FunDive: Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity for nature cons
@fundive-fungi.bsky.social
"Our task is to find these six invasive fungi”, says Eyes on Alien Mushrooms coordinator Susana C. Gonçalves. 👇Read more on Wilder
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November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Our task is to find these six invasive fungi”, says Eyes on Alien Mushrooms coordinator Susana C. Gonçalves. 👇Read more on Wilder
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📄A new paper by Louis Mielke and colleagues, published in Field Mycology, explains FunDive's goals and sums up its first results.
🔗Read more about connecting citizen science, eDNA and type specimens of fungi: doi.org/10.63482/php...
open access
🔗Read more about connecting citizen science, eDNA and type specimens of fungi: doi.org/10.63482/php...
open access
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📄A new paper by Louis Mielke and colleagues, published in Field Mycology, explains FunDive's goals and sums up its first results.
🔗Read more about connecting citizen science, eDNA and type specimens of fungi: doi.org/10.63482/php...
open access
🔗Read more about connecting citizen science, eDNA and type specimens of fungi: doi.org/10.63482/php...
open access
🔍🔑Keys on the website!
You can find expert-level identification keys for several FunDive targets on our website. Prepared by Jens Petersen, the keys come from the book "Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes" (Læssøe T., Petersen J., Frøslev T., Heilmann-Clausen J., expected in 2026)
You can find expert-level identification keys for several FunDive targets on our website. Prepared by Jens Petersen, the keys come from the book "Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes" (Læssøe T., Petersen J., Frøslev T., Heilmann-Clausen J., expected in 2026)
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🔍🔑Keys on the website!
You can find expert-level identification keys for several FunDive targets on our website. Prepared by Jens Petersen, the keys come from the book "Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes" (Læssøe T., Petersen J., Frøslev T., Heilmann-Clausen J., expected in 2026)
You can find expert-level identification keys for several FunDive targets on our website. Prepared by Jens Petersen, the keys come from the book "Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes" (Læssøe T., Petersen J., Frøslev T., Heilmann-Clausen J., expected in 2026)
Great news from our Workpackage 4 - Sampling fungal communities!😎🌲🍄
Last week, #FunDive sent about 2500 environmental DNA samples for sequencing. We will investigate fungal diversity in European pine forests using different methods.
#Biodiversa
Last week, #FunDive sent about 2500 environmental DNA samples for sequencing. We will investigate fungal diversity in European pine forests using different methods.
#Biodiversa
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Great news from our Workpackage 4 - Sampling fungal communities!😎🌲🍄
Last week, #FunDive sent about 2500 environmental DNA samples for sequencing. We will investigate fungal diversity in European pine forests using different methods.
#Biodiversa
Last week, #FunDive sent about 2500 environmental DNA samples for sequencing. We will investigate fungal diversity in European pine forests using different methods.
#Biodiversa
🍄Mission: Urban mushrooms started in Bologna🍄
🔍🏡The mycology research group from the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy) began mushroom sampling in three urban areas: near the Botanic Garden of Bologna, the Montagnola Park, and the Margherita Gardens.
🔍🏡The mycology research group from the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy) began mushroom sampling in three urban areas: near the Botanic Garden of Bologna, the Montagnola Park, and the Margherita Gardens.
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🍄Mission: Urban mushrooms started in Bologna🍄
🔍🏡The mycology research group from the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy) began mushroom sampling in three urban areas: near the Botanic Garden of Bologna, the Montagnola Park, and the Margherita Gardens.
🔍🏡The mycology research group from the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy) began mushroom sampling in three urban areas: near the Botanic Garden of Bologna, the Montagnola Park, and the Margherita Gardens.
