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University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Pathology: a world leader in the area of plant health. plpa.cfans.umn.edu

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UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Apr 20

Minnesota has a larger Ash Tree population than any other American state. How are Emerald Ash Borer beetles changing the lives and health of Minnesota's ash populations? plpa.cfans.umn.edu/news/galleries research by @andrewmann.bsky.social @forestmycology.bsky.social funding by NSF

Researcher Andrew stands in Afton Park, holding an ash leaf and writing a label on a plastic bag

ash tree with bark removed and visible beetle galleries

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Mar 12

Decoding the genetic secrets of two of the 21st Century's biggest wheat stem rust epidemics: plpa.cfans.umn.edu/news/spanner...

wheat leaves with brown stem rust spots, over a black background

Becky Panner points out an observation in the wheat and barley fields to another attendee at a field day on UMN St Paul campus fields

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Mar 4

Four new fungal species discovered during examination of an Eastern larch beetle outbreak by @forestmycology.bsky.social @andrewmann.bsky.social plpa.cfans.umn.edu/news/elb-lar...

larch beetle larvae crawling around in galleries in wood

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Dec 8

APPLY NOW! Postdoctoral researcher in the Ranjan Lab: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/int/371... (internal) hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371... (external)

image of verticillium wilt with text Career Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher, Ranjan Lab, UMN Job #371211

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Nov 20

It's Give to the Max Day in Minnesota! By giving to our fund, you'll directly support the career-building experiences of hardworking graduate students. crowdfund.umn.edu/participants...

Text "Give to the Max Day" with three pictures collaged: four students holding maroon certificates, a student presenting a poster, and a graduate teaching a science class

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Oct 31

We can't resist celebrating Witches' Cauldrons in spooky season, even though this unique little cup fungus appears in spring when the snow melts. Read Bob Blanchette and Nick Rajtar in FUNGI on Witches' Cauldrons: fungimag.com/v18i1/v18i1-...

Nick points to witches cauldron fungus growing off moss on decaying spruce

two witches cauldron fungus with water inside

witches cauldron fungus from the side, filled with water

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Sep 17

If you've found a Stinkhorn Mushroom in the wild before, did you see it or smell it first? 🍄 These funky fungi can be found in lawns or mulch as well as in the wild near wood decay. extension.umn.edu/lawn-care/co... #mycology #fungifriends #fungi

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Aug 5

Having an unBEETable time today at #PlantHealth2025 with UMN’s Chanda Lab @beetpath.bsky.social — Ashok and Austin brought excellent research on sugarbeet health @plantdisease.bsky.social

Ashok points to and describes a graph on a research poster (contents of graph not visible at this scale)

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Aug 3

As #planthealth2025 starts, just wanted to share some fungi we’ve seen in and near Honolulu! #mycology #fungifriends @plantdisease.bsky.social

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jul 25

Heading to Honolulu next week? Come find us at APS Plant Health: plpa.cfans.umn.edu/news/planthe... @plantdisease.bsky.social

hibiscus flower with label (umn at plant health 2025)

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jul 16

Miss seeing elm trees in Minnesota's metros? Research into resistance and resilience in elm is working to bring them back: mitppc.umn.edu/news/revivin...

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jul 15

Everyone welcome Dr Ashok Chanda, UMN-PLPA Extension faculty and beet health researcher extraordinaire, to Bluesky! 🦋 @beetpath.bsky.social

Ashok Chanda in a field of beet plants in a UMN polo holding up a beet plant

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jul 7

Charmed by coral crowns 👑 Crown-tipped coral fungus, or Artomyces pyxidatus, has tiny, jiggly arms topped with cute "crowns" #fungifriends #mycology

Crown tipped coral fungus on a piece of paper reading "Artomyces pyxidatus, Crown tipped coral fungus, edible, look closely at the tips to see the crown-like shape"

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jun 24

Professor Linda Kinkel has been selected as a World Food Prize Top Agri-Food Pioneer! 🌱 Kinkel's work at Jord BioScience harnesses the strengths of microbial diversity as a sustainable agriculture solution.

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jun 10

Celebrating PI Megan McCaghey and grad student Jasper Tao, who won the Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award! @plantdisease.bsky.social @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social

Megan McCaghey and Jasper Tao on a tractor in a field

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Apr 24

Looking for a Postdoctoral Research role in plant health? Apply to join the Ranjan Lab at UMN-PLPA: UMN Internal: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/int/367704 External: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/367704

Ashish Ranjan's hands holding potato leaves with text Plant Pathology Career Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher, Ranjan Lab UMN Job #367704

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Apr 11

Bacterial Leaf Streak Meeting 2025 is over! Thank you so much to the organizers, attendees, presenters, staff, and volunteers who made it a success!

