We organized three workshops as part of our #C4inV4 project supported by the #VisegradFund (no. 22420237), on #citizenscience, phylogenomics, and comparative genomics. The workshops attracted between 21 and 33 participants from 🇧🇪🇨🇳🇨🇿🇪🇪🇩🇪🇭🇺🇲🇰🇵🇱🇪🇸🇬🇧! THANK YOU ❤️🍄
The first #C4inV4 workshop was hosted by our #LFEE lab at the Biology Centre CAS and @fscusb.bsky.social in České Budéjovice. Focused on #citizenscience, it resulted in an occurrence dataset published on @gbif.org: doi.org/10.15468/zg4...
🍄New publication! Our FunDive paper on mycological societies in Europe, a collaborative effort involving 44 authors from 29 countries, is now published in Biodiversity and Conservation. Many thanks to all co-authors, reviewers & editors! 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
📝Surveys fun-dive.eu/en/dissemina...
BioMonWeek2026 - The European Conference for Biodiversity Monitoring 4-8 May 2026
📢 Registrations for #BioMonWeek2026 are opening in early February!
📍 Montpellier
📅 4–8 May 2026
Join the first edition of the European conference on cooperation and innovation in biodiversity monitoring, bringing together science, policy and business communities
ℹ️ www.biomonweek.eu
#BiodiversityData
New paper! Here we present the history, geographical distribution, and structure of organizations in #mycology across #Europe, as well as their activities—including journals, magazines, meetings, educational initiatives, and #citizenscience projects. doi.org/10.1007/s105... #FunDive
Thank to the #VisegradFund for funding our project "Courses to improve Collaboration in V4 Countries to learn about Cryptic fungi" (no. 22420237). It is great to be part of this experience! You can see the relation from our workshop on phylogenomics in @dhaelewa.bsky.social post below🍄💻
Thrilled to launch yet another #CitizenScience campaign for @fundive-fungi.bsky.social 🙃
The campaign' accompanying flyer is published in the open-access platform Zenodo, free to download, share, and cite: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#UrbanBiodiversity #FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNaturalist
🍄 #Typification: fixing fungal names
Many species of fungi were described long ago with only a short phrase or drawing-no type (reference) specimen!
This #FunDive campaign aims to collect type specimens & sequence DNA to anchor names and stabilize taxonomy. #Biodiversa
🌍 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
We know that 🍄Tricholoma eucalypticum🍄 grows with eucalyptus trees, but how many similar species exist in Europe? We don’t know! Help #FunDive to find out! For more educational materials, visit: fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... #Biodiversa
🍄Fungi that eat fungi🍄
The genus #Hypomyces parasitises exclusively other fungi, coating them in white mycelium that later becomes yellow, green or red.
We aim to map them in Southern & Western Europe and discover new species. Join the new #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
📣SAVE THE DATE📣
We are delighted to invite you to the meeting "Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action" which will take place in Uppsala, Sweden 14-17 April 2026. Organized by SLU Artdatabanken, Swedish Mycological Society, ECCF, EMA, #FunDive, SLU, JONEF, and SPUN.
🍄Microfungi on insects🍄
Fungi in the genus Hesperomyces are associated exclusively with ladybirds, visible as yellowish-greenish elongated balloons. We aim to map them in Europe and describe #newspecies. Join the #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Hygrophorus + fir = 💚
Some waxycaps form strong mycorrhizal ties with firs (Abies), especially in Southern Europe. While some #Hygrophorus species are Red-listed, others are poorly studied. Join the new #FunDive campaign and help map them and their habitats! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
🍄Have you ever seen truffle-like #Russulales?
Some Russula skip the classic mushroom shape (stipe, open cap and gills). Instead, they form enclosed, truffle-like fruitbodies! Join the new #FunDive campaign and help us map them and sequence their genomes fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... @biodiversa.eu
🚨 PhD opportunity! 🚨 We are looking for a student to work on a SONATA grant concerning the evolution of syncephalous flowers (complex inflorescences in the Asteraceae family) 💐
More info here > www.biol.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
Please contact >
j.baczynski@uw.edu.pl
Congratulations!
Did you know that the Copper Spike Mushroom (Chroogomphus rutilus) is a species complex with at least 8 similar species in Europe? Hiking in the pine forest on vacation? Help us map Chroogomphus distribution by sampling specimens from different European regions!
#CitizenScience #Chroogomphus
Let’s join the new FunDive sampling season!
🍄This year, we are not only continuing the projects started last year but also launching new ones🍄
➡️Visit our webpage to learn more fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... and join our fungal discovery mission!
We are looking for a #PhD Student in our group on "Environmental versus host controls on #parasite diversity in #Permian-#Triassic #vertebrate #coprolites" in the NCN project "The impact of mass #extinctions on parasite #diversity and #evolution".
www.biol.uw.edu.pl/staze-stypen...
We are looking for a #PhD Student in our group on #Cellular and genetic basis for #irradiation resistance in a microscopic #flatworm Stenostomum in the NCN project, '#Radiation resistance of #stem #cells in an evolutionary perspective'
www.biol.uw.edu.pl/staze-stypen...
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
🧬It's time to Read the Slime!
#Slimemoulds are weird, wonderful, and still understudied fungi-like organisms. You can help understand them.
Join the new FunDive citizen science campaign to find and sequence them 👉 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
#ReadTheSlime #CitizenScience #Barcoding #FunDive
Super happy to see @irynaya.bsky.social joining our team! Welcome! And looking forward to learn more about #myxomycetes
@ibe-warszawa.bsky.social
We are organizing a #Visegrad funded #citizenscience workshop in České Budějovice on 10-12 March 2025, with fieldwork, lectures, labs, roundtable discussions, and an open lecture by the esteemed Dr. Helen Roy. More updates to follow soon. 👉 Get in touch if you want to participate!
