Very happy to have had the chance to present at the 5th Annual @canfunnet.bsky.social Conference yesterday about the state of fungal conservation in Quebec/Canada, and how citizen science-based organizations like @mycosphaera.bsky.social can help bridge gaps in fungal knowledge and conservation 🍄

Dear CanFunNet community, we are happy to announce that abstract submission and registration are now open! Here is the link: conference.has.uwo.ca/Register/def.... #CFN26

This British Mycological Society webinar from December 2025 explores the BMS journals and the benefits of publishing your fungal biology research or mycology field studies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BagG...

📣 The deadline for this @britmycolsoc.org.uk special issue on fungal conservation has been extended to 15th March 2026. Spread the word and don’t hesitate to contact @cfemycolab.bsky.social or me if you have any questions. We’re looking forward to receiving your submissions! 🍄

I did this in person once. Met the guy who wrote the paper that changed my career and told him about it. He said, “wow, I didn’t think anyone read that paper!” 😂

1. You love aquatic fungi 2. You never heard about them but are curious 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 I would love to connect with you! 🍄💧🤗 Find me next week during #livingdata2025. Let's talk about #aquaticfungi #conservation. @funaction.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social

Are you a field mycologist, fungal biology researcher, or mycology student? Join our webinar on 11 December to hear how publishing with BMS journals can support both your career & the global mycology community. 👉 Book now: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/mycology_pub... #mycology #research #publishing

🍄Working in fungal conservation? Call for papers for our upcoming special issue in Fungal Ecology 'Fungal conservation: from knowledge to actions' ! Deadline 31 January 2026 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Canada Post released this set of 5 #fungi #stamps last week. I'm so pleased to have had the opportunity to illustrate them! Design by Joce Creative. More stamp images: www.emilydamstra.com/canada-post-... #fungifriends #postagestamps #stampcollecting #philately #fungiart #mushrooms #lichens #SciArt

Can you believe #CFN25 is just one week away? Keep an eye on your emails for updates from us! Speakers and Moderators — please double-check the times and locations for your sessions. Registration is open—don't miss our lineup of plenary speakers! Sponsored by @biologists.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that I'll be starting my lab @uofguelph.bsky.social this September! I'll be joining the Department of Food Science and I'm so excited to study yeast diversity in this context!

Join us tonight for this public lecture, if you are in St. John's, Newfoundland!🍄 www.mun.ca/research/eve...

“Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi”🍄🧬 a plot twist in the story of multinucleate filamentous fungi! Really cool and bizarre new work from the lab of Xin Li! @science.ubc.ca @ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Check out this amazing special issue. The editorial from Joe Heitman nicely sets the scene and there are some spectacular reviews from many mycologists. I am glad to have been part of this, including in the 'MyShroom' section! #Fungi

No plans for #BiodiversityDay? Join us to celebrate aquatic fungi diversity in this free webinar with talks on marine arenicolus fungi, freshwater lichens, fungi as bioindicators, & driftwood fungi. 💧🍄 🗓️ 22 May, 2pm UTC 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/aquaticfungi... #AquaticFungi

Two weeks left for abstract submission and early bird registration for CanFunNet: canfunnet.conferences.uwo.ca/registration This virtual conference will be held Aug 6-8, 2025, register now if you plan to present!

Our theme is "From Local to Global" join us as we explore themes related to: - Fungal Plant Pathology - Medical Mycology - Fungal Genetics and Genomics - Fungal Ecology and Evolution - Big Data in Fungal Biology - Fungal Symbioses and more!

Our theme this year is "From local to global" and we can't wait to learn about a the amazing fungal research being done across Canada and beyond. We also want to hear about the impacts of your research whether those inform local decisions or have global relevance.

