#saprotrophic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #saprotrophic, aggregated by home.social.
-
Fungal #evolution: Mycena can now invade living hosts https://phys.org/news/2023-10-fungal-evolution-mycena-invade-hosts.html
#Mycena species can be opportunist-generalist plant root invaders https://ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.16398
"this genus of #fungi, which has traditionally been considered #saprotrophic—i.e., a #decomposer of nonliving organic matter—is in the midst of an evolutionary leap... some of these bonnet #mushrooms species even show early signs of being able to act as #mutualists—i.e., live in #symbiosis with #trees"