Tag Archives: Mushrooms

Death is life

Posted on November 3, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Halloween has passed, with rain and wind and falling autumn leaves. And all over the forest: the very spooky ‘consumers of the death’, the creatures of the dark soils feasting on what has fallen: the saprotrophs and detritivores. What better … Continue reading →

Posted in Denmark, General | Tagged Diversity, Ecology, Forests, Hiking, Mushrooms, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Soil ecology | 2 Comments

The secrets under our feet

Posted on November 7, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

I have been saying it ample times: you can not understand the true behaviour of plants in the mountains without looking at what happens belowground. I have been saying it ample times indeed, yet now we finally have the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Autumn, Belowground, Ecology, Fungi, Landscapes, Mushrooms, Nature, Photography, Plants, Science, Soil | 2 Comments

Open for discussion

Posted on November 17, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

To know what will happen to ecosystems in a changing world, we need to know the fate of the nutrients within them, like carbon and nitrogen. To know the fate of these nutrients, we need to know how they are distributed and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Carbon, climate change, Decomposition, Ecology, Fungi, Garden, Garden photography, Gardens, Global change, Litter decomposition, Mushrooms, Nature photography, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Photography, Science | 4 Comments

Autumn is awesome

Posted on October 25, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

It is a bit of a pity that autumn is the season of writing behind my computer, while nature dresses in its warmest colours. But I cannot say writing is not exciting on its own, with several papers slowly but steadily working … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Autumn, Colours, Ecology, Mushrooms, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Science, Seasons, Writing | 4 Comments

A mid-meeting musing (and mushrooms!)

Posted on October 6, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

The Scottish forests bring autumn, but the conference on Mountains of our Future Earth feels like high summer. After ten years and currently in the third edition, the Perth conference in particular (and mountain research as a whole) seems to have grown … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland | Tagged Autumn, Ecology, Forest, Forests, Mountain ecology, Mountains, mtns15, Mushrooms, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Science, Traveling | 1 Comment

Cleaning out the forest

Posted on September 27, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Autumn is behind the corner, and the mushrooms are here to warn us of its arrival. These diverse and delicate group of decomposers puts in such great effort to clean up our forests and nature after another successful summer. I feel … Continue reading →