Postdoc at KU Leuven 🇧🇪 working on nitrogen deposition effects on soil fungi and soil carbon 🍄https://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mv3hcbinp22pThis week I'm out collecting mycorrhizal ingrowth bags and it looks like fungi have been growing in them! I will be determining their biomass and community composition. 🍄🧪09 Sep 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3hcbinp22phttps://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mu7gnpnuyk22Lactarius spinosulus, a small milkcap that is associated with Betula trees. This is just one of the many species we saw during the past week with the Swedish Mycological Society in northern Jämtland. 🍄 #FungiFriends29 Aug 2026 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7gnpnuyk22https://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mtlof3rsps2lNew paper out! We studied the temporal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi after clearcutting. We found that EcMF disappeared, while saprotrophic fungi initially increased in abundance and subsequently decreased as EcMF reappeared.🍄🍁🧪 https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiag091 @femsjournals.bsky.social21 Aug 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlof3rsps2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mtlof3rsps2lNew paper out! We studied the temporal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi after clearcutting. We found that EcMF disappeared, while saprotrophic fungi initially increased in abundance and subsequently decreased as EcMF reappeared.🍄🍁🧪 https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiag091 @femsjournals.bsky.social21 Aug 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlof3rsps2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mtbrarkky22sIn an experiment where they harvested a Northern Swedish pine forest with different levels of tree retention, Gangiah et al. found richness and proportion of ectomycorrhizal fungi to still be correlated to basal area, 12 years after harvest. 🧪🍁 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.7051217 Aug 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbrarkky22shttps://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mt6ss562mc23The Ardennes right now: completely dry and covered in smoke, 80+ km away from the huge fire in the Hautes Fagnes. #ClimateChange16 Aug 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6ss562mc23https://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3msilxtx5es27"we do not know whether the distinct communities present in current old-forest remnants would eventually emerge in younger forests under future conditions. Do the key conditions that shaped their development in the 18th or 19th century still exist and persist in Sweden – or anywhere?" 🌳🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3msilxtx5es27https://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mscx3go47s22New paper out! Led by Dr. Damilola Olanipon, funded by @spun.earth We studied the soil fungal communities in agroforestry, disturbed and undisturbed forests in southwestern Nigeria. Land-use effects were most pronounced on saprotrophs and plant pathogens, while AMF were less affected. 🌳🍄🧪 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pei3.7019305 Aug 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscx3go47s22https://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mozhhegrnc27New paper out! We studied the effect of mango trees on soil properties and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities of cassave and maize in smallholder farms in Southern Ethiopia. While mango trees had a positive effect on soil properties, we found no clear effect on AMF communities in the crops. 🌽🧪24 Jun 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozhhegrnc27https://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mozhhegrnc27New paper out! We studied the effect of mango trees on soil properties and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities of cassave and maize in smallholder farms in Southern Ethiopia. While mango trees had a positive effect on soil properties, we found no clear effect on AMF communities in the crops. 🌽🧪24 Jun 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozhhegrnc27https://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3mixwbfdpzs2qNice study by my former colleagues at SLU: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.71165 They used data from the Swedish Soil Inventory to study long-term effects of clearcutting on ectomycorrhizal fungi 🧪🌲🍄08 Apr 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixwbfdpzs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/margauxboeraeve.bsky.social/post/3miirbrgwck2mNew paper out! We looked at the effect of disc-trenching and fertilization during the previous rotation period on carbon and nitrogen stocks and soil fungal communities in two fertilization experiments in Sweden. 🧪🌲 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037811272600243402 Apr 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:ibnmw6b44snxtt5bbse2hkz5/app.bsky.feed.post/3miirbrgwck2m