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Jonathan Cazabonne
@jonathancazabonne.bsky.social
Ph.D student in mycology and ecosystem forest management at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Molecular ecology, taxonomy, conservation | Symbiosis and Laboulbeniomycetes enthusiast #TeamLaboul | Co-founder of @mycosphaera.bsky.social🍄
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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...
Preprints of book chapters
A few years ago, I was offered the opportunity to edit a book, named “Biodiversity and Evolution of Fungal Parasites and Pathogens” (Elsevier). This project has taken up countless hours writing to …
www.dannyhaelewaters.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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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
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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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
Opening for a postdoctoral position in my lab
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. Project Ove…
www.dannyhaelewaters.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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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!
October 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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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
October 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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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
The Fungi Verification Consultation Project
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 fungal data in the UK.
biologicalrecording.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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
October 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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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-...
🚨SPUN’S Biodiversity Conservation Strategist, @catiacanteiro.bsky.social will be at the #IUCNcongress presenting our latest mycorrhizal maps to conservation leaders.

Schedule a meeting with Cátia: buff.ly/dy2amO3

Visit SPUN’s event page: buff.ly/aQ7L97Y
SPUN at IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
www.spun.earth
October 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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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...
How temperature and humidity affect a common fungal parasite in an invasive ladybird - Journal Highlight - Royal Entomological Society
The Royal Entomological Society journal Ecological Entomology has recently published an article on which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird. The researchers hig...
www.royensoc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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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...
Social media post sparks rediscovery of endemic Sri Lanka rainforest plant
COLOMBO — In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List delivered a grim verdict on endemic Pini- Beraliya, the towering dipterocarp Doona ovalifolia (syn. Shorea ovalifolia) tree by categorizing it as “exti...
news.mongabay.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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📖 La biodiversité urgence planète. Etat des lieux, menaces, solutions - Notre monde vivant en danger expliqué à tous. Ed.Tallandier.
Auteur @pgisyeb.bsky.social écologue et directeur de recherche @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr
➡️ isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
September 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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If you're interested in exploring further, check out our review which summarises the history of parasite conservation concepts and efforts, and some of the barriers to progress 🪱🧪🌍
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
An interdisciplinary approach to improving conservation outcomes for parasites
Parasites represent a significant proportion of Earth's biodiversity and play important roles in the ecology and biology of ecosystems and hosts, making them an important target for conservation. Des...
doi.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The work reports on abiotic factors influencing the parasite-host interactions of a microfungus & the invasive harlequin ladybird (#Harmonia axyridis).

@michieldegroot.bsky.social @adriaenstim.bsky.social @dhaelewa.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be

Photo credit: Trey Wardlaw (CC-BY-NC)
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Microbial dark matter! Can't see it, can't grow it, but we know it's there... This is some branding illustration I did for the microbial dark matter symposium this year. Thanks @katrinewhiteson.bsky.social and @zymoresearch.bsky.social for the fun commission!
#microbes #ecoevo
🧪🐡🧫
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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🍄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...
August 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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📣New paper alert📣
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Most of us use rDNA for community analyses of AM fungi. Intragenomic variation in rDNA of AM fungi can be pretty huge, depending on the region.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The pitfalls of rDNA‐based AMF identification: a comparative analysis of rDNA and protein‐coding genes
Intragenomic polymorphism of rDNA in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) has been largely overlooked in ecological and taxonomic studies, and the reliability of nuclear rDNA regions for species ident.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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🍄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...
Fungal Ecology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Fungal Ecology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Fungal Ecology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Een tijdje geleden werd ik geïnterviewd in het kader van de cursus "Communicating Effectively" die ik samen met @robindevroe.bsky.social ga geven voor Nova Academy.

De video is hier te zien: youtu.be/0I0ceynHGLg?...

Inschrijven voor de cursus kan hier: nova-academy.be/en/programme...
September 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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During this evening's meetings with @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social and the @msafungi.bsky.social Electronic Communication Committee I will be having a Belgian beer. Much needed because, what a day. #newPI #academiclife 🇧🇪🍺
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Stellar work by graduate students to build this comprehensive dataset of antifungal resistance mechanisms. Kudos and congratulations to the Landry lab @christianlandry.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FungAMR: a comprehensive database for investigating fungal mutations associated with antimicrobial resistance - Nature Microbiology
An online, manually curated and continually updating database of fungal antimicrobial resistance mutations provides a starting point for further research in fungal AMR.
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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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
September 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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📣 Call for papers! Special issue of #FungalEcology on “Fungal conservation: from knowledge to actions” co-edited by Susana C. Gonçalves @cfemycolab.bsky.social & Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social. Deadline for manuscripts: 31 Jan 2026. Find out more: www.linkedin.com/company/brit...
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Canada Post features fungi and lichen in new stamp series - Canada Post has unveiled its new stamp collection Wednesday featuring fungi and lichens found in the country.
Canada Post features fungi and lichen in new stamp series
Canada Post has unveiled its new stamp collection Wednesday featuring fungi and lichens found in the country.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM