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Fukasawa Yu

フカサワ ユウ | Fukasawa Yu
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Associate Professor
Homepage URL  (1): https://sites.google.com/view/yu-fukasawas-website
Research field  (1): Ecology and environmental science
Research keywords  (13): behavioral ecology of fungi ,  biogeography ,  climate change ,  forest dieback ,  oak wilt disease ,  pine wilt disease ,  decomposition ,  microbial intelligence ,  biodiversity ,  biotic interactions ,  forest ecosystem ,  deadwood ,  Fungal community
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (17):
  • 2024 - 2028 南米における枯死木分解に関わる菌類群集と倒木更新の生物地理
  • 2024 - 2027 菌類による枯死木分解が森林の更新と炭素貯留に与える影響は気候でどう変わるか
  • 2024 - 2026 地下の菌類による電気的情報伝達とBVOC放出
  • 2021 - 2024 Effect of CWD in forest soil carbon budget
  • 2020 - 2024 環北極北方林における枯死木分解に関わる菌類群集と倒木更新の生物地理
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Papers (92):
  • Yuki Kawasaki, Yu Fukasawa*, Václav Pouska, Radek Bace, Monchil Panayotov, Nickolay Tsvetanov, Olga Orman, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Hirotoshi Sato, Martín Mikolás, et al. Geographical gradients in fungal communities and decay types of Norway spruce logs across central to southeastern Europe. Fungal Ecology. 2026. 80. 101482-101482
  • Yu Fukasawa. Do Fungal Mycelia Recognize Shapes?. Biophysics. 2025. 65. 4. 210-212
  • N. Sagara, N. Tuno, Y. Fukasawa, S. Kawada, T. Kasuya. Mushrooms arising from mole latrines reveal the life of moles: proposals of “myco-talpology” and “habitat-cleaning symbiosis”. The European Zoological Journal. 2025. 92. 1. 817-834
  • Yu Fukasawa, Kristin Aleklett Kadish. The emergence of fungal ethology as a distinctive discipline in mycology. Fungal Ecology. 2025
  • Yu Fukasawa, Satsuki Kimura. Carbon allocation shifts during fungal mycelial competition under the heat stress. Fungal Ecology. 2025. 76. 101435-101435
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MISC (26):
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Books (9):
  • 植物の多次元コミュニケーションダイナミクス
    エヌ・ティー・エス 2025
  • Dead wood wonderland
    Tsukiji Shokan 2023
  • キノコとカビの生態学-枯れ木の中は戦国時代-
    Kyoritu Shuppan 2017 ISBN:9784320009196
  • Aboveground-belowground linkages
    2016 ISBN:448602107X
  • Biodiversity in dead wood
    Kyoto University Press 2014
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Lectures and oral presentations  (25):
  • アカマツ立枯れ木の分解に伴う菌類群集の遷移
    (日本菌学会 2013)
  • 枯死木をめぐる生物間相互作用
    (みちのく進化生物セミナー 2013)
  • 倒木上および地上に更新したアカマツ実生の菌根菌群集
    (日本森林学会 2013)
  • アカマツ倒木の腐朽型の地理的分布
    (東北大学植物園研究発表会 2013)
  • 枯死木をめぐる生物間相互作用
    (山形県立博物館「ミクロの世界入門講座」 2013)
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Professional career (1):
  • Doctor (Agriculture) (Kyoto University)
Work history (5):
  • 2023/10 - 現在 Graduate School of Agricultural Science Laboratory of Forest Ecology Associate Professor
  • 2021/07 - 2024/06 Prominent Research Fellow, Tohoku University
  • 2023/04 - 2023/10 Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University Laboratory of Forest Ecology Assistant Professor
  • 2010/07 - 2023/03 Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku Univeristy Forest Ecology Assistant Professor
  • 2017/04 - 2019/03 Cardiff University School of Bioscience Visiting Scientist
Committee career (12):
  • 2025/04 - 現在 Mycological Society of Japan Board of Trustee
  • 2021/10 - 現在 Journal of Fungi Guest Editor
  • 2021/05 - 現在 Forests Guest Editor
  • 2021/04 - 現在 Tohoku branch of Ecological Society of Japan Local committee member
  • 2021/04 - 現在 Mycological Society of Japan Councilor
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Awards (11):
  • 2025/12 - Tohoku branch of the Ecological Society of Japan Excellent oral presentation award Effects of species richness and interspecific interactions on wood decay function of fungal communities
  • 2024/06 - Kuromatsunai Biodiversity Conservation Research Grant Committee Kuromatsunai Biodiversity Conservation Research Grant
  • 2024/05 - Mycological Society of Japan Outstanding presentation award
  • 2021/07 - Tohoku University Prominent Research Fellow
  • 2020/02 - Society for Young researchers on Neuroscience Tohoku Branch Oral presentation award
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Association Membership(s) (6):
The Japanese Society of Myxomycetology ,  The Japanese Forestry Society ,  The Mycological Society of Japan ,  The Ecological Society of Japan ,  The British Ecologica Society ,  The British Mycological Society
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