. #RestorationEcology #Grasslands
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I was honored to be an invited speaker at this year’s Grassland Restoration Network meeting! 🌾 I shared our work on using native inoculants to boost diversity in seed-based restorations—and learned so much from the community of practitioners & researchers. #RestorationEcology #Grasslands
First-year prairie restoration: we’re moving AM fungi from intact remnants to a disturbed site.
Foxtail may be the dominant weed now, but I know from experience it’ll be nearly gone next year—no management needed. And honestly? I think it’s very pretty. 🌾🦠🧪🌎🍄
Foxtail may be the dominant weed now, but I know from experience it’ll be nearly gone next year—no management needed. And honestly? I think it’s very pretty. 🌾🦠🧪🌎🍄
August 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
First-year prairie restoration: we’re moving AM fungi from intact remnants to a disturbed site.
Foxtail may be the dominant weed now, but I know from experience it’ll be nearly gone next year—no management needed. And honestly? I think it’s very pretty. 🌾🦠🧪🌎🍄
Foxtail may be the dominant weed now, but I know from experience it’ll be nearly gone next year—no management needed. And honestly? I think it’s very pretty. 🌾🦠🧪🌎🍄
We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share.
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share.
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...
When your dedicated DM has a 3D printer and zero chill, high-end minis magically appear.
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting
July 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When your dedicated DM has a 3D printer and zero chill, high-end minis magically appear.
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting
Meet:
💎Rock (the rock barbarian)
🐝 A drow beekeeper/ crossbow sniper
🍄 Myc the spore druid
🕵️♂️ Mildew (two gnome rogues in a trench coat)
🐺 A nasty Wild Shape wolf
#DnD #minis #3dprinting
Myles stands next to an absolutely giant compass plant (Silphium lacinatum). Myles is 6'3 for reference!
This plot is part of a grassland restoration experiment in its 8th year and it included a native AM fungal addition.
#nativeplants
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This plot is part of a grassland restoration experiment in its 8th year and it included a native AM fungal addition.
#nativeplants
🌎🧪🦠🍄🌱🌾
July 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Myles stands next to an absolutely giant compass plant (Silphium lacinatum). Myles is 6'3 for reference!
This plot is part of a grassland restoration experiment in its 8th year and it included a native AM fungal addition.
#nativeplants
🌎🧪🦠🍄🌱🌾
This plot is part of a grassland restoration experiment in its 8th year and it included a native AM fungal addition.
#nativeplants
🌎🧪🦠🍄🌱🌾
Spring forbs in the prairie are so dramatic, the droopy petals of the pale purple cone flower, the giant flowering spikes of the Baptisia standing 4 feet taller than all the rest of the vegetation. Ridiculous #nativeplants
#restorationecology
#restorationecology
May 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Spring forbs in the prairie are so dramatic, the droopy petals of the pale purple cone flower, the giant flowering spikes of the Baptisia standing 4 feet taller than all the rest of the vegetation. Ridiculous #nativeplants
#restorationecology
#restorationecology
The Baptisia in the pocket prairie at work busted up the earth as it emerged.
#nativeplants
#plantpower
#nativeplants
#plantpower
May 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Baptisia in the pocket prairie at work busted up the earth as it emerged.
#nativeplants
#plantpower
#nativeplants
#plantpower
First morel mushroom and Jack-in-the-pulpit finds of the spring in the Kansas woodlands
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April 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
First morel mushroom and Jack-in-the-pulpit finds of the spring in the Kansas woodlands
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Newly Submitted Manuscript:
A vibrant forb-rich prairie restoration powered by native mycorrhizal fungal inoculants! Data from 7 years post-inoculation shows AM fungal amendments boost plot quality (Floristic Quality Index) and reduces weeds.
#SoilHealth #nativeplants #Mycorrhizae #forbs 🍄🧪🌏🌾🌿
A vibrant forb-rich prairie restoration powered by native mycorrhizal fungal inoculants! Data from 7 years post-inoculation shows AM fungal amendments boost plot quality (Floristic Quality Index) and reduces weeds.
