📣New paper! "La-Bools, Mysterious Fungi that Deserve Your Attention", published in Frontiers for Young Minds 🍄🐞 doi.org/10.3389/frym... #Laboulbeniales #TeamLaboul #LFEE @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social @tommartin2024.bsky.social @frontiersin.bsky.social

C’est avec conviction qu’en cette Journée internationale de la #biodiversité je cosigne en tant que président de @mycosphaera.bsky.social cette lettre appelant le #Québec à se doter d’une feuille de route claire et de mécanismes de suivi pour atteindre les cibles de protection de la biodiversité.

The paper is also available #openaccess now! doi.org/10.1656/045.... @bioone.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social #TeamLaboul

VERY proud of this one. Possibly our most significant contribution to #Laboulbeniales systematics thus far (but 2 other important works are underway). Integrative data show clearly that #Stigmatomyces should be split in six genera—all we need to do this are sequences for the type species!

📣 New paper! We showed @inaturalist.bsky.social can be used for “next-level” applications to document the occurrence of Hesperomyces harmoniae on its host, using Québec as a case study. ▶️ www.eaglehill.us/NENAonline/a... @michieldegroot.bsky.social @dhaelewa.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social

📢New paper alert📢 My PhD student Jie Xie studied non-target effects of Hesperomyces harmoniae, fungal ectoparasite of the globally invasive Harmonia axyridis. She performed laboratory bioassays with 3 ladybird species and found differential susceptibility. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #TeamLaboul

Fungi get <0.2% of conservation $ Almost all ⬆️ $ is for 🍄 mushrooms <10% of fungi form 🍄 At the Fungal Conservation in Europe Conference @funaction.bsky.social, @mostfun.bsky.social & @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social brought aquatic micro-fungi to the fore. It's time to be included in conservation!

📢CALL FOR COLLABORATION📢 My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica! If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre. #TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur

Check out our new paper focusing on unaccessioned herbarium specimens. nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1829... We found that bryophytes and fungi/lichens were over-represented in the specimen backlog, compared to vascular plants. This highlights the need for more bryophyte and fungi/lichen identification!

Dear CanFunNet community, we are happy to announce the return of our virtual conference this year between August 5-7! We encourage you to save the date and hope to see you all again this year! More information on registration and abstract submission to come soon! #CFN26

We found Rickia wasmannii, an ant-specific microfungus, on an ant nest-inhabiting rove beetle! Photo: André De Kesel. From our new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1007/s000... #OpenAccess #TeamLaboul

Distinct diversity trajectories of boreal wood‐inhabiting fungi following fire versus clear‐cutting - Buness - 2026 - Journal of Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On Tuesday, 24.02, at 8:00 PM CET, we continue the FunDive Webinar series! Topic: North American citizen science initiatives To join, please register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c19ef7... @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social @mycosphaera.bsky.social

What characteristics of dead wood promote fungal species richness in forests? And how can we use this information to manage fungal biodiversity? New research on the functional diversity of dead wood in Norwegian forests provides some answers. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... 📷 @jenninorden.bsky.social

New #Preprint! 📢 A direct result of a roundtable discussion at the 2024 workshop on arthropod-associated fungal parasites and pathogens. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did writing it! "Ecology and management perspectives in arthropod–fungal associations": doi.org/10.22541/au....

Reading in journal club Shelton et al. Fungal ecology in the age of 'omics @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I just saw this and am excited to share! 🍄 Reverse the Red Day 7 Feb. "Fungal Conservation in the New Year: Species Discovery, Action, Policy, and a Global Strategy" us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In this review in Fungal Ecology, Håvard Kauserud (@drhyfe.bsky.social) argues that while the ITS region is by far the best DNA (meta)barcoding marker for fungi, we should not use it naively or simplistically doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

The deadline is coming up soon - Submit your abstract now!

🍄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...

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

Congratulations to Dr Toby Kiers, winner of the @tylerprize.bsky.social Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 🌱 Her ERC-funded research revealed how underground plant-fungal networks sustain life on Earth and shape global conservation thinking. #ChooseEuropeforScience

📣 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! 🍄

Last month, we organized a workshop on FUNGAL PHYLOGENOMICS, with 16 participants from Czechia, Hungary, Italy, and Poland. I presented an open lecture about #Laboulbeniomycetes (of course 😊🍄🪲). The workshop was funded through our Visegrad Fund grant no. 22420237.

