Louis Mielke
@myconet.bsky.social
Terrestrial Mycologist at the University of Stirling investigating the mycorrhizal carbon paradox
Ballerina Waxcap 🩰 in a pasture on the West Coast of Scotland
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ballerina Waxcap 🩰 in a pasture on the West Coast of Scotland
Hygrocybe coccinea 🍒
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hygrocybe coccinea 🍒
Mountain birch ectomycorrhizas
July 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Mountain birch ectomycorrhizas
New Article Out 📣 Open Access 📣 @newphyt.bsky.social
“Fungal guild interactions slow decomposition of boreal forest pine litter and humus”
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Fungal guild interactions slow decomposition of boreal forest pine litter and humus”
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New Article Out 📣 Open Access 📣 @newphyt.bsky.social
“Fungal guild interactions slow decomposition of boreal forest pine litter and humus”
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Fungal guild interactions slow decomposition of boreal forest pine litter and humus”
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Can you see the forest for the fungi?
Check out our new research examining this in depth in Conservation Biology 💫
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1523...
Check out our new research examining this in depth in Conservation Biology 💫
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1523...
March 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Can you see the forest for the fungi?
Check out our new research examining this in depth in Conservation Biology 💫
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1523...
Check out our new research examining this in depth in Conservation Biology 💫
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1523...
Cordyceps cf. militaris found in the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
February 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Cordyceps cf. militaris found in the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
A vibrant, solitary Hygrocybe found in El Sanctuario Machu Picchu. Stunning, simple colors in a conical form that resembles a Witch’s Cap. I encountered it along the Inca Trail just above Wiñaywayna, meaning “forever young” in Quechua.
February 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A vibrant, solitary Hygrocybe found in El Sanctuario Machu Picchu. Stunning, simple colors in a conical form that resembles a Witch’s Cap. I encountered it along the Inca Trail just above Wiñaywayna, meaning “forever young” in Quechua.
Seta Cusqueña (Cusco Mushroom) en Concha Raymi 2025
February 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Seta Cusqueña (Cusco Mushroom) en Concha Raymi 2025
A look into some of the diversity of macrofungi found nearby Urubamba, Perú !
January 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A look into some of the diversity of macrofungi found nearby Urubamba, Perú !
When you are running a mycorrhizal workshop in the tropics and you run into what looks like a Neosarcodon 🤯
January 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When you are running a mycorrhizal workshop in the tropics and you run into what looks like a Neosarcodon 🤯
Fieldwork at Estación Biología de Wiñayhuayna con Dr Carlos Salvador-Montoya y Mario Callalli 🍄🟫 Gracias a Macario por su hospitalidad y conocimiento de las plantas!
January 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fieldwork at Estación Biología de Wiñayhuayna con Dr Carlos Salvador-Montoya y Mario Callalli 🍄🟫 Gracias a Macario por su hospitalidad y conocimiento de las plantas!
Excited to help organise this workshop coming up pronto en Cusco! Vamos a Wayqecha bosque nublado por un día en campo y un día en el lab.
January 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Excited to help organise this workshop coming up pronto en Cusco! Vamos a Wayqecha bosque nublado por un día en campo y un día en el lab.
Fungal finds last month #mycology #fungusamongus
December 13, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Fungal finds last month #mycology #fungusamongus
December 2, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Ectomycorrhizal fungi from the taiga
November 12, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Ectomycorrhizal fungi from the taiga
November 12, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Very nice parrot waxcap along the road on the morning commute #gliophorus
September 8, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Very nice parrot waxcap along the road on the morning commute #gliophorus
Mycena rosea in Sycamore duff
September 20, 2023 at 7:09 AM
Mycena rosea in Sycamore duff
September in Scotland! I found the ectomycorrhizal, blue and red staining Caloboletus radicans or the “Rooting Bolete” emerging through pebbles near its host, an ornamental hop-hornbeam.
September 12, 2023 at 9:17 AM
September in Scotland! I found the ectomycorrhizal, blue and red staining Caloboletus radicans or the “Rooting Bolete” emerging through pebbles near its host, an ornamental hop-hornbeam.