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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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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Aug 27

🥺 go gently. Hope you get the rest and support you need

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César Marín @cmarin.bsky.social · Aug 25

Call for symposia at @ICOM2026 is open until 15 October.
The 13 conference of @mycorrhiza_ims #Mycorrhiza will take place in Cairns, Australia, 12-17 July 2026!
@southmycorrhiza @karst_justine @fmartin1954 @1pantunes #soil #fungi

icom2026.org/symposia/

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · May 19

We are looking for a research ecologist to join the Board of @britishecologicalsociety.org. This influential role will help to set the strategic direction and priorities of the Society. Deadline 30 June with the role to start in December.

Join the BES Board of Trustees - British Ecological Society

We are seeking an ecologist working in academic research

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · May 9

Find out more here:

British Ecological Society (BES) Fellowship 2025/26

Applications are open for the 2023/24 British Ecological Society (BES) Fellowship untill 13th June.

f.mtr.cool

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · May 3

A recent @newscientist.com cartoon #fungi

Panel One:
A scientist is giving a lecture. she stands at a lecturn. The current slide shows a list of the five kingdoms of living things: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista and Monera. She says "Most people assume that fungi are plants. Whereas in fact, they form a kingdom of their own."

Panbel Two:
Caption : After the lecture
The scientist now appears to be in a subterranean cave, before her stand two very large mushrooms guarding a larger, beardedmushroom who sits in athrone wearing a crown. One of the mushrooms says "His majesty is very pleased with the work you are doing."

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Mar 14

This is the best, and my favourite space traveller
We should strive not only to do projects like voyager, but to *create* and *protect* the systems that allow risks like this to be taken. Voyager was pretty cheap, as projects go, but it needed optimistic vision…

DocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · Mar 12

About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · Mar 12

Hot off the press 🔥

The Spring Niche is here🌸

Find exciting research stories and key policy moments from our global community of ecologists packed in the new issue BES membership magazine. Get your copy by becoming a member today.

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Sally Lowell @cellysally.bsky.social · Mar 7

Can't recommend this postdoc opportunity highly enough. Really exciting Wellcome-funded project led by a wonderful PI. You will be happy in this lab.

Aida Rodrigo @aidarodrigo.bsky.social · Mar 5

📢 We are hiring! 📢

We are looking for a postdoc to help us work out why mice cannot regenerate the spinal cord but spiny mice *can*.

More info and how to apply: tinyurl.com/4m6yzbef

Get in touch if interested!

Postdoctoral Research Associate

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our group at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) and the Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR), The University of Edinburgh.

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Mar 5

I wrote a thing for #IWD25
- a more personal description of my pathway to #ecology than what you’ll see in my biogs and CV 😏

Curious about leadership and diversity? sign up to the Elm network mailchi.mp/d4a21a569247... and join @britishecologicalsociety.org - together we will change the world!

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · Mar 2

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised plants you’ve spotted blooming from across Britain & Ireland in the last week!

Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · Mar 2

Primroses in the Hazelwood. #wildflowerhour

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Feb 14

How different birds would act on a first date...a thread.

(From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

A playful illustrated title reads “How different birds would act on a first date." A disclaimer underneath states: “Not approved by RSPB fact-checkers.” The image features a cute Coal Tit perched sweetly on a blue flower. The background is a romantic shade of pink.

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 25

I long ago moved the social media apps to the “back” of my phone. It is liberating to break the habit.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Jan 25

The dream of technology is now under the control of men who are vain, foolish, self-centred, amoral, desperate for power, and in some cases openly fascistic. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...

How to resist the tech overlords

Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.

iandunt.substack.com

Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 25

Here’s a “why you have to block lace knits” mood 😮
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Blue knitted lace shawl before blocking c. 60cm long

Same knitted shawl after being washed and pinned for blocking and it’s now 120cm + long

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 16

Aww thank you ☺️- 50g of spare variegated sock yarn was sitting in the stash crying out for a dark wool contrast. I really like how it’s turned out

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 15

For WiP Wednesday what will be the first completed project of the year - and a bonus cat 🧶

A very nearly complete pair of Nordic pattern knitted handwarmers with a bonus cat

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 8

I found this on Etsy years ago and it’s the best knitting accessory I’ve ever got keeps things from getting lost - it’s not the tidiest but i would be lost without it

Knitting needle holder - looks like a dissecting kit!

Knitting needle holder rolled up and tied with a bow

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 8

Are they top down? If so, frog it back to the cuff and turn them into mittens. Am planning doing that with a sock where the 2 colour work made it too tight to put on.

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 8

I think I promised crows. The weather is chilly here at the moment and the campus crows particularly bold in pursuit of treats from me - they spot me veeery quickly when I appear.
Being spotted in cahoots with them does get me into some nice conversations too 😄

Two bold crows on a wall waiting for treats

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Katharine Hubbard @katharinehubbard.bsky.social · Jan 7

And #PlantSciEd is up and running! We’ve started with an excellent keynote from Stephen Spoel giving us an overview of UK plant science strategy, and food for thought as to what this means for educators.

Stephen Spoel delivering keynote address

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 5

You speak the truth, ma’am

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 5

Well, having knitted a bunch more of it, I then had to do a significant frog ‘n’ repair because I accidentally knitted 2 together and messed up the pattern big style 😳🤯

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 5

Happy New Year all, and hello to my many new followers.
Stay for the #wildflowerhour #knitting #academic chat, #ecology my cat, and possibly the odd crow 🐦‍⬛ - everything else is muted to preserve my equanimity…

My fast asleep white and dilute ginger spotted grumpy cat

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Prof Thorunn @luehea.bsky.social · Jan 5

Homage to Amma (maternal grandma) who could knit this stuff with her eyes shut (though she only ever did the tradition Icelandic black and white - yarns have come a loooong way!)
First #knit cast on of the year, and likely to be the first completion of the current WiPs

Half finished mitten in Nordic pattern, using black/purple and shades of pink yarns, back of hand side

Half finished mitten in Nordic pattern, using black/purple and shades of pink yarns, palm side

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · Jan 2

A huge congratulations to @pettorelli.bsky.social for being awarded an OBE for services to conservation and outreach in the #NewYearsHonours!

Nathalie has been involved with the BES for many years and has made major contributions to numerous areas of our work 🌍

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