Hi friends—consider this 👇 Let’s work together to bring amazing mycologists together in South Korea in 2027! gofund.me/5cc978d4d

Coming to the @egu.eu General Assembly in 2026? Consider submitting an abstract to our mycorrhizae session if you are working on these organisms and their linkages to ecosystem functioning. Last year, this new session was a huge hit, so let's make year two even better!

Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A state-funded survey across California has uncovered hundreds of fungi new to science, part of a first-of-its-kind biodiversity effort. Often overlooked, fungi support plant growth and store carbon — knowledge that could guide conservation and forest restoration as wildfires intensify.

This is it! Frederik De Wint is defending his #PhD on entomopathogenic fungi and interactions with their hosts along environmental gradients. It was a pleasure to work together with Frederik and I am looking forward to continue working together (he applied for a postdoc position in my group).

Researchers have compiled the first fungal checklist for Honduras, resulting in a dataset containing 1365 species across 4011 records. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/myco...

This #postdoc position is now officially advertised: www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-.... #hiring #newPI #CzechScienceFoundation #LFEE

Did you publish with researchers outside your lab during grad school? Or published as faculty with a student not under your supervision? I’m collecting examples of cross-lab collaboration in graduate training. Please share your experience & this post! Repository: bit.ly/4pT66BE

Since I am getting more and more invited for presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions, I decided to add a PRESENTING page to my website, drawing inspiration from friends and colleagues. Have a look if you're curious about what I offer. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/presenting/

Our lab’s first paper is out! 📢 A multi-year effort resulted in the checklist of fungi for #Honduras — a major milestone that is the starting point for future research. Congratulations to Libelje on publishing the first chapter of her #PhD! doi.org/10.3897/myco... #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur

“Overall, these findings suggest that the value of natural history collections as global research infrastructure is eroding due to decreased collecting of specimen data across species, locations, and time.“ doi.org/10.1038/s414... Interesting analysis based on @gbif.org data.

Happy to share that the 11th contribution to the Fungal Systematics and Evolution series published by Sydowia is now online! Really glad to have had the chance to co-edit it with @dhaelewa.bsky.social and Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber. Enjoy the read! www.sydowia.at/syd77/syd77....

The lab will soon also advertise a new PhD position. This student will be studying either multitrophic interactions of bats, bat flies, and microfungi, or entomopathogenic fungi. Spread the word! #hiring #LFEE #newPI

A few years ago, I said yes to editing a book about fungal #parasites and #pathogens. After endless revisions, emails, and deadline reminders, it’s finally coming together. The book will be out in 2026, but 11 chapters are already online as #Preprints. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/preprints-of...

We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266 #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #postdoc #hiring

I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring

Canadian mycologist and IMA Fungus author @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social stopped by the @pensoft.net booth at the #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi! If you're at the event, today is your last chance to head to booth 229 to learn more about our journal!

Preparing my introductory PPT while on my way to Drøbak, Norway to teach a workshop on #Laboulbeniales together with my PhD student Warre Van Caenegem and Dr. Vladimir Gusarov from @uio.no. Funded by #Artsdatabanken. www.forbio.uio.no/events/cours... @prfju.bsky.social #TeamLaboul

The Biological Recording Company and the British Mycological Society are reviewing how fungi records in the Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland are verified and shared. Recorders are invited to join an online survey and workshop to help shape a new national verification protocol for fungi

Just arrived at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi and already met some incredible people. Now, let's make sure fungi get the global conservation spotlight they deserve! 🍄 @mycosphaera.bsky.social @naturequebec.bsky.social #IUCNcongress

So excited to be representing @spun.earth at the #IUCNCongress! 🌍✨ I’m eager to connect with you and explore how we can integrate mycorrhizal fungi into your conservation strategies. Schedule a time to meet up: www.spun.earth/events/iucn-...

New paper! We looked at how temperature and humidity affect a fungal parasite on a ladybird in an article in @royentsoc.bsky.social's Ecological Entomology. 🐞🍄 You can find the full journal highlight here: www.royensoc.co.uk/news/tempera...

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries

Only known from a single plant growing in the botanic gardens in Sri Lanka, the endemic Pini-Beraliya was declared Extinct in the Wild. But a post on social media about the tree has now led to the discovery of three wild populations and a recovery programme! 🌱🧪🙌🏻 news.mongabay.com/2025/08/soci...