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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · 13d

Read the new issue by following the link:

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · 13d

Besides, the Ukrainian Botanical Initiative provides a contest for the best photos that appear on the cover of the Bulletin and its pages. The topic of the competition was fungy. Maria Zykova’s photo of Spinellus fusiger on Mycena sp. won and it is on the cover of the issue.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · 13d

Among them, the book “Kam’yanska Sich National Nature Park: The War Against Nature” (ukr. Національний природний парк «Камʼянська Січ»: Війна проти природи) tells about the horrific consequences of the war on nature, in particular on protected areas with unique ecosystems.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · 13d

… in memory of Professor Imomnazar Kudratov, field surveys of Taras Shevchenko’s motherland, and chronicles of the investigations of the vanished Kakhovka Reservoir. On the Bulletin’s pages, there is an overview of the new books.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · 13d

A new issue of the UBS Bulletin has been published!
The articles of the new issue are dedicated to 100-anniversary of UBS, the role of the Ukrainian botanists in founding the first protected areas in Ukraine, the contribution of the Ukrainian scientists to phytohormonology, ...

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today, Ruslan Mishustin, a postgraduate student at Kherson State University, defended his Ph.D. His thesis focused on Laboulbeniomycetes, a group of fungi that specifically develops on insects. Congratulations to Ruslan Mishustin, the newly minted Ph.D.! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywo_...

Разова спеціалізована вчена рада зі спеціальності 091 Біологія

YouTube video by Херсонський державний університет

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · May 7

Today, Yakiv Didukh, the president of the UBS, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, celebrates his birthday.
We wish you good health, mental balance, new scientific achievements, and well-being.
Happy Birthday!

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Apr 8

In 2024, Ukrainian Botanical Journal was included in the Scopus Core Collection. Recently, it got a Q3 rank in SCImago Journal & Country Rank in all categories. Congratulations to the editorial board of the Ukrainian Botanical Journal!

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Apr 6

The Ukrainian researchers also participated in that investigation. We congratulate all the authors for their outstanding work.
Read more in the original article:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - Nature

A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) demonstrates the negative effects of re...

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Apr 6

Studying the dark diversity shows that each studied site “lost” representatives that potentially have occurred there even in the sites with relatively low human impact. Among the putative reasons for such a phenomenon, are fragmentation, pollution, etc.

Pärtel, M., Tamme, R., Carmona, C.P. et al. Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08814-5

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Apr 6

Recently, Nature published an article illustrating the impact of human activities on global biodiversity. Analyses of 5,500 sites from 119 regions demonstrate that not only direct disturbance effects on biodiversity decrease but also the mediating factors.

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Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · Mar 26

Česká botanická společnost otevřela profil na Bluesky a přestala zveřejňovat informace na síti X.
The Czech Botanical Society has opened a profile on Bluesky and discontinued sharing information on X.
bsky.app/profile/bota...

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Mar 24

We have gotten warm congratulations from our colleagues from several European countries. It is very valuable to us to know that we have such support from our friends abroad. We know that we are not alone in the difficult times we live in. We are grateful to each one. 💙💛

Congratulations from the Botanical Section of the Hungarian Biological Society.

Congratulations from the Romanian Association of Botanical Gardens.

Congratulations from the Polish Botanical Society.

Congratulations from the Slovakian Botanical Society.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Mar 24

On March 20–21, 2025, the members of the Society gathered at M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine to celebrate the 100-year jubilee of the Ukrainian Botanical Society. We talked about our rich history, and discussed modern issues and the way to resolve them.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Feb 21

The Ukrainian Botanical Society has released its first Bulletin, which includes news about the Society, announcements of upcoming events, about expeditions, reviews of articles and publications, and other interesting topics.
www.botany.kiev.ua/doc/bul_ubt_...

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year, dear friends and colleagues! We cordially congratulate you and wish you all the best in 2025. May you find inspiration, strong health, and peace!

Sincerely,
The Ukrainian Botanical Society.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Dec 21

Jan Vondrák is the first to describe Sporodophoron cretaceum with fruiting bodies (see figure).

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Dec 21

The researches were provided by the group of the Ukrainian and Czech scientists Olekasandr Khodosovtsev, Jan Vondrák, Zdeněk Palice, Stanislav Svoboda, Jiří Maliček, Valerii Darmostuk, Ondřej Peksa, František Bouda.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Dec 21

More than 30 lichens, semilichens and lichenicolous fungi are reported for the first time from Ukraine after two Ukrainian-Czech expeditions in 2019 to the primeval forests of the Carpathians. The paper is here:
www.czechmycology.org/czech-mycolo...

CZECH MYCOLOGY | CONTENT / OBSAH

CZECH MYCOLOGY - CONTENT / OBSAH

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Dec 16

Kherson State University has published over 100,000 records in @GBIF. They created 46 datasets containing information about biodiversity from Ukrainian scientific literature.
More about this achievement here👇🏻
www.facebook.com/share/p/17zv...

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Dec 11

Today is the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the 10 protected areas and objects in Ukraine.
These objects are important centers of biodiversity in Ukraine. They protect forests, wetlands, steppes, mountain habitats, etc.

#UkrBotSoc #Nature #Reserves

Photo by Ministry of Environment Protection and Nature Sources of Ukraine.

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ivan-moys.bsky.social @ivan-moys.bsky.social · Dec 5

Науково-практичний семінар присвячений 160 річчю з дня народження Й.К. Пачоського: "Дані про біологічне різноманіття в цифрову добу"

Понеділок, 9 грудня 2024 року, 15.00
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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Nov 27

Are you a user of @inaturalist.bsky.social ? Have you checked your stats out? Share your year in numbers with us.
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iNaturalist's Global 2024 Year in Review

Highlights and stats from 2024 on iNaturalist

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Nov 24

We are pleased that Professor Milan Chytrý (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic) has become an honorary member of the Ukrainian Botanical Society. We look forward to his participation in the next Congress of #UkrBotanySoc in a peaceful Ukraine.

Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · Nov 22

It is a great honour for me to be elected an honorary member of the Ukrainian Botanical Society - a community of outstanding scientists who continue their work even though they and their country have to pay a terrible toll for their desire to live in freedom and democracy.

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Ukrainian Botanical Society @ukrbotanysoc.bsky.social · Nov 24

Round shape symbolises the union for a mutual goal. The sharp beams resemble petals that reflect Petrikivka painting. The geometry of the logo represents the sun, symbolising the light of knowledge and science.

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