Leho Tedersoo
@tedersoo.bsky.social
Director of Mycology and Microbiology Center #mycorrhiza #fungal ecology #microbiology plant-microbe interactions #mushroom hunting #biodiversity #conservation #molecular ecology #biogeography #DNA-based taxonomy #long-read sequencing #PacBio #
Major fungal genome-based global biogeography study published in New Phytologist by Yi-Hong Ke et al.: the success story of Suillus luteus. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Global population structures and demographic history of Suillus luteus, a pine co‐introduced ectomycorrhizal fungus associated with exotic forestry and invasion
Global phylogenomic tree and phylogenetic network of Suillus luteus and its closely related species.
doi.org
"Fungi-substrate association patterns in boreal forests" by Meirong Chen et al. - our multi-substrate fungal survey out in Fungal Ecology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fungi-substrate association patterns in boreal forests
Fungi often exhibit specific associations with particular substrates in forest ecosystems. However, how the fungal species pool, environmental filteri…
sciencedirect.com
GloSED database for all eukaryotes now officially published in Scientific Data. Congrats for Vladimir and thanks to all participants and sample providers! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global dataset of soil eukaryotic communities created with a uniform protocol and long read sequencing - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Global dataset of soil eukaryotic communities created with a uniform protocol and long read sequencing
nature.com
Congrats to John Yangyuoru Kupagme for graduating his PhD thesis on African soil fungi, supervised by myself and Dr. Sergei Põlme. The thesis available here: dspace.ut.ee/items/e65b43...
African fungi mapped within a PhD project led by John Kupagme, an African PhD student. www.bioacad.com/article/doi....
This exciting new paper assesses how to balance land use for conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy. I learned a lot from this collaborative effort led by Cameryn Brock ... building on our past #sparc #BIEN & #BIOFI efforts. Check out the new publication! 🧪🌐🌾 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Balancing land use for conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy - Nature Communications
An improved strategy for siting food and energy production is needed to avoid further habitat loss. This paper presents a multi-sector framework that can empower land use planners to find synergies ac...
nature.com
Ph.D. defended and the long read journey ends in frozen lands. Deep thanks to @sanslan.bsky.social and @tedersoo.bsky.social. Special thanks to @owenwangensteen.bsky.social for a demanding and fair defence as the main opponent. Thanks to all @myco-microbio.bsky.social members for their support.
Global Soil Mycobiome Consortium dataset now extended to soil protists and animals (GloSED), including 4000 samples. Pre-publication data available at: zenodo.org/records/1782... #fungi #soil #ecology #database
GloSED - Global standardised soil eukaryome dataset
Global Standardised Soil Eukaryome Dataset (GloSED) Dataset description The GloSED dataset is a metabarcoding-based dataset encompassing the entire spectrum of soil eukaryotes collected and analysed u...
zenodo.org
Our review about plant endophytes an other leaf-inhabiting fungi out - check it out: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mdbN6Do0q...
Please wait whilst we redirect you
All content on this site: Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V., its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply.
authors.elsevier.com
EUKARYOME v2.0 reference database now available. A major release including >300,000 new eDNA reads with metadata, quality-screened ROD (meta)genome DB, and updated fungal higher-level taxonomy (following the Mycokeys paper). Download at: eukaryome.org/download/
Download | EUKARYOME
eukaryome.org
Fungal phylum-level classification update now available! Used "innovative taxonomy" to describe >100 taxa, from species to phylum, based on long reads, characteristic nucleotides and env-samples. mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1616... #fungi #taxonomy #PacBio #classification #eDNA
MarieCurie postdoc co-applications on offer in University of Tartu, Estonia: Fungi in reforestation AMF in agriculture Global biogeography of fungi Fungal Host/substrate specificity Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost DNA-based taxonomy of fungi UNITE/FungalTraits further development
EUKARYOME new release now available eukaryome.org/download/ This time special on early diverging fungal lineages and nucleariids. Also EUK sequences with all metadata available. Will also be available via UNITE soon.
A postdoc position in Aarhus University now officially available for applications: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Postdoc in plant-microbe interactions and microbial ecology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Agroecology - Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
Custom PhD positions in my team: High-quality motivated candidates are welcome to design their doctorate research topic for a project competition in the University of Tartu, Estonia. Keywords: bioinformatics, biodiversity, fungi, metagenomics, databases, mycorrhiza, DNA-based taxonomy, biogeography
Post-Doc position for 3 years available jointly between University of Tartu (Estonia) and University of Aarhus (Denmark) on soil microbiome and biogeography. Skills required: bioinformatics, metagenome analysis, microbiology Contact: leho.tedersoo@ut.ee
EUKARYOME v1.9.3 now available in eukaryome.org A special release of long reads of marine microeukaryotes