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Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest - Nature A collaborative study initiated by the sovereign nation of Picuris Pueblo in the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico addresses gaps in traditional knowledge and furthers understanding of their po...

Excited to share our study on and with Picuris Pueblo! It’s a true honor to have worked alongside the community. Combining oral history and genomics, we show a long-standing continuity in the US Southwest and challenge ideas of pre-Columbian population collapse.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Indigenous American tribe’s ancestral history confirmed by genomes Study reveals genetic continuity between Ancestral Puebloans from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, and present-day Picuris people.

Ancient and present-day genomes from members of the Indigenous American tribe Picuris Pueblo in the US Southwest show genetic continuity with Ancestral Pueblo individuals from the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.

https://go.nature.com/4cWV2Os

Are you a researcher in Brazil who's interested in coming to Berlin to work on global change, soil or fungi?

Can you also find some mushrooms 🍄 in the Christmas presents over there?

photo of a tangled mess of gray fibers, glowing from strong backlighting against a pure black background, with a few small orange ants visible in the matrix.

Small fungus-farming ants, Mycetosoritis hartmanni, in their subterranean garden. The fungus- a white stringy material- grows between the bits of debris fed to it by the ants. The ants then feed from the fungus- a true agricultural system. Texas.

Phylogenetic analysis of termite-associated Xylaria from Africa reveals hidden diversity Fungus-farming termite colonies host members of the genus Xylaria as stow-away fungi that emerge from deteriorating fungal gardens (combs) or dying te…

Paper alert - Phylogenetic analysis of termite-associated Xylaria from Africa reveals hidden diversity #KUscience #MSCApostdoctoralfellowship #ERC_Research #H2020

Disentangling the basidiomycete family Agaricaceae - Mycological Progress The family Agaricaceae is one of the most diverse and species-rich families within the phylum Basidiomycota with a variety of fruiting body morphologies (agaricoid, secotioid, and gasteroid), ecologic...

New paper! With genus-level phylogenetics we (Meilinda Sulastri, Andre Rodrigues, Ester Gaya) merged the puffball family Lycoperdaceae with Agaricaceae and revive/assign new sections to the family!
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #science #fungi #taxonomy #agaricaceae #mushrooms #puffballs

Cheguei por aqui :)

Can I also join, please 🍄

The evolution of thermal performance curves in fungi farmed by attine ant mutualists in above-ground or below-ground microclimates Abstract. Fungi are abundant and ecologically important at a global scale, but little is known about whether their thermal adaptations are shaped by bioche

We know that leafcutter ants are clever farmers. New research from Hess et al. shows the fungal cultivars also have thermal adaptations matching growth environments provided by ant farmers

#fungusfarmingants #ERCStG

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As primeiras agricultoras Dezenas de milhões de anos antes da revolução agrícola que transformou as sociedades humanas, outros animais já plantavam sua horta. Eram formigas cultivadoras de fungos, há cerca de 66 milhões de ano...

Dezenas de milhões de anos antes da revolução agrícola, formigas já cultivavam fungos. bit.ly/3CeIAvg

#evolução #genoma

I have just created the fungal systematics starter pack. Who do you think is missing?

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