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Dr of Ecology Conservation Mycologist Member @iucnfungi.bsky.social One teenage boy 🏉🥁⚛️, two black cats 🐾 #CitizenScience #Bioinvasions #UrbanBiodiversity #Conservation #SustainableUse Reuniting #WomenInMycology 🐦>>🦋 🔗 https://linktr.ee/cfe_mycolab

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Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬 @cfemycolab.bsky.social · Apr 30

🍄 🧪🌍 #CitizenScienceMonth ends today, so I thought I'd share our review published last year in @consletters.bsky.social "The Power of Citizen Science to Advance Fungal Conservation"
#citizenscience #conservationscience #conservation #ICYMI

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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@iucnfungi.bsky.social!!

Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬 @cfemycolab.bsky.social · 10h

You're welcome!

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Jack Nunn @jacknunn.bsky.social · 2d

"Improving citizen science: Co-creating recommendations with researchers and the public"

A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science

doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#citizenscience #public #science

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👆👆Two more #citizenscience projects to the growing database @dhaelewa.bsky.social ☺️

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TR Cavallaro @trcava.bsky.social · 3d

I made a flyer! Know anyone in CA, OR, WA, or BC who might be interested in collecting mushrooms for research purposes? #mycology #citizenscience

Please share widely! 🧪 🍄‍🟫 🌲

A PDF version can be found here: drive.proton.me/urls/W1MM4FG...

A help-wanted poster seeking volunteer mushroom collectors in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.

The poster provided some background info about the research project and study system and how folks can contribute if they are interested.

REQUEST | Calling all mycophiles, naturalists, and citizen scientists in CA, OR, WA, and BC!

Going for a hike in the woods or a walk in your neighborhood park?
• Please keep your eyes peeled for the purple mushrooms of L.a-o!
• Collect the mushrooms* if you are able to access them safely.
• If you can, please take a photo of the mushrooms and the tree(s) you find them under.
*If you find a mushroom that is clearly rotten or moldy, please don't collect it.

"I collected some purple mushrooms. What should I do now?"
1. Please keep the mushroom fresh:
• Store in paper, not plastic.
• Keep cool/ refrigerate, but do not freeze.
• Store mushrooms away from light.
2. Email me to arrange pick-up, delivery, or shipment* of your sample.
* will cover packing and shipping expenses!

"What's in it for those who contribute to this work?"
• You will receive acknowledgement in presentations and publications stemming from this research.
• You will receive copies of journal publications from this research (data available upon request).
• You are invited to attend presentations of this research and to visit the lab at Stanford University.

Page 2 of the help-wanted poster includes reference photos of the study organism and a map of where this species has been observed. All images and the map are sourced from iNaturalist.

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Thank you! I'll look into it.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Kayla Dixon @womanseeksfungi.bsky.social · 8d

It's fall, y'all. 🍂
Oyster mushroom.
#fungi #fungifriends #mushroom

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Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬 @cfemycolab.bsky.social · 19d

The kind of science I want on a Friday afternoon 😜

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 19d

Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋

The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize

Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.

www.the-scientist.com

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Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 20d

I just passed my 50,000th identification on @inaturalist.bsky.social! Identifying is a huge but often ignored part of the #iNaturalist community and dataset so I wanted to share why and how I identify. 1/14

🧪 #ecology #taxonomy #botany #CommunityScience

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Frances Pitsillides @francespi.bsky.social · 22d

Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !

Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄‍🟫

If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Whole genome sequencing of historical specimens from the world's largest fungal collection yields high‐quality assemblies

High-throughput molecular studies of museum specimens (museomics) have great potential in biodiversity research, but fungal historical collections have scarcely been examined, leading to no comprehe...

doi.org

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Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social · Aug 5

Pangeneric analyses reveal the divergent genome
evolution and ecologies between morels and truffles
in the Morchellaceae published in
@currentbiology.bsky.social

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Photo: M. Vulgaris (Ph Clowez)

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Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬 @cfemycolab.bsky.social · 23d

Thrilled to launch yet another #CitizenScience campaign for @fundive-fungi.bsky.social ‪🙃

The campaign' accompanying flyer is published in the open-access platform Zenodo, free to download, share, and cite: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#UrbanBiodiversity #FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNaturalist

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Society for Conservation Biology - Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social · 26d

🌍 Call open for #ECCB2026!

The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, July 6–10 2026) seeks proposals for symposia, panels, workshops & training.

📅 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
🔗 eccb26leiden.eu/calls/

Join us in building effective biodiversity conservation.

CALLS – ECCB 2026

eccb26leiden.eu

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Hanna Johannesson @hannajohannesson.bsky.social · Sep 7

We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com

Lediga jobb vid Stockholms universitet

Jobb

su.varbi.com

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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · Sep 1

A UE quer reverter proteções ambientais vitais. Prazo para travar isto: 10 de setembro ⏰
Diz-lhes para manterem as suas #HandsOffNature 👉 spea.pt/campanhas/ha...

Não deixe a UE destruir a proteção da natureza | #HandsOffNature - SPEA

Temos 10 dias para impedir a Comissão Europeia de destruir proteções ambientais vitais. Diga-lhes para deixarem a natureza em paz.

spea.pt

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Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬 @cfemycolab.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hi Justine 👋 You'll find all the information on the journal's website— www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Fungal Ecology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Fungal Ecology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Fungal Ecology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · Aug 28

📣 Call for papers! Special issue of #FungalEcology on “Fungal conservation: from knowledge to actions” co-edited by Susana C. Gonçalves @cfemycolab.bsky.social & Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social. Deadline for manuscripts: 31 Jan 2026. Find out more: www.linkedin.com/company/brit...

Cover of the BMS's Fungal Ecology journal

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International Mycological Association @ima-mycology.org · Aug 25

An exciting full-time permanent mycology job with a focus on taxonomy in Auckland, New Zealand! PhD and some postdoc experience required. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #mycology #jobs

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The mycology team in Auckland, New Zealand

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Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬 @cfemycolab.bsky.social · Aug 25

How scientists get to know what they know about #climatechange 👇
Great #SciComm!

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · May 1

Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming.

Could these be the real culprits?

The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.

This thread explains! 🧵

A graphic with an icon of the sun, a wiggly line denoting natural cycles, and a volcano, with a title reading "WHY is climate changing?" created by me. Not fancy, as my graphic design skills lean to function over art!

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European Citizen Science Association @ecsa.ngo · Aug 18

#𝗘𝗖𝗦𝗔𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
This panel explores how citizen science shapes participants’ #environmental values, behaviors, and sense of agency. We invite dialogue on the social #impact of citizen science projects
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecsa2026/p/17085
#CallForPapers

Measuring the Intangible: The Social Impact of Citizen Science on Participants and Communities

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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · Aug 18

My new paper is out! 🧪🦠

Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵

Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds

Native mycorrhizal fungi enhance prairie restoration by boosting native plant diversity, supporting late-successional species, and reducing invasive plants

academic.oup.com

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Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬 @cfemycolab.bsky.social · Aug 14

Obrigada pela partilha 😊