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The Mycological Society of America is a professional society for the study of fungi and fungal-like organisms & publishes the journal #Mycologia. #MSAfungi26
Applications are OPEN for the 2026 MSA Award Period! Deadline 1 February 2026. New this year is the "Don Pfister Graduate Fellowship Award", for graduate students requiring work in fungaria. msafungi.org/application-... #MSAfungi #mycology
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The Mycological Society of America Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is looking to fill four positions! Please nominate a colleague (self nominations encouraged). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
📢🍄Job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an Assistant Professor in Mycology/Plant-Fungal Interactions. Deadline to apply: 31 October 2025.
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Assistant Professor- Department of Plant Biology
Duties & Responsibilities
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September 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I am ecstatic to announce the new Latin American Chapter of the Mycological Society of America!! This is going to have a great impact on the Latin American mycological community. Please spread the word and join for only $15/year!
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September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
📢🍄Job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now!

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Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology
The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...
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August 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
📢🍄Job alert🍄📢

The @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social group of the @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social in Auckland, New Zealand is hiring a full-time permanent mycologist, to focus on fungal diversity and taxonomy. Deadline to apply: 12 September 2025.

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Researcher - Mycologist - Manaaki Whenua - Careers at Science New Zealand
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August 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢🍄Mycology job alert🍄📢

The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Department of Plant Biology (PLB) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks applications for a director of...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The 2025 Alexander H. #SmithForay will take place in Valpraiso, Indiana, September 4-7. This annual foray in the Great Lakes region honors the late Dr. Smith, a renowned mycologist at @umich.edu. For more details and to register, visit: midwestmycology.org/2025-smith-f...
August 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🍄 As is tradition for MSA, we're hoping to highlight a student-designed logo for #MSAfungi26 in Portland, Oregon. Our theme is Bridging Mycology Across Communities and Disciplines. Tap into your creative side and submit a logo design for consideration.

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August 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Wyoming Valley Mushroom Club is holding a Wild Mushroom Fair on Sunday Sept 7th at the Francis Slocum State Park from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT. This free event includes mushroom ID, forays, cultivation, culinary, medicinal use, ... More info? Contact wyomingvalleymushroomclub@gmail.com 🍄
August 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
📣Submit your symposium & workshop proposals for #MSAfungi26 in Portland, Oregon now! Email your proposal (with title, organizers, rationale, speakers, and budget) to the Program Chair, Julia Kerrigan, at jkerrig[at]clemson.edu.

Theme: "Bridging Mycology Across Communities and Disciplines"
August 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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We are keeping busy this July! 🧪 Highlights:
🦠 @msafungi.bsky.social MSA annual meeting
🦠 "'Omics for Everyone" workshop
🦠 FAIR data best practices @aspbofficial.bsky.social ASPB workshop
🦠 @esipfed.bsky.social ESIP Meeting in Seattle, WA featuring an NMDC-led session on AI-ready data
July 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Our lab is hunting a fast-growing strain of Fomitopsis betulina. Anyone have any leads? @msafungi.bsky.social #FungiFriday

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Fomitopsis betulina - Wikipedia
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July 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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An early birthday to John S. Karling, @msafungi.bsky.social keynote namesake, Purdue Biological Sciences chair, nigh-baseball-player, mistaken-obstetrician, and zoosporic eufungi specialist.
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John S. Karling Biography — D. Rabern Simmons, Ph.D.
A FORTUITOUS LIFE: JOHN SIDNEY KARLING (1897–1995)
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August 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📢 The Chaverri Mycology Lab is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to an interdisciplinary project exploring how bat-mediated seed dispersal influences plant microbiomes and pathogen dynamics in tropical ecosystems. See jobs.apsnet.org/job/postdoct...
June 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Early registration for #MSAfungi25 ends tomorrow, June 6th! msa.joynconference.com/v2/
June 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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📣New paper alert: 10 years of advancing diversity withing the Mycological Society of America. This is such an important paper, especially now, and I am extremely proud to have been part of the #DEI committee of @msafungi.bsky.social! imafungus.pensoft.net/article/1556... #MSAfungi25 🍄
May 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Registration is now open for the #MSAfungi25 Annual Meeting, Fungal Futures: Cultivating Mycology and Mycologists. This meeting will take place June 28 - July 2, in Madison, Wisconsin!

🔗Meeting webpage: msa.joynconference.com/v2/
📣Register now: msa.joynconference.com/v2/?card=reg...
April 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The new extended deadline for MSA abstracts is March 21st! #MSAfungi25
📣Call for Abstracts for the Mycological Society of America 2025 Annual Meeting this summer in Madison, Wisconsin. Submit your abstract by March 17th! #MSAfungi25

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March 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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!
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March 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Its #fungus time! Come join us in Madison this summer for #MSAfungi25 🧪🍄🔬 Abstracts due March 17
📣Call for Abstracts for the Mycological Society of America 2025 Annual Meeting this summer in Madison, Wisconsin. Submit your abstract by March 17th! #MSAfungi25

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March 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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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.
February 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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.
February 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📣Call for Abstracts for the Mycological Society of America 2025 Annual Meeting this summer in Madison, Wisconsin. Submit your abstract by March 17th! #MSAfungi25

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February 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM