"Fungi are the next frontier of biodiversity science"🍄 -@AlexandreAntone, director of science, @kewgardens @BBCNews reports that one teaspoon of soil from the Amazon contains as many as 1,800 microscopic life forms, of which about 400 are #fungi @unidue bbc.com/news/science-environ…

How one teaspoon of Amazon soil teems with fungal life

Scientists discover hundreds of different fungi in Amazonian soil, thought to play a vital role in nature.

bbc.com

Jun 29, 2020 · 1:00 PM UTC

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Replying to @IPBES @kewgardens @BBCNews @unidue
Fungi are the most important part of the recycling system in rainforests. People mistakenly think rainforests are on fertile soils, they are not. Mostly they are on old impoverished soils and their productivity is a function of the efficiency of their ecosystems and biodiversity.
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