Prof. P W Thomas
@profpwthomas.bsky.social
Passionate about fungi.
Director of global truffle experts Mycorrhizal Systems & Honorary Professor @ University of Stirling.
IUCN (SULi) member @IUCNSULi
Director of global truffle experts Mycorrhizal Systems & Honorary Professor @ University of Stirling.
IUCN (SULi) member @IUCNSULi
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Join us at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for our Autumn Open Meeting on 29th November. Speakers include Paul Thomas @profpwthomas.bsky.social - University of Stirling & Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd - expert on truffle biology, cultivation, hunting & cooking ➡️ www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Join us at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for our Autumn Open Meeting on 29th November. Speakers include Paul Thomas @profpwthomas.bsky.social - University of Stirling & Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd - expert on truffle biology, cultivation, hunting & cooking ➡️ www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
Interested about the latest truffle research and cultivation? Heres a podcast episode I recently did with Ben Sweet, including discussion about potential collaborative research opportunities…
youtu.be/H9QyytEIvdA
youtu.be/H9QyytEIvdA
Climate Change and Truffles | An Interview with Prof. Paul Thomas
YouTube video by Ben Sweet
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interested about the latest truffle research and cultivation? Heres a podcast episode I recently did with Ben Sweet, including discussion about potential collaborative research opportunities…
youtu.be/H9QyytEIvdA
youtu.be/H9QyytEIvdA
Field work with Carmen Carmona, Flora Rendell-Bhatti and Neve Dee - first mycoforestry trial site in Scotland!
The first job - soil sampling for physiochemical/biological/DNA recording before planting the trees we've grown at Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd - with grateful support from Mossy Earth
The first job - soil sampling for physiochemical/biological/DNA recording before planting the trees we've grown at Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd - with grateful support from Mossy Earth
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Field work with Carmen Carmona, Flora Rendell-Bhatti and Neve Dee - first mycoforestry trial site in Scotland!
The first job - soil sampling for physiochemical/biological/DNA recording before planting the trees we've grown at Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd - with grateful support from Mossy Earth
The first job - soil sampling for physiochemical/biological/DNA recording before planting the trees we've grown at Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd - with grateful support from Mossy Earth
Interested in truffle cultivation or our research? I'll be speaking at the British Mycological Society meeting at Kew Gardens (29th of November) -
www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
...and the UK Truffle Festival in West Sussex (15th of November) -
www.trufflefestival.co.uk
Come say hi!
www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
...and the UK Truffle Festival in West Sussex (15th of November) -
www.trufflefestival.co.uk
Come say hi!
Autumn Open Meeting 2025
The BMS Autumn Open Meeting is held at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. The meeting features expert speakers covering a variety of mycological topics, is free to attend and open to all.
www.britmycolsoc.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Interested in truffle cultivation or our research? I'll be speaking at the British Mycological Society meeting at Kew Gardens (29th of November) -
www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
...and the UK Truffle Festival in West Sussex (15th of November) -
www.trufflefestival.co.uk
Come say hi!
www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
...and the UK Truffle Festival in West Sussex (15th of November) -
www.trufflefestival.co.uk
Come say hi!
Spotlight on our most recent intern, Eva Fruzsina Felegyhazi (shown here with Dr. Zahid) from Eötvös Loránd University and with grateful support from @rootbenefit.bsky.social– Eva has been learning about DNA sequencing for a collaborative project. As we say in Scotland, Haste Ye Back!
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Spotlight on our most recent intern, Eva Fruzsina Felegyhazi (shown here with Dr. Zahid) from Eötvös Loránd University and with grateful support from @rootbenefit.bsky.social– Eva has been learning about DNA sequencing for a collaborative project. As we say in Scotland, Haste Ye Back!
For those of us working in mycoforestry, here is a nice opportunity from Scientific Reports and editor David Kothamasi...
Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection: Mycoforestry
I’m honored to be serving as the collection’s Guest Editor and eager to read your submission. Learn more about the collection and how to contribute:
www.nature.com/collections/...
@spun.earth
I’m honored to be serving as the collection’s Guest Editor and eager to read your submission. Learn more about the collection and how to contribute:
www.nature.com/collections/...
@spun.earth
About the Guest Editors | Mycoforestry
This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the role and implementation of mycoforestry in enhancing and preserving biodiversity, climate change mitigation, and economic benefit.
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
For those of us working in mycoforestry, here is a nice opportunity from Scientific Reports and editor David Kothamasi...
...a busy and start to September
Peter McKenna of The Gannet visited to see our reserach programme, taste regional truffles and prepared a spectacular on-board meal!
