Benjamin W Held
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Recent Articles
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Blanchette R, Rajtar N, Yandrasits H, Stephens K, Held B
Mycologia
. 2025 Feb;
117(2):213-221.
PMID: 39946550
This study examined fungi with -like morphology on submerged decorative wood in freshwater aquariums in Minnesota and Colorado. The wood was sold in retail stores in the United States but...
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Rajtar N, Kielsmeier-Cook J, Held B, Toapanta-Alban C, Ordonez M, Barnes C, et al.
Bot Stud
. 2023 Oct;
64(1):30.
PMID: 37878199
Background: Xylaria is a diverse and ecologically important genus in the Ascomycota. This paper describes the xylariaceous fungi present in an Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest and investigates the decay potential of...
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Otto E, Held B, Gould T, Blanchette R
Front Fungal Biol
. 2023 Sep;
2:782181.
PMID: 37744128
Thinning operations that occur in managed red pine () stands, create tree stumps that can serve as a habitat for fungi, especially , the cause of a serious root disease....
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Sabat G, Ahrendt S, Wu B, Gaskell J, Held B, Toapanta C, et al.
Microbiol Resour Announc
. 2022 Aug;
11(9):e0058622.
PMID: 35969048
The brown rot fungus Fomitopsis pinicola efficiently depolymerizes wood cellulose via the combined activities of oxidative and hydrolytic enzymes. Mass spectrometric analyses of culture filtrates identified specific proteins, many of...
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Wu B, Gaskell J, Held B, Toapanta C, Vuong T, Ahrendt S, et al.
Appl Environ Microbiol
. 2021 Jul;
87(16):e0033021.
PMID: 34313496
No abstract available.
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Wu B, Gaskell J, Held B, Toapanta C, Vuong T, Ahrendt S, et al.
Appl Environ Microbiol
. 2021 Jul;
87(16):e0032921.
PMID: 34313495
Wood-decaying fungi tend to have characteristic substrate ranges that partly define their ecological niche. is a brown rot species of Polyporales that is reported on 82 species of softwoods and...
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Held B, Simeto S, Rajtar N, Cotton A, Showalter D, Bushley K, et al.
Fungal Biol
. 2021 Jun;
125(7):551-559.
PMID: 34140151
The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an exotic forest pest that has killed millions of ash trees in the United States and Canada, resulting in an ecological disaster and billions...
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Blanchette R, Haynes D, Held B, Niemann J, Wales N
Mycologia
. 2021 Feb;
113(2):261-267.
PMID: 33605842
The indigenous people of the United States and Canada long have used forest fungi for food, tinder, medicine, paint, and many other cultural uses. New information about historical uses of...
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Blanchette R, Held B, Jurgens J, Stear A, Dupont C
PLoS One
. 2021 Jan;
16(1):e0246049.
PMID: 33497418
Historic wooden structures in Polar Regions are being adversely affected by decay fungi and a warming climate will likely accelerate degradation. Fort Conger and the Peary Huts at Lady Franklin...
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Bjerregaard Pedersen N, Matthiesen H, Blanchette R, Alfredsen G, Held B, Westergaard-Nielsen A, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2020 Sep;
10(1):14577.
PMID: 32884059
Climate change is expected to accelerate the microbial degradation of the many extraordinary well-preserved organic archaeological deposits found in the Arctic. This could potentially lead to a major loss of...