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IPBES @ipbes.net · 1d

🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.

Read more from @mongabay.com :

Nearly one-third of fungi on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an additional 482 fungi, bringing the total to roughly 1,300 species of…

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 3d

🍄 Opportunity alert!

Natural England are looking for a UK-based collaborator to support analytics for a Fungal Red List for Great Britain.

Tasks include bias assessment, Frescalo modelling, AOO/EOO, and data presentation (Shiny or Excel).

📩 Get in touch: [email protected]

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 13d

Great to collaborate with @DomainOfScience on this new video, with our scientists inputting on the fascinating map of fungi 🍄🌍 From medicines to forests, fungi are a kingdom of life shaping our world.

Discover just how important they are in 20 minutes 👇

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The Fascinating Map of Fungi

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 22d

We had a blast at the Fungi Festival debuting our new Fungi Workshop + Foraging Game! 🍄🌧 Big thanks to everyone who joined us in the rain + mud, and congrats to our game winners! We've also teamed up with the Great Science Share to create 3 fab fungi resources - check them out here: buff.ly/bK2LCnZ

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Fay Newbery @fayrnhawk.bsky.social · 28d

You heard right! I'll be announcing an online self-help group tomorrow that will include some teaching. @jandbio.bsky.social will be involved along with other professional researchers. And I have tutors signed up for an in-person training in autumn2026!

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Matt Wainhouse @funganaught.bsky.social · 28d

I heard a wee rumour you were thinking of organising a course on this with @jandbio.bsky.social . Any progress?

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Fay Newbery @fayrnhawk.bsky.social · 28d

Collecting #AquaticHyphomycete spores is easy. They get caught up in large numbers in river foam. Foam can be scooped up into a jar. @funaction.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @panspecieslisting.bsky.social @msafungi.bsky.social

A person using a tea strainer on the end of a stick to collect foam from a stream. Photo: Sam Booth.

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Nicole Kearney @nicolekearney.bsky.social · 28d

I've been managing BHL's #Bluesky account for 4 months now. It's an honour to share such beautiful & significant content, particularly at this critical time. BHL's future is uncertain, but hopeful. Follow along @biodivlibrary.bsky.social & on the #BHLblog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/tag/transition

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The British Lichen Society @britishlichensociety.org.uk · Sep 5

An opportunity of a lifetime for budding lichenologists. The National Trust and the Royal Botanics, Edinburgh are offering a PAID lichen traineeship in #Scotland! The work programme looks fascinating and a great opportunity to develop skills. Deadline: 3/10/2025. www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...

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Sean Cooch @waxcapscooch.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wonder.... I’m giving a talk.

The wonderful world of Waxcap Grasslands

Exploring the ecology, conservation and global importance of these vibrant fungi

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 5

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), mycology study, author/artist who contributed to science and natural history #womensart

Painting of mushrooms with ref spotty tops amd white and pink stalks

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · Sep 3

BMS Talk: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) for fungal metabarcoding in soils. Ben Gregson highlights how eDNA allows researchers to detect & compare complex fungal communities soils from a wide range of climates & land uses. Find out more & book: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/bms-talks.html

Poster for the BMS Talk: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) for fungal metabarcoding in soils by Ben Gregson, Anglia Ruskin University.

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Paszkowski Lab @paszkowskilab.bsky.social · Sep 3

🍄 One month until Fungi Field Day 2025!! 🍄

Held on UK Fungus Day (4th October) @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, this event celebrates the fungal kingdom, featuring science, games, walks, talks, face-painting and much more for all ages. Please spread the word!

www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/fun...

Fungi Field Day - Cambridge University Botanic Garden

www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · Sep 2

The Scarce Fungus Weevil lays its eggs only in Cramp Balls (or King Alfred's cakes) - fungi that grow on dead Ash wood. With Ash dieback & the felling of Ash trees threatening their habitat, the beetle's future is uncertain.🌳 Read the #UKFungusDay blog: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/anecessarywe...

A necessary weevil | UK Fungus Day

Home

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Matt Wainhouse @funganaught.bsky.social · Aug 31

Spoiler - it doesn't!

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Matt Wainhouse @funganaught.bsky.social · Aug 30

This was my Friday night bedtime *reading* (my rock and roll lifestyle). Really cool to see the process you've gone through. Well done, you're doing a fantastic job

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Clare Blencowe @clareblencowe.bsky.social · Aug 30

My recent talk - Reintroducing @britmycolsoc.org.uk's Field Mycology publication - is now up on YouTube ▶️ youtu.be/bN-B1pxpYIs?...

The main message being... we hope you'll read it! ▶️ fieldmycology.org

You can subscribe to the print edition if you want to: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/fm-journal

BMS Talk: Clare Blencowe - Reintroducing the BMS's 'Field Mycology' publication. August 2025

YouTube video by British Mycological Society

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Aug 30

“Prof Bardgett warns against viewing compost extracts as a quick fix [for soil health]

‘it’s better to change the soil environment first, to make it more amenable for the organisms already in the soil to flourish. Otherwise, most [of them] will simply die’”
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Down and dirty: how regenerative farming is digging into microscopic soil life

Nurturing everything from bacteria and fungi to worms is seen as essential to helping minimise use of chemicals and machinery

www.theguardian.com

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FeM - Funghi e Micologia @funghimicologia.bsky.social · Aug 30

The genome sequence of the Oak Polypore, Buglossoporus quercinus (Schrad.) Kotl. & Pouzar

#OakPolypore
#Buglossoporus

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · Aug 29

Whilst wet weather might not be everyone’s cup of tea, Kew’s Mycologists are celebrating this rainy #FungiFriday, with hopes it will instigate some welcome fungal activity!

Many fungi use rain to spread their spores, such as often-over-looked bird’s nest fungi, also known as “splash cups”.

Person in a rain poncho carrying a wicker basket walks along a sandy path through heathland with heather and young trees under a grey sky

Close-up of cyathus striatus (flute's bird’s nest) on damp woodchip, brown cup-shaped nests holding small white peridioles.

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · Aug 29

🔍 Help us improve GB Red Listing!

If you use the GB Red List data on our webpage, we’d love your feedback.

📋 Take a short survey to help us enhance how we share this vital information:
👉 jncc.gov.uk/our-work/red...

🗓️ Survey closes 10 October 2025

Puffin on a rock with wings outstretched, holding fish in its beak. Other puffins in the background. Copyright Gannet77/iStock

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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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Adriana Corrales @adricorrales.bsky.social · Aug 25

Macrofungi long term inventories are key for improving taxonomic discovery and complete biodiversity assessments of fungi! This long term inventory found 546 species in only one site: The Ordway-Swisher Biological Station in Florida www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Think globally, barcode locally: nine years of macrofungi sampling reveals extensive biodiversity at the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, a subtropical site in Florida

The Ordway-Swisher Biological Station (OSBS) is a 38-km2 reserve owned by the University of Florida and is part of the National Ecological Observatory…

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Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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