We also hosted a valued fench colleague and friend Dr. Luis-Bernardo Vázquez from Mexico, to deepen mycoforestry collaboration🍄
Peter McKenna of The Gannet visited to see our reserach programme, taste regional truffles and prepared a spectacular on-board meal!
We also hosted a valued fench colleague and friend Dr. Luis-Bernardo Vázquez from Mexico, to deepen mycoforestry collaboration🍄
September 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
...a busy and start to September
Peter McKenna of The Gannet visited to see our reserach programme, taste regional truffles and prepared a spectacular on-board meal!
We also hosted a valued fench colleague and friend Dr. Luis-Bernardo Vázquez from Mexico, to deepen mycoforestry collaboration🍄
Peter McKenna of The Gannet visited to see our reserach programme, taste regional truffles and prepared a spectacular on-board meal!
We also hosted a valued fench colleague and friend Dr. Luis-Bernardo Vázquez from Mexico, to deepen mycoforestry collaboration🍄
...offers a low-input, resilient crop that could bring real economic opportunities to island and rural communities.
With the rise of food tourism, this could just as easily support a boutique agri-tourism industry as it could offer new income for landowners
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
With the rise of food tourism, this could just as easily support a boutique agri-tourism industry as it could offer new income for landowners
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
Groundbreaking: first truffle cultivated on UK island | About | University of Stirling
www.stir.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
...offers a low-input, resilient crop that could bring real economic opportunities to island and rural communities.
With the rise of food tourism, this could just as easily support a boutique agri-tourism industry as it could offer new income for landowners
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
With the rise of food tourism, this could just as easily support a boutique agri-tourism industry as it could offer new income for landowners
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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Very happy to be launching a new #CitizenScience campaign within the scope of @fundive-fungi.bsky.social.
You can download, share (and cite!) the campaign' accompanying flyer published in the the open-access platform Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1679...
#FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNat
You can download, share (and cite!) the campaign' accompanying flyer published in the the open-access platform Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1679...
#FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNat
August 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Very happy to be launching a new #CitizenScience campaign within the scope of @fundive-fungi.bsky.social.
You can download, share (and cite!) the campaign' accompanying flyer published in the the open-access platform Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1679...
#FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNat
You can download, share (and cite!) the campaign' accompanying flyer published in the the open-access platform Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1679...
#FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNat
This summer, we welcomed Aswathi Gopa Kumar Nair, PhD student from Jena, Germany, to Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd. Her research on Tuber aestivum ecology and fungal interactions brings fresh insight for truffle growers. Results coming soon in open-access—stay tuned!
July 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This summer, we welcomed Aswathi Gopa Kumar Nair, PhD student from Jena, Germany, to Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd. Her research on Tuber aestivum ecology and fungal interactions brings fresh insight for truffle growers. Results coming soon in open-access—stay tuned!
📣 New paper on food production in woodland-based systems
🌳 Drivers, benefits, barriers and enablers - transformational, not incremental, shifts are needed🌳
Led by Steffen Hirth, with fellow coauthors Matthew Paterson and Ivan Drlička.
Open access link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌳 Drivers, benefits, barriers and enablers - transformational, not incremental, shifts are needed🌳
Led by Steffen Hirth, with fellow coauthors Matthew Paterson and Ivan Drlička.
Open access link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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May 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
📣 New paper on food production in woodland-based systems
🌳 Drivers, benefits, barriers and enablers - transformational, not incremental, shifts are needed🌳
Led by Steffen Hirth, with fellow coauthors Matthew Paterson and Ivan Drlička.
Open access link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌳 Drivers, benefits, barriers and enablers - transformational, not incremental, shifts are needed🌳
Led by Steffen Hirth, with fellow coauthors Matthew Paterson and Ivan Drlička.
Open access link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...I participated in a round-table discussion on fungal protein- a nutritional perspective. This isn’t my core field, so to learn from nutrition experts was really quite fascinating. 🍄🟫 🔬
Just published- interesting for those of us engaged with fungi but who wish to know more: lnkd.in/dFA8pPZJ
Just published- interesting for those of us engaged with fungi but who wish to know more: lnkd.in/dFA8pPZJ
lnkd.in
May 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
...I participated in a round-table discussion on fungal protein- a nutritional perspective. This isn’t my core field, so to learn from nutrition experts was really quite fascinating. 🍄🟫 🔬
Just published- interesting for those of us engaged with fungi but who wish to know more: lnkd.in/dFA8pPZJ
Just published- interesting for those of us engaged with fungi but who wish to know more: lnkd.in/dFA8pPZJ