BLS Meeting committee left to right: Andy Read, Thomas Baldwin, Robyn Roberts, Jonathan Jacobs, Rebecca Curland, Liz Brauer, Gazala Ameen

Mug that says "I delivered an outstanding talk at the 4th Annual Bacterial Leaf Streak Initiative Conferene in Saint Paul Minnesota 2025"

photo of all BLS researchers, shot from above, all smiling with hands up

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Apr 10

The 2025 Bacterial Leaf Streak Initiative Meeting has already led to so much learning and synergy, and we're only halfway through! Thank you to our visiting colleagues from Ohio State, @ndsuplantpathology.bsky.social, @sdstate.bsky.social, Colorado State, USDA, Manitoba, and INIA Uruguay 🌾

Around 40 researchers stand in the lobby of UMN Cargill Hall in front of a large window and large agave plant.

Yoonjung Lee presents a slide on barley disease resistance evaluations.

Organizers Jonathan and Rebecca pose with attendees Felipe and Lucia, all holding their traditional Uruguayan maté cups with bombilla straws

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Apr 9

Welcoming Assistant Professor Megan McCaghey and her Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab team to Bluesky! 🦋 Follow the lab for updates: @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social

Group photo in the UMN conservatory of McCaghey lab, from left to right: Linnea, Hsuan Fu, Peter, Megan, Kat, Suma, Hunter, Jasper

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Apr 1

From Petri dish to main dish 🍽️ Students in "Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees" (taught by @forestmycology.bsky.social) get to grow and harvest their own culinary mushrooms. An educational treat! #mycology #fungifriends #umnproud

Culture dish labeled "annie pink oysters" with white fungus growing inside

pink and white oyster mushrooms peek out of large plastic bags

oyster mushrooms cooking in a frying pan

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Mar 18

It's what's on the inside that counts! Unfortunately for this aspen sample, what's on the inside is Phellinus tremulae, also known as white trunk rot of aspen. Sample from @forestmycology.bsky.social #fungifriends #mycology

halved piece of aspen wood with visible rotten wood inside the trunk

two rotting pieces of aspen wood with sign reading "phellinus tremulae: white trunk rot of aspen. a parasitic fungus that is one of the most damaging fungi on aspen"

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Feb 28

This #FungiFriday, let's look at a hefty Agarikon (Laricifomes officinalis). This wood-decaying conk is sometimes known as "bread of ghosts"! #fungifriends @forestmycology.bsky.social

Agarikon fungus on a table on a piece of paper that says "Agarikon, Laricifomes officinalis, This rare fungus was salvaged from a logging operation. Agarikon has a long history of use as a traditional medicine by the Indigenous People of the Pacific Northeast Coast of N America"

Large agarikon fungus about 3 times the size of the hand holding it, growing off a piece of a log

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Feb 12

Dreaming about finding Huitlacoche (corn smut) in the summer even though it's 3 degrees Farenheit on campus today ❄️ #fungifriends

ear of corn with large grey fungal growths emerging from it, held in a person's hand

ear of corn with corn smut on a piece of paper reading "corn smut (huitlacoche) caused by Mycosarcoma maydis. Edible and considered a delicacy"

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Feb 6

White Jelly Fungus! Found on decaying logs at a local park last summer (left) and displayed on campus (right). #fungifriends

white jelly fungus on a wet decaying log on the ground

dish containing white jelly fungus, sitting on a white piece of paper reading "white jelly fungus ductifera pululchuana"

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jan 29

Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧 @forestmycology.bsky.social found us these celebratory Reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma)

A large and small reishi mushroom on the Stakman Table with a paper saying it's Lunar New Year

A large reishi mushroom on the Stakman Table

A small reishi mushroom on the Stakman Table

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jan 27

Wood Ear mushrooms spotted in Costa Rica by a department member on vacation. Does anyone else here always look for fungi while traveling and/or hiking? 🙋‍♀️

Wood Ear mushroom growing off a tree stump

Several Wood Ear mushrooms growing off a log on the ground

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Jan 9

Fungal wonders of the day: Witches Butter (Dacrymyces chrysospermus) and Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Dec 5

Plant Pathology Wrapped 2024: As the semester comes to an end, we're glad to have spent it researching and learning with great students, faculty, and staff!

Spotify Wrapped template listing our most read website stories (remembering Neil Anderson, protecting MN wild rice, retirement of Ben Lockhart, APS Plant Health 2024 and Alumni Voices Eric Nazareno) and top streamed YouTube videos (my plant path becca hall, verticillium wilt Ashish Ranjan, My Plant Path Oadi Matny, My Plant Path Jose Solorzano, and UMN PLPA Video Tour)

You Spent 2000 hours counting spores under a microscope: you were in the top 0.005% of mycology nerds globally

You and the PCR machine spent 971 minutes together. You overachiever!

UMN Plant Pathology@umnplantpath· Nov 27

Spreading like a rust onto this new platform—we're happy to be here, Bluesky!