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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 7d

Field mycology in practice at the recent German Mycological Society in Springe (DGfM) - zoom in for details and see the amazing illustrations!

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Neriman Yilmaz 🧫🔬🧬🧪 @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social · Jun 18

Beyond the science, the week was filled with memorable cultural and social events:
🍷 Welcome at @FutureAfrica
🔬 FABI, UPLC & NMR lab tours
🖼️ Private tour of the Javett Art Centre
🐘 Safari in Pilanesberg @funguscrous.bsky.social @ms-fungi.bsky.social @bernardslippers.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · Jun 11

1/🌍 The Mycobiomics team from the Czech Republic, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, and Thailand came together for an exciting expedition in the biodiverse Arabuko Sokoke Forest, north of Malindi, Kenya. 🍄🧵 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · Jun 11

2/ Hosted by Josphat Matasyoh (@EgertonUniversity), the team explored multiple sites to collect soil, mushrooms, and insect- & plant-associated fungi in one of East Africa’s richest biodiversity hotspots. 🌱🌿🪲 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · Jun 11

3/ Each day ended with lab sessions: processing samples, exchanging techniques, and diving deep into the shared passion for fungal diversity. These moments of collaboration were as valuable as the time in the forest. 🔬💬✨ @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · Jun 11

4/ From forest floors to lab benches to conference halls, this collaboration is a powerful reminder of how global partnerships drive science forward, especially in uncovering the hidden world of fungi. 🍄💡

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · Jun 11

5/ The expedition didn’t end in the field. Most of the team then travelled to 🇿🇦 to join the Mycobiomics meeting at #FABI, continuing discussions & strengthening international networks in fungal research @ms-fungi.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social

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Neriman Yilmaz 🧫🔬🧬🧪 @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social · Jun 6

1/ 🚨 A big update: Our paper on #Bisifusarium taxonomy is now out!
This genus (formerly Fusarium dimerum complex) is linked to cheese 🧀, soil & arid plants 🌵, and even opportunistic human infections 🧬 @funguscrous.bsky.social @westerdijkinst.bsky.social

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · Apr 7

DNA sequences as type meeting at Westerdijk - is today the day that we change life as you knew it? Cobus Visagie kicks it up a gear

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · Mar 3

Neil Gow delivering a wonderful keynote at ICFG17 in Dublin, highlighting the negative effects of fungal infections on humans

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Feb 4

In oktober ruilde Geert de Snoo zijn directeurschap na vijf jaar bij het NIOO in voor zijn nieuwe rol bij de KNAW. Lees in dit interview waar De Snoo trots op terugblikt binnen zijn tijd als NIOO-directeur en hoe hij vooruitkijkt naar de toekomst: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/nieuws/vi...

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · Feb 1

During surveys for Gibellula attenboroughii on cave-dwelling, orb-weaving zombie spiders in the UK, a new species of Samsoniella, S. scoliopterygis, was found infecting moths in the same caves.
doi.org/10.3114/fuse...

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · Jan 28

Along came a zombie spider: Gibellula attenboroughii, a unique fungus killing spiders in caves in the British Isles has been named after Sir David Attenborough, a pioneer of BBC natural history programmes, which indirectly led to the discovery of this fungus.
🔗 doi.org/10.3114/fuse...

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · Jan 24

Join us at the 2025 Westerdijk Spring Symposium!

📅 When: April 7–8, 2025
📍 Where: Utrecht, the Netherlands
🎯 Theme: DNA Sequences as Type

For more Information and Registration
👉 ymlp.com/z4iFHn

Westerdijk Spring Symposium: DNA Sequences as Type

ymlp.com

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · Dec 29

Hi Eric
I can try - you might not find it again 😳

Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · Dec 26

Oh YES! Eric - we need to culture this as well - you seem to be collecting like a demon! Santa appears to favour mycologists!

Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · Dec 26

Wow Eric - lovely find! I would be happy to culture and sequence it for you - there are several species on Claviceps, and it would be interesting to see which you collected 👍

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Margaux Boeraeve @margauxboeraeve.bsky.social · Nov 22

One of my highlights of the past mushroom season was finding this Dendrocollybia racemosa 🍄📷 It grows in fruiting bodies of Russula species, where it then forms black sclerotia from which the fruiting body grows the next year. I found it growing between a Collybia species with the same ecology.

The branched stalk of Dendrocollybia racemosa growing among the slender fruiting bodies of a Collybia species.

View through the stereomicroscope of a brownish piece of old mushroom with black sclerotia from which the fruiting body of Dendrocollybia is growing. Three fruiting bodies of a Collybia species are also growing from the old fruiting body.

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · Dec 23

New publication 📜

This re-evaluation of the Fusarium sambucinum species complex clarifies its diversity and solidifies its role as a major producer of harmful plant pathogens and mycotoxins.

Read here👇
doi.org/10.3114/sim....

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Jennifer Anderson @jandbio.bsky.social · Dec 19

Loved this new work of art produced for IMC12. It was so cool on the big screen! Now we can all enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUct...

IMC12 Fungal Landscapes Movie

YouTube video by Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · Nov 17

📢Our paper on mycological long-term studies in tropical regions was finally published in #IMAFungus! It emphasizes results in the Pakaraima Mountains of #Guyana, but also mentions other long-term projects such as ours in #CusucoNationalPark in #Honduras. doi.org/10.1186/s430...

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · Dec 16

The Silent Pandemic of Antifungal Resistance www.the-scientist.com/the-silent-p... interview with @fhagen.bsky.social #fungi

The Silent Pandemic of Antifungal Resistance

As the world grapples with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, another insidious threat looms large: drug-resistant fungi.

www.the-scientist.com

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · Dec 17

🎙️ New Interview Alert

The Scientist sat down with @fhagen.bsky.social from the Westerdijk Institute to discuss a global health challenge: the silent pandemic of antifungal resistance.

Read here:
www.the-scientist.com/the-silent-p...

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Sigrid Neuhauser @sigridneuhauser.bsky.social · Dec 14

Strobilomyces strobilaceus, or "old man of the woods" is found solitary or in groups in deciduous or coniferous forests in low mountain ranges. With a 4-10 cm cap it is a small member of the Boletales. Edible, but the taste is bitter and therefore not recommended. #fungifact 🍄📷🦠🧪 #fungifriends

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · Dec 14

Shepard’s crook disease of Protea caffra caused by Colletotrichum along the Swartberg Pass in the Western Cape of South Africa

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