1/3 🍄🧬Genetic mushrooming
Who says mushrooming only happens in forests? With FunDive & Copernicus Science Centre collab, students and Centre visitors step into the modern lab and isolate DNA from fungi collected for FunDive. Results are visible here 👉https://fun-dive.eu/en/dataportal/
#Biodiversa
Who says mushrooming only happens in forests? With FunDive & Copernicus Science Centre collab, students and Centre visitors step into the modern lab and isolate DNA from fungi collected for FunDive. Results are visible here 👉https://fun-dive.eu/en/dataportal/
#Biodiversa
October 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
1/3 🍄🧬Genetic mushrooming
Who says mushrooming only happens in forests? With FunDive & Copernicus Science Centre collab, students and Centre visitors step into the modern lab and isolate DNA from fungi collected for FunDive. Results are visible here 👉https://fun-dive.eu/en/dataportal/
#Biodiversa
Who says mushrooming only happens in forests? With FunDive & Copernicus Science Centre collab, students and Centre visitors step into the modern lab and isolate DNA from fungi collected for FunDive. Results are visible here 👉https://fun-dive.eu/en/dataportal/
#Biodiversa
🍄🎉 FunDive Bingo!
We have created a bingo sheet where you tick off FunDive targets as you spot them. A fun way to gamify citizen science, learn about fungi, and make fieldwork even more exciting! Perfect for classes, excursions, or your own mushroom walks.
We have created a bingo sheet where you tick off FunDive targets as you spot them. A fun way to gamify citizen science, learn about fungi, and make fieldwork even more exciting! Perfect for classes, excursions, or your own mushroom walks.
October 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🍄🎉 FunDive Bingo!
We have created a bingo sheet where you tick off FunDive targets as you spot them. A fun way to gamify citizen science, learn about fungi, and make fieldwork even more exciting! Perfect for classes, excursions, or your own mushroom walks.
We have created a bingo sheet where you tick off FunDive targets as you spot them. A fun way to gamify citizen science, learn about fungi, and make fieldwork even more exciting! Perfect for classes, excursions, or your own mushroom walks.
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Thrilled to launch yet another #CitizenScience campaign for @fundive-fungi.bsky.social 🙃
The campaign' accompanying flyer is published in the open-access platform Zenodo, free to download, share, and cite: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#UrbanBiodiversity #FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNaturalist
The campaign' accompanying flyer is published in the open-access platform Zenodo, free to download, share, and cite: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#UrbanBiodiversity #FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNaturalist
September 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thrilled to launch yet another #CitizenScience campaign for @fundive-fungi.bsky.social 🙃
The campaign' accompanying flyer is published in the open-access platform Zenodo, free to download, share, and cite: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#UrbanBiodiversity #FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNaturalist
The campaign' accompanying flyer is published in the open-access platform Zenodo, free to download, share, and cite: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#UrbanBiodiversity #FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNaturalist
🍄Ever wondered what happens to your #FunDive specimens? Here is a sneak peek. We receive thousands of specimens, packed in random packages. After arrival, we sample a small piece for DNA extraction into the eppendorf tube.
#CitizenScience #Biodiversa
#CitizenScience #Biodiversa
September 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🍄Ever wondered what happens to your #FunDive specimens? Here is a sneak peek. We receive thousands of specimens, packed in random packages. After arrival, we sample a small piece for DNA extraction into the eppendorf tube.
#CitizenScience #Biodiversa
#CitizenScience #Biodiversa
🍄 #Typification: fixing fungal names
Many species of fungi were described long ago with only a short phrase or drawing-no type (reference) specimen!
This #FunDive campaign aims to collect type specimens & sequence DNA to anchor names and stabilize taxonomy. #Biodiversa
🌍 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Many species of fungi were described long ago with only a short phrase or drawing-no type (reference) specimen!
This #FunDive campaign aims to collect type specimens & sequence DNA to anchor names and stabilize taxonomy. #Biodiversa
🌍 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
August 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🍄 #Typification: fixing fungal names
Many species of fungi were described long ago with only a short phrase or drawing-no type (reference) specimen!
This #FunDive campaign aims to collect type specimens & sequence DNA to anchor names and stabilize taxonomy. #Biodiversa
🌍 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Many species of fungi were described long ago with only a short phrase or drawing-no type (reference) specimen!
