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SUMMARY:Soil fungi for us - Maarja Öpik\, University of Tartu\, Estonia
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DESCRIPTION:Fungi perform a wide array of functions in ecosystems\, contri
 buting to ecosystems structure\, maintenance\, stability\, as well as huma
 n well-being. Some of their services are also disservices from human point
  of view\, such as disease or carbon release from ecosystems. Slightly exa
 ggerating one could say that we breathe fungi\, eat fungi\, wear fungi and
  live in fungi. But\, to which degree do we understand the availability of
  fungi and their capacity to perform their functions in ecosystems?\n\nI w
 ill present recent advances in understanding fungal distribution\, mostly\
 , but not solely focusing on soils and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. I’l
 l zoom into human impact on fungal availability and function\, as well as 
 on how reversing fungal availability can speed up ecosystem recovery after
  disturbance.\n\nI will conclude with speculations on how to better embrac
 e the fungal potential for sustaining nature as well as humans.\n\nContact
  reception@plantsci.cam.ac.uk for a Zoom link prior to a talk if you are n
 ot on our mailing list. Due to having to go onine\, we are restricting the
  talks to University of Cambridge and alumni to keep them as informal as p
 ossible.
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