A simple pyrocosm for studying soil microbial response to fire reveals a rapid, massive response by Pyronema species
T. D. Bruns, J. A. Chung, A. A. Carver, S. Glassman
The paper introduces a simple pyrocosm system to study soil microbial responses to fire, showing rapid Pyronema fungus growth and predicting patchy soil heating effects in wildfires.
bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2019Ecology