Vincent Merckx
@vincentmerckx.bsky.social
Scientific Director and Group Leader at Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Professor at the University of Amsterdam. Explorer of the underground 🌳🍄
Museum duty today @naturalis.bsky.social These colleagues are giving me a skeptical look 👀
September 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Museum duty today @naturalis.bsky.social These colleagues are giving me a skeptical look 👀
The @erc.europa.eu MIXOTROPH sampling in Japan has come to an end. The success of this campaign was due to the support of Prof. Kenji Suetsugu (Kobe University) and his incredible team. I’m looking forward to continue our collaboration! 🌳 🍄
September 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The @erc.europa.eu MIXOTROPH sampling in Japan has come to an end. The success of this campaign was due to the support of Prof. Kenji Suetsugu (Kobe University) and his incredible team. I’m looking forward to continue our collaboration! 🌳 🍄
And here, mycoheterotrophic plants thrive too
September 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
And here, mycoheterotrophic plants thrive too
The last leg of the fieldwork brought me to the beautiful island of Yakushima. The lush ceder forests are incredible examples of the power of nature conservation, as most have been replanted in the 1960s. And if you walk far enough, you can still see trees of more than 1000 year old…
September 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The last leg of the fieldwork brought me to the beautiful island of Yakushima. The lush ceder forests are incredible examples of the power of nature conservation, as most have been replanted in the 1960s. And if you walk far enough, you can still see trees of more than 1000 year old…
The @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team headed to Shiga prefecture to sample a forest site with Burmannia cryptopetala. Sample site nr 3 in Japan ✅
August 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team headed to Shiga prefecture to sample a forest site with Burmannia cryptopetala. Sample site nr 3 in Japan ✅
A beautiful mixed forest near Nagoya with plenty of Petrosavia sakurai became our next sampling site 🌳 🌲
August 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A beautiful mixed forest near Nagoya with plenty of Petrosavia sakurai became our next sampling site 🌳 🌲
With some tiny plant wonders: Burmannia championii, Sciaphila japonica, and Gentiana zollingeri 🌱
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
With some tiny plant wonders: Burmannia championii, Sciaphila japonica, and Gentiana zollingeri 🌱
Today we tackled our first field site in the hills of Hyogo
August 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today we tackled our first field site in the hills of Hyogo
The @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team is in Kobe, Japan for some more sampling!
August 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team is in Kobe, Japan for some more sampling!
Had a super inspiring visit to the lab of @vkokkoris.bsky.social today @vuamsterdam.bsky.social Sometimes the most promising opportunities are just around the corner 🍄🟫🌿
April 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Had a super inspiring visit to the lab of @vkokkoris.bsky.social today @vuamsterdam.bsky.social Sometimes the most promising opportunities are just around the corner 🍄🟫🌿
Flags in the forest: the @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team is mapping mycorrhizal networks in Khao Yai National Park 🍄🌳 #mycorrhiza #mixotrophy
January 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Flags in the forest: the @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team is mapping mycorrhizal networks in Khao Yai National Park 🍄🌳 #mycorrhiza #mixotrophy
And lots of encounters today!
January 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And lots of encounters today!
Final stop in Thailand: Khao Yai National Park. Beautiful views and forests with giant members of the Burmanniaceae family: Burmannia disticha #mycoheterotrophy #mixotrophy @naturalis.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Final stop in Thailand: Khao Yai National Park. Beautiful views and forests with giant members of the Burmanniaceae family: Burmannia disticha #mycoheterotrophy #mixotrophy @naturalis.bsky.social
And we found exactly what we were looking for: green and non-green species of Burmannia (Burmanniaceae).
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
And we found exactly what we were looking for: green and non-green species of Burmannia (Burmanniaceae).
The @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team at work: selecting sampling sites along the Mekong river in Thailand.
January 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The @naturalis.bsky.social MIXOTROPH team at work: selecting sampling sites along the Mekong river in Thailand.
A new year, new adventures! The ERC Mixotroph team of @naturalis.bsky.social arrived in Thailand for fieldwork in collaboration with Mahidol University 🌳🍄
January 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A new year, new adventures! The ERC Mixotroph team of @naturalis.bsky.social arrived in Thailand for fieldwork in collaboration with Mahidol University 🌳🍄
Popping up here!
November 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Popping up here!