#SoilHealth #nativeplants #Mycorrhizae #forbs 🍄🧪🌏🌾🌿
March 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Newly Submitted Manuscript:
A vibrant forb-rich prairie restoration powered by native mycorrhizal fungal inoculants! Data from 7 years post-inoculation shows AM fungal amendments boost plot quality (Floristic Quality Index) and reduces weeds.
#SoilHealth #nativeplants #Mycorrhizae #forbs 🍄🧪🌏🌾🌿
A vibrant forb-rich prairie restoration powered by native mycorrhizal fungal inoculants! Data from 7 years post-inoculation shows AM fungal amendments boost plot quality (Floristic Quality Index) and reduces weeds.
#SoilHealth #nativeplants #Mycorrhizae #forbs 🍄🧪🌏🌾🌿
In Kansas we burn every 2-3 years, usually in Feb or March. The goal is to burn before things green up and the spring ephemerals emerge. Some of our native prairie forbs started to wake up this week, like these cute little Rattlesnake Masters.
March 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In Kansas we burn every 2-3 years, usually in Feb or March. The goal is to burn before things green up and the spring ephemerals emerge. Some of our native prairie forbs started to wake up this week, like these cute little Rattlesnake Masters.
Team leader Tom, demonstrating how a drip torch works with fire fingers. On the right is the post burn prairie.
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Team leader Tom, demonstrating how a drip torch works with fire fingers. On the right is the post burn prairie.
Today was a perfect day to use controlled burning to help manage our long-term microbe inoculation research plots. This minimizes woody plant establishment, and the grassland plants are adapted to this periodic treatment. Check out the team establishing the a fire break at the plot corner. 🦠🧪🌿👨🚒
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today was a perfect day to use controlled burning to help manage our long-term microbe inoculation research plots. This minimizes woody plant establishment, and the grassland plants are adapted to this periodic treatment. Check out the team establishing the a fire break at the plot corner. 🦠🧪🌿👨🚒
Teaching the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi lab next week at @universityofkansas.bsky.social! I’ve prepped spores from ten different species to showcase the diversity in color, shape, and size. Fungal diversity is truly beautiful!
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Huge thanks to @invam.bsky.social for donating the materials!
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Huge thanks to @invam.bsky.social for donating the materials!
February 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Teaching the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi lab next week at @universityofkansas.bsky.social! I’ve prepped spores from ten different species to showcase the diversity in color, shape, and size. Fungal diversity is truly beautiful!
🍄🧪🦠🌏
Huge thanks to @invam.bsky.social for donating the materials!
🍄🧪🦠🌏
Huge thanks to @invam.bsky.social for donating the materials!
February is the toughest part of winter for me. Can't wait for summer field work to begin and to visit my prairies! Check out this view of the Kansas flint hills from June.
February 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
February is the toughest part of winter for me. Can't wait for summer field work to begin and to visit my prairies! Check out this view of the Kansas flint hills from June.
Gorgeous afternoon prairie hike with Bronk the farm dog. We had nearly a foot of snow! I love the way the ice clings to the grass stems and shimmers in the sun.
January 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Gorgeous afternoon prairie hike with Bronk the farm dog. We had nearly a foot of snow! I love the way the ice clings to the grass stems and shimmers in the sun.
Check out this gnarly root nodule. Adam sliced a small one open and it was pink, indicating active bacteria and leghemoglobin. Do you think they taste like impossible burgers??
December 14, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Check out this gnarly root nodule. Adam sliced a small one open and it was pink, indicating active bacteria and leghemoglobin. Do you think they taste like impossible burgers??
💸👨🌾 Extrapolated globally, $876M of the $995M global mycorrhizal inoculant market may be wasted on junk products. Good news: Academic research lab-grown fungi outperform commercial products 5X! Quality control is key, including realistic propagule counts! #SustainableFarming #agroecology #microbes
November 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM
💸👨🌾 Extrapolated globally, $876M of the $995M global mycorrhizal inoculant market may be wasted on junk products. Good news: Academic research lab-grown fungi outperform commercial products 5X! Quality control is key, including realistic propagule counts! #SustainableFarming #agroecology #microbes