Hot off the press, a new paper by Jake, @tremblay-ecology.bsky.social and co-authors! journal.afonet.org/vol96/iss2/a... 'Insights from a decade of using the Motus network to track boreal bird species from Observatoire d’oiseaux de Tadoussac, Québec to temperate and tropical wintering grounds'

Student award alert ! Are you a student working with fungi in 🇨🇦 who published a paper in 2024? The annual Luella K. Weresub Memorial Award recognizes the best student paper in fungal biology, & honours Dr. Luella K. Weresub, a well-known Canadian mycologist. Apply by Mar 31, '25. Value: $1k

Way to go Jake, Trevor Avery, Danielle Quinn & co-authors! new research hot off the press from Acadia U esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

An #AquaticFungi valentine! The perfect ascospores for today 🖤

How does a 🍄 genome change in evolutionary transition to life on another 🍄 ? Congrats @ccgallen.bsky.social on first results on this strange Sporothrix we started studying during the pandemic. TLDR: +-1/3 of genome lost in switch to life in matrix of another fungus, but intriguing CAZymes gained

Rural communities in Québec are embracing ‘mushroom tourism’ to boost local economies

Come join us at the best small Biology Department in Canada www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/... 🍁 Tenure track Assistant Professor, Biopharma and Animal Physiology

Happy New Year 🎉 - CanFunNet 🍁🍄 virtual meeting is back for 2025! Mark your calendars 📆 Aug 6-8 and keep an eye out for abstract submission announcements!

Jan 1, and my first day as an Asst. Professor at Berkeley. The lab opens in just a few weeks and I am currently staffing at all levels- www.lotuslofgren.com/new-page-1

time.com/6283728/be-t... May 2025 be one of transformation & possibility

📣 Want to know more about 🌲 🌳 tree-related microhabitats and their research potential in North America? Check out our new article in the December bulletin (vol. 57, 3) of the Canadian Botanical Association (CBA) ⬇️ www.cba-abc.ca/wp-content/u...

Wishing you all the best for the coming year! 🇨🇦🍄🦉

Congratulations to my husband Jake, and @tremblay-ecology.bsky.social & co-authors! academic.oup.com/condor/advan...

Our #database of entomopathogenic fungi and their host associations (currently with 1,791 records) is finally published! doi.org/10.1038/s415... #EntomoFun #Hypocreales #OpenAccess

The feeling of creating an out of office autoresponder email message

Root carbon inputs outweigh litter in shaping grassland soil microbiomes and ecosystem multifunctionality www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Honoured to be incoming co-Editor-in-Chief of Fungal Ecology! Send us your best work. 🍄https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/fungal-ecology @benwolfe.bsky.social

"Enumerating the gifts you've recieved creates a sense of abundance, the knowing that you already have what you need. Recognizing 'enoughness' is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more" Robin Wall Kimmerer (The Serviceberry)

We're back, baby! Save the date for Canada’s coast to coast-est, MycoMeeting with the most-est! Low cost, virtual, accessible. 5 years of awesome-ness. You don't want to miss this! 🫶❤️🇨🇦🍄💪#mycology #students #globalReach 200+ attendees from around the world #LessHypeMoreHyphae

Join us! Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society 2025 Annual Conference. Heck yes there will be marine fungi & microbes on the menu, but all coastal science research welcome! 🌊🇨🇦 @cerfscience.bsky.social

I found this paper, written by 10 doctoral students in Stockholm, quite interesting: Creative destruction in academia: a time to reimagine practices in alignment with sustainability values #academia link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I have just created the fungal systematics starter pack. Who do you think is missing? go.bsky.app/Nw1xi6p

Reading in journal club: Scientists as political advocates This paper triggered an interesting discussion what we could do as a lab; maybe material for a newsletter... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Westerdijk Spring Symposium: On 7-8 April 2025 the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute is organizing a symposium on "DNA as Type". The symposium aims will formulate proposals to be voted upon at IMC13 (18-19 Aug 2027, Incheon, South Korea), with direct impact on the ICN

Job opportunity! ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 2) IN PLANT RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY #plantscience #plantscijobs academicjobsonline.org/ajo/UBC/Bota...

Margaret Brown was a Canadian bryologist born on March 2, 1866. Brown is known for her contributions to taxonomy and ecology of bryophytes. Native to Nova Scotia, she traveled all over the world to collect specimens. Learn more here: buff.ly/3S3aej5

Honoured to speak about the importance of fungi on national radio recently www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #conservation #mycology