Convincing evidence of parasexuality in rust fungi. Congrats on the experimental design to show multiple nuclei from two dikaryons produced one of the most virulent strains! Dissecting the first phased dikaryotic genomes of wheat rust biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thanks to @BrettSumm for finding these Psilocybe subaeurginosa on our tree health survey. Another population of native #magicmushrooms in QLD.

Thanks again @BrettSumm #magicmushroom magnet who found Psilocybe cubensis while we surveyed myrtle rust. Another population from east Oz. Read about what we're doing with these shrooms at alistairmctaggart.weebly.com/magicmushrooms.

For those who want to participate in a psilocybin trial: Paid Microdosing Study in Sydney, Australia - SPORES FOR ALL tinyurl.com/3u65n4uj

This knowledge on domestication of #magicmushrooms happened with support from the Bioplatforms Australia led Functional Fungi initiative #NCRISimpact and research approval from Queensland Health sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What happens whena generalist pathogen invades a biodiversity hotspot? #phytophthora #fynbos sayasblog.com/our-phd-blogge…

Are aeciospores of pine needle rust unique like snowflakes or identical to urediniospores #Coleosporium #Pucciniales

Spiralling global temperatures from 1850-2016 (full animation) climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2016/spirallin…

Microbial speciation: A species is a spectrum and gene flow barriers are leaky. #PLOSGenetics: What Is Speciation? dx.doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Biosecurity will become more effective in an 'omics age #biosecurity @PBCRC x.com/bernardslipper…

Suggestion to base biosecurity on genes rather than names! Alistair McTaggart has seen the future. #tpcp2016 CPHB Plant Health journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Plant pathologist job available in Darwin, Australia: appsnet.org/public/careers… FABI

Beautiful, diverse and 100% trouble for monocultures. A smattering of the spore diversity of rust fungi down the LM.

Ahoy mateys, introducing the molecular biology jolly roger tinyurl.com/gnc24e4 #science_art #homo_naledi

Nice sterigmata! Stuart Fraser FABI

Smut on some grasses, a sedge and a carnivorous plant! Certainly one of the dirtiest groups of fungi #Ustilaginomycotina #fungal_art

Searching for 2 people to send to Cape Town to learn how bikes can change lives in African communities. 99b.it/2jMTcVw Cape Citizen Science

Deadly new wheat disease threatens Europe’s crops nature.com/news/deadly-ne…

The gall-ful truth, you've got a pustule problem #rust #plantpathology