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Freshwater fungi, marine fungi, taxonomy, phylogenetics, evolution, conservation, ecology, biodiversity, Flinders University, Australia, Co-chair IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group
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They really are!
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Whatever happened to Labor fighting for climate action? I too feel sick about this. So disappointed in Labor.
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It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.
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I just checked my collections. Only one specimen that is similar, but not the same. Unfortunately there were only a few ascomata and only one specimen.
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Lots of fun being had!
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Those long asci are quite distinctive.
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I don't think so, but I will take a look.
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Nice!
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My understanding for freshwater fungi is that the first record was in 1880 by Sparrow and Hartig of an aquatic hyphomycete (presumably the same record that you have). Then in 1888 Phillips recorded a Vibrissea species.
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I couldn't help myself. I have been looking for studies that investigate the roles of fungi, bacteria and invertebrates in decomposition of wood in aquatic systems.
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There's lots to learn about marine fungi and not enough of us working on them.
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They have been found in the deep sea, some specialise on hanging on sand, others are mycorrhizal or endophytic in marine vascular plants.
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Hi! Marine and freshwater mycologist here. What would you like to know? There are 100s of species of marine fungi. Most species described so far are ascomycetes. There are also chytrids, microsporidia, etc. They decompose wood and other terrestrial plant detritus. They also parasitise algae.