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  1. #Decomposing #deadwood is a #biodiversityhotspot; many small #organisms are either direct #decomposers or closely ecologically related to these primary decomposers. This #riparianforest in Saarland, #Germany, remains partly uncontrolled and is thus full of deadwood in different stages of decomposition. The authors T. Löfroth et al. (2023) studied #factors such as #globalwarming negatively affecting deadwood #ecosystems.
    ©#StefanFWirth November 2025

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    doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-1598

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  2. Understanding the cryptic role #fungi play in ecosystems phys.org/news/2022-12-cryptic-

    Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales: Bala Chaudhary et al. annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/

    "We typically think of fungi as #decomposers, but they are cryptic and do many different things. Fungi can also function as nutrient cyclers, #pathogens, and #mutualists that live in a beneficial association with plants and other organisms."