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Major milestone unlocked for mycology! 🍄

We just published a massive genomic resource in 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚, releasing 2,695 complete circular mitochondrial species assembled from public data

This single dataset nearly 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐒 📈the known mitochondrial diversity of the Kingdom Fungi
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Prof. Nourou S. Yorou appointed General Director of the Benin Agency for Science and Innovation (ABRI) The International Mycological Association (IMA) is pleased to announce and warmly celebrate the appointment of Prof. Dr. Ir. Nourou S. Yorou as General Director of the Benin Agency for Science and Inn...

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Ir. Nourou S. Yorou, newly appointed General Director of Benin's Agency for Science and Innovation (ABRI)!

We look forward to his leadership and its impact on #mycological #science in Africa. 🔬

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The @ima-mycology.org is raising funds to support #fungal scientists from low-income countries to attend the quadrennial IMC 2027 in South Korea.

🥼Support the #scientists here: gofund.me/2a42629f1

📣Repost and reshare to spread the word!

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Letter of Appreciation by the IMA President  Dear fellow mycologists,Herewith, I would like to summarize the events of the previous 2025 that concerned the developments within the international mycological community and the International Mycolog...

✉️ A heartfelt letter of appreciation from IMA President Marc Stadler: @ms-fungi.bsky.social to the #mycological community!

🌟🍄 Recapping 2025 triumphs, journal milestones, and a call to support the IMC13 GoFundMe.

Full ✉️here: imafungus.pensoft.net/news/1071

@ima-mycology.org

The latest from the Kobziar Fire Ecology Lab with a photo taken by yours truly.

We’ve recovered many fungal pathogens in wildland fire 🔥 smoke. Viability was confirmed through culturing & mice developed lung disease when exposed.

Lots still to learn abt smoke as a microbial reservoir & vector.
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A new study just published from @andrewmann.bsky.social PhD dissertation on fungi and bacteria associated with the red turpentine beetle in its native range #fungi #insects #ecology www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...

Researchers describe four new 𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑎 species and reveal how genomic and metabolic adaptations drive their evolution and ecological diversity across host plants.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/imaf...

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.

🍄💧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

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

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.

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

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…

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

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

Book cover: planet fungi a photographer's foray

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...

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The mycology team in Auckland, New Zealand

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

example mushroom you could be working on!

The team!

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...

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

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

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

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...

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 .

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!

AMC 2025 flyer

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

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.
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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.

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.

🎉 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.

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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...

Please help me add more journals to this list

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The search for beetlehangers on ladybirds YouTube video by #TeamLaboul

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

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!

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...

📢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

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.

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