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...

🍄💧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

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.

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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!

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. doi.org/10.3114/fuse...

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.

🎉 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. 👇 Read more:

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 go.bsky.app/QeUyDtp

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!

📢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

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

A great starter pack for fungal taxonomists: bsky.app/starter-pack... let us know of any other mycology starter packs!

The IMA is moving away from Twitter / X but all of our news is available on our website at: https://buff.ly/4fOWSBS we also have new social media accounts on Bluesky: https://buff.ly/3B34hym LinkedIn: https://buff.ly/3ZvtkmY and facebook: https://buff.ly/3CU4xjJ give us a follow! #mycology

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

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