INVAM

🌍 Meet our outstanding Keynote speakers at the IV International Symposium of the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in South America 📍 Quito, Ecuador | 📅 Aug 24–28, 2026 #mycorrhiza @SidneySturmer @epellegrino3 @lizkoziol @adri_corrales33 @jhooooks @myconativa @FungiInvam @spununderground

🍄 Invest in the future of fungal science! The INVAM Endowment at KU has a new Donor Support page. Your gift sustains INVAM's global fungal collection and supports research worldwide. 👉Help spread the word through your fungal network. invam.ku.edu/donate

"Ending INVAM for scientists is like closing the Louvre for artists.” @FungiInvam is the world's largest library of living spores, housed here at @UnivOfKansas. It's a vital resource for degraded ecosystems and better ag systems. theguardian.com/environment/20…

@FungiInvam @MycoBloom prairies, AMF inoculants are all covered in this neat feature: Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing | Fungi | The Guardian share.google/DH0DyDHikvWBV7…

Thrilled to see the INVAM fungal collection—and our dedicated curators—featured in the Fall issue of @Sierra_Magazine Preserving the world’s largest library of mycorrhizal fungi to power ecosystem restoration, science, and sustainable ag. 🦠🌱🌍 🔗 digital.sierramagazine.org/publication/?i…

This podcast by NPR reporter @Celia_LJ explores INVAM, the world's largest AM fungi collection housed at @UnivOfKansas to uncover what makes #mycorrhizae great! @ResearchAtKU #AMF 🧪🦠🔬🍄🌏 kcur.org/2025-04-01/tho…

Rob Ramos and @CamilleDelavaux visited us to sequence some of the collection. INVAM curators Jim Bever, Terra Lubin, Peggy Schultz and @lizkoziol spent hundreds of hours isolating #AMF spores, and Rob & Camille worked really hard to make sure this project was a success!

The INVAM team had the pleasure of hosting @djanegrao and @endylkailer from @KState last month to train on #AMF spore ID, chat about collaborations, and discuss their research project!

@djanegrao and @endylkailer visited us last week at @FungiInvam to gather some more skills on AMF identification. We had a blast!

The whole @FungiInvam team will be headed to #icom12! @lizkoziol Peggy Schultz, Jim Bever, & Terra Lubin. Come talk to us about your research ideas, culture or service needs, potential collaborations or visiting INVAM @KUEcoResearch. We are nice.

Bill visited @KUEcoResearch this week to share final tips after transferring the collection to @ResearchAtKU in 2021 to curators Jim Bever, Peggy Schultz, Terra Lubin and @lizkoziol . INVAM is in good hands! We will miss you! THANK YOU!

The 5,000 INVAM citations in the #AMF literature wouldn't exist without Bill's efforts. This doesn't even cover his huge outreach impact, including work with AMF-curious individuals from high school students to land managers, as well as global AMF collections and industry.

Bill Wheeler, curator of INVAM @WestVirginiaU, will retire in June after 30+ years of service with @FungiInvam. He led daily operations of #AMF cultivation & distribution under Joe Morton. Its impossible to fully express our gratitude for their contributions to #AMF research. 1/2

INVAM is harvesting cycle 3 of #AMF cultures since moving to @KUEcoResearch! In the past year, our website, invam.ku.edu, has had more than 20,000 views and we have had 1,200 visitors to our online store, universityofksinvam.company.site/products/. Thank you all for your support!

The curators of INVAM discuss #amf, field applications of AM fungi, and the @FungiInvam process at @KUEcoResearch. The presenters: 1) Jim Bever 2) @lizkoziol and 3) Terra Lubin Check it out! youtu.be/3Ia-iKdpiFU?si…

And we are always looking for more! See invam.ku.edu/strains-specia…

Excitingly, INVAM houses ~100 AMF species awaiting exploration for their potential benefits in agriculture and beyond. Check it out! invam.ku.edu/species-divers…

Unveiling agricultural insights by Joseph E. Carrara et al.! 🌱 @FungiInvam cultures show promise in boosting nutrient uptake in black beans, with Claroideoglomus claroideum, Funneliformis mosseae, and Gigaspora rosea standing out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Interested in #AMF molecular research and working with @FungiInvam ? We are hiring an entry level assistant researcher to join us at the @UnivOfKansas employment.ku.edu/jobs/staff/ass…