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IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social · 5d

🍄💧New Aquatic Fungus Discovered!🍄💧

Our group member @huzefaraj.bsky.social together with colleagues, described a new genus and species of freshwater fungus: Atromagnispora indianensis.

🔗 Full story: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/zo...

#aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG

Indianapolis Zoo Grant Fungi Discovery

Two Indianapolis Zoo grant recipients and a team of Conservation Coordinators with the Global Center for Species Survival have discovered an entirely new kind of freshwater fungus in Indiana.

www.indianapoliszoo.com

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Clare Blencowe @clareblencowe.bsky.social · 5d

I am in the paper being authoritatively impressed with all y'all citizen scientist types.

▶️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Power to the people. Fungi forever!

Bravo @plantlifeuk.bsky.social - you're cool.

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries

Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens

www.theguardian.com

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Neil Gow @neil-gow.bsky.social · 5d

Happy U.K. Fungus Day. This was drawn using the ink from a shaggy ink cap growing in my own garden.

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International Mycological Association @ima-mycology.org · 21d

Happy International Microorganism Day from the IMA! www.internationalmicroorganismday.org

International Microorganism Day

The mission of International Microorganism Day on 17 September is to build and provide a platform for microbe lovers around their world to share their passion and knowledge. From health and food, to…

www.internationalmicroorganismday.org

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · Sep 1

I started this #Mycologists Starter Pack, aiming to get all professional fungal researchers on BlueSky in one place. DM if you want to be added.

go.bsky.app/UMrVSsp

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · Aug 25

Stephen Axford is one of th greatest fungi photographers out there, so his latest book is a real treat #FungiFriends #MycoBookClub www.planetfungi.movie/planet-fungi...

Book cover: planet fungi a photographer's foray

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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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Bevan Weir @rhizobia.nz · Aug 19

Rare taxonomic #mycology job in NZ! Conduct fungal biodiversity & taxonomy research, secure funding, publish outputs. Working with the National Collections. PhD + postdoc experience required 🧪. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...

example mushroom you could be working on!

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Bevan Weir @rhizobia.nz · May 20

Understanding Facial Eczema in livestock 🐄 🧪 We discovered only one of two near-identical fungi on NZ farms makes the toxin that causes FE—and it now has a name: Pseudopithomyces toxicarius. This could change how we assess spore risk on farms. Full study: doi.org/10.3114/sim.... #mycology #taxonomy

The new toxin-producing species Pseudopithomyces toxicarius with sporulation on grass, photo growing on agar plates, and microscopy images of the spores

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · Apr 15

MarieCurie postdoc co-applications on offer in University of Tartu, Estonia:
Fungi in reforestation
AMF in agriculture
Global biogeography of fungi
Fungal Host/substrate specificity
Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost
DNA-based taxonomy of fungi
UNITE/FungalTraits further development

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · Mar 18

Taxonomists everywhere, and perhaps especially in the USA: tomorrow is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! I see you, I hear you, we need you!

A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Mar 12

We are looking for a volunteer to serve on the Society's Electronic Communication and Web Page Management Committee. For more information, get in touch with @dhaelewa.bsky.social!

a woman in a striped shirt says we need your experience we need you .

ALT: a woman in a striped shirt says we need your experience we need you .

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International Mycological Association @ima-mycology.org · Mar 10

The Asian Mycological Congress will be held this year on 23-26 November in Guangzhou, China! see: www.amc2025.cn

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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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Mycological Society of America @msafungi.bsky.social · Feb 27

Are you a member of @msafungi.bsky.social and employee of the US Federal Government who recently lost their job or who otherwise needs support during recent implementation of executive orders? We would like to connect with you to understand how the Society can help. Please DM to let us know.

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · Feb 18

🎉 It's OFFICIAL! 📢

🍄 The @imafungus.pensoft.net journal begins #publishing on its new #journal website powered by #ARPHA platform as part of our #openaccess portfolio!

🤝 Last year, along with several changes at #IMAFungus, @ima-mycology.org moved their flagship #journal to us.

👇 Read more:

IMA Fungus publishes its first issue with Pensoft

The first ten manuscripts of IMA Fungus have now been published on the journal’s new website following its transition to Pensoft’s ARPHA platform.

blog.pensoft.net

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IMA Fungus @imafungus.pensoft.net · Feb 18

We are excited to announce that the first 10 papers have been published to our new website following our move to Pensoft's ARPHA Platform!

Read more: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/18/i...

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Feb 16

Please help me add more journals to this list

go.bsky.app/QeUyDtp

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · Jan 10

One of the sampling campaigns of #FunDive, a 🇪🇺 project promoting fungal conservation, focuses on #Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – but we need YOU🫵! My PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social made a video with everything you want to know. youtu.be/HXfhY00U6M4?... #CitizenScience #TeamLaboul

The search for beetlehangers on ladybirds

YouTube video by #TeamLaboul

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · Dec 20

On behalf of all of us at the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, we wish you an amazing 2025! 😊

Here’s to a year where:
✨ Your research leads to exciting discoveries.
✨ Your papers get accepted (with just minor revisions!).
✨ And those New Year’s resolutions actually stick this time!

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · Dec 20

📢We are preparing a manuscript to map fungal occurrence data across Europe and present challenges in digitizing data. We call on mycological groups and societies to complete this Google Form (5-10 min max): forms.gle/9G9NicJduzp2... #FunDive #fungalconservation #fungalresearch @ima-mycology.org

Mapping fungal occurrences data

With your help, we want to map information on fungal occurrence data across Europe. We are fungal taxonomists, ecologists, conservationists, and citizen-science supporters within the pan-European FunD...

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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) @spun.earth · Dec 5

Our first Bluesky post contains some good news for #fungi! After a long history of being unprotected, COP16 marked a huge advancement in the conservation of fungi. 🍄🥳

Thanks to work led by our partners at Fungi Foundation, The Fungal Conservation Pledge was introduced at #COP16. bit.ly/3Vl9GHL

Why Fungi Could Get Higher Conservation Status And Why It Matters

The UK and Chile are proposing at the UN’s biodiversity conference COP16 in Colombia that fungi receive the same status to animals and plants. This could help foster and funding research.

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International Mycological Association @ima-mycology.org · Dec 7

A great starter pack for fungal taxonomists: bsky.app/starter-pack... let us know of any other mycology starter packs!

bsky.app

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International Mycological Association @ima-mycology.org · Nov 30

The IMA is moving away from Twitter / X but all of our news is available on our website at: https://buff.ly/4fOWSBS we also have new social media accounts on Bluesky: https://buff.ly/3B34hym LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/3ZvtkmY and facebook: https://buff.ly/3CU4xjJ give us a follow! #mycology

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