soil microbiology – Soil Food Web Student

The Humboldt pile

Building a new hot compost pile in the company of curious, fun, disciplined and inspiring Alexander von Humboldt. Not sure he is responsible, but surely affirming in trying some soil biology experiments…

Biodiverse soil ecosystems: Nematodes and their feeding habits

Meet a compex soil ecosystem, with nematodes from different trophic levels.
Reflections on methodology of the microscopic soil food web assessments in biodiversity rich vs empoverished soils.

Good gifts & enchytraeids

Finding about tiny worms, similar to earthworms in some behaviours and effects, but in different niches

A glimpse at the sex lives of fungi

For several weeks I wondered: What is it that I am seeing here?There were lots of little off-shoots of the single strands of mycelium, at fairly regular intervals. Someone had suggested the fungus started branching off in search for food, but this did not fit the pattern I saw. Branching fungal strands, hyphae, maintain theirContinue reading “A glimpse at the sex lives of fungi”