Friend or foe? Researchers explore ancient partnership between moss and fungi

The next time you walk through the woods in the dead of winter, take a moment to see if you can spot one of nature's most persistent and heartiest survivors.

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Friend or foe? Researchers explore ancient partnership between moss and fungi https://phys.org/news/2024-02-friend-foe-explore-ancient-partnership.html

Multilevel analysis between #Physcomitrium patens and Mortierellaceae #endophytes explores potential long-standing interaction among land #plants and fungi https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.16605

"they tracked the subtle but distinct ways the #moss interacted with its fungal neighbors. The team discovered that these interactions came to depend on a unique addition to the cast—#bacteria within the #fungi."

Friend or foe? Researchers explore ancient partnership between moss and fungi

The next time you walk through the woods in the dead of winter, take a moment to see if you can spot one of nature's most persistent and heartiest survivors.

Phys.org
Just found my entire subculture of #Physcomitrium from last week has bacterial contamination. I have not had an entire prep turn out this bad before, so not sure what happened. Thankfully the older preps remain uncontaminated to start fresh from.

#一日一苔 #mosstodon
うちで育てている #ヒョウタンゴケ科 のコツリガネゴケ(またはヒロクチゴケ) の写真を撮ろうとしたけれど、うまく撮れないので、
昨年の同時期に野外で撮影した写真を投稿します🙇‍♀️
うちのコケも、胞子体が真っ赤になっています😉
(#Physcomitrium sp.)
(撮影日:2022年4月30日)

#コケ #苔 #こけ #moss

今日の#一日一苔 #mosstodon
2月15日にtootした、うちで育てているコケ。
すくすく育って、丸い蒴が出来てきた!! 🥳
蒴柄が1.5㎝以上に伸びてきたので、このコケは#コツリガネゴケ かもしれない (perhaps #Physcomitrium japonicum)

#コケ #苔 #こけ #moss

今日の#一日一苔 #mosstodon
わ~い🥳 1年前からうちで育てているコケに、今年の胞子体ができ始めた✨✨
うちのコケにも春が近づいてきた💚

このコケは、コツリガネゴケかも? (または、ヒロクチゴケ)(#Physcomitrium sp.)

#コケ #苔 #こけ #moss