FUNACTION members Andreas Bruder🇨🇭 and Diego Fontaneto🇮🇹 sampled for #aquaticfungi in the Val Grande National Park, Italy.

More data gathered on occurrence and distribution of aquatic fungi in Europe (particularly inside Protected Areas). 💪

Want to collaborate? Fill our survey: shorturl.at/VaHbD

#FUNACTION project was presented last week at #livingdata2025 by @isabelrfernandes.bsky.social. Many new contacts and possible future collaborations.

If you want to know more or collaborate with us towards #aquaticfungi #conservation, fill our Survey.👇🏻
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#fungi #funga

📢Are you attending the Living Data 2025 next week?

@isabelrfernandes.bsky.social will present the preliminary results from #FUNACTION.

www.livingdata2025.com/program.html...

Find her during the week if you want to know more about our project and activities to conserve #aquaticfungi.

What an exciting day at SEFS14 in Bolu, Türkiye!

The Special Session on #AquaticFungi /Microorganisms in a Changing World was a huge success and even resulted in two graduate student awards for best SEFS14 oral presentations! 🎖️

Thanks to the speakers and audience for a truly fantastic session! 💧🍄

Aquatic fungi deserve a place in conservation & monitoring 🌊🍄
Help shape a better approach—share your expertise and/or needs in the Better Together Survey (10–15 min)!

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#biodiversity #aquaticfungi #conservation #monitoring

Will the future of biomonitoring include #AquaticFungi?

Thanks to @biodiversa.eu, @funaction.bsky.social Coordinator @jandbio.bsky.social and @mostfun.bsky.social ECR Marina Pastor engaged with national funders, policy makers & industry representatives in Barcelona last month to support this goal.

🌿 Explore aquatic fungi this #BiodiversityDay!

Talks on marine fungi threats, freshwater lichens, fungi as bioindicators, & driftwood fungi.

🗓️ 22 May
⏰ 2pm UTC
💻 Online

🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/aquaticfungi...

#AquaticFungi #FungalDiversity #Conservation

Nature recycles nutrients like we recycle trash! 🌱♻️

This free, print-ready game introduces kids (and adults!) to the concept of nutrient cycling in nature through an engaging analogy with trash recycling.

Grab a copy here: zenodo.org/records/1473...

#FUNACTION #aquaticfungi #ecology

💧🌍On #WorldWaterDay, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns: Glacier loss threatens water security & future. ❄️💔 Glaciers hold 70% of Earth's freshwater but are disappearing. We must act to protect this vital resource and its biodiversity!
#ClimateAction #GlacierPreservation #aquaticfungi🔵un.org

Mobility of ECRs between Partners labs is one example of #FUNACTION transnational added value.

Ziming🇸🇪 and Pietro🇮🇹 visited our Estonian🇪🇪 team where they were trained and collaborated on sample preparation and #eDNA extraction.

#aquaticfungi #conservation #biodiversity
@biodiversaplus.bsky.social

I big shipment of samples recently arrived to #FUNACTION Estonian partners 🇪🇪.

DNA🧬 is being extracted and sequenced to assess seasonal dynamics of #aquaticfungi biodiversity in several regions in Europe.

Stay tuned! 🍄💧

#funga #fungi #conservation
@biodiversaplus.bsky.social

Are existing Protected Areas effective for maintaining #aquaticfungi biodiversity and functioning?

2023: large sampling campaign to assess aquatic fungi #biodiversity inside and out of PAs

2024: new campaign to assess #functioning

Stay tuned!

📷 Diana Graça & @isabelrfernandes.bsky.social

#FUNACTION is a @biodiversaplus.bsky.social project that brings together scientists and conservationists from across Europe and USA.

We will build knowledge about the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of #aquaticfungi to develop strategies for their #conservation.

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www.funaction.eu