This #FunDive campaign aims to collect type specimens & sequence DNA to anchor names and stabilize taxonomy. #Biodiversa
🌍 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
We know that 🍄Tricholoma eucalypticum🍄 grows with eucalyptus trees, but how many similar species exist in Europe? We don’t know! Help #FunDive to find out! For more educational materials, visit: fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... #Biodiversa
August 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We know that 🍄Tricholoma eucalypticum🍄 grows with eucalyptus trees, but how many similar species exist in Europe? We don’t know! Help #FunDive to find out! For more educational materials, visit: fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... #Biodiversa
🍄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...
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
🍄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...
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...
📣SAVE THE DATE📣
We are delighted to invite you to the meeting "Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action" which will take place in Uppsala, Sweden 14-17 April 2026. Organized by SLU Artdatabanken, Swedish Mycological Society, ECCF, EMA, #FunDive, SLU, JONEF, and SPUN.
We are delighted to invite you to the meeting "Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action" which will take place in Uppsala, Sweden 14-17 April 2026. Organized by SLU Artdatabanken, Swedish Mycological Society, ECCF, EMA, #FunDive, SLU, JONEF, and SPUN.
August 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📣SAVE THE DATE📣
We are delighted to invite you to the meeting "Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action" which will take place in Uppsala, Sweden 14-17 April 2026. Organized by SLU Artdatabanken, Swedish Mycological Society, ECCF, EMA, #FunDive, SLU, JONEF, and SPUN.
We are delighted to invite you to the meeting "Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action" which will take place in Uppsala, Sweden 14-17 April 2026. Organized by SLU Artdatabanken, Swedish Mycological Society, ECCF, EMA, #FunDive, SLU, JONEF, and SPUN.
🍄Fungi that eat fungi🍄
The genus #Hypomyces parasitises exclusively other fungi, coating them in white mycelium that later becomes yellow, green or red.
We aim to map them in Southern & Western Europe and discover new species. Join the new #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
The genus #Hypomyces parasitises exclusively other fungi, coating them in white mycelium that later becomes yellow, green or red.
We aim to map them in Southern & Western Europe and discover new species. Join the new #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
August 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🍄Fungi that eat fungi🍄
The genus #Hypomyces parasitises exclusively other fungi, coating them in white mycelium that later becomes yellow, green or red.
We aim to map them in Southern & Western Europe and discover new species. Join the new #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
The genus #Hypomyces parasitises exclusively other fungi, coating them in white mycelium that later becomes yellow, green or red.
We aim to map them in Southern & Western Europe and discover new species. Join the new #FunDive campaign! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Hygrophorus + fir = 💚
Some waxycaps form strong mycorrhizal ties with firs (Abies), especially in Southern Europe. While some #Hygrophorus species are Red-listed, others are poorly studied. Join the new #FunDive campaign and help map them and their habitats! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Some waxycaps form strong mycorrhizal ties with firs (Abies), especially in Southern Europe. While some #Hygrophorus species are Red-listed, others are poorly studied. Join the new #FunDive campaign and help map them and their habitats! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
August 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Hygrophorus + fir = 💚
Some waxycaps form strong mycorrhizal ties with firs (Abies), especially in Southern Europe. While some #Hygrophorus species are Red-listed, others are poorly studied. Join the new #FunDive campaign and help map them and their habitats! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
Some waxycaps form strong mycorrhizal ties with firs (Abies), especially in Southern Europe. While some #Hygrophorus species are Red-listed, others are poorly studied. Join the new #FunDive campaign and help map them and their habitats! #Biodiversa fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
🍄Have you ever seen truffle-like #Russulales?
Some Russula skip the classic mushroom shape (stipe, open cap and gills). Instead, they form enclosed, truffle-like fruitbodies! Join the new #FunDive campaign and help us map them and sequence their genomes fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... @biodiversa.eu
Some Russula skip the classic mushroom shape (stipe, open cap and gills). Instead, they form enclosed, truffle-like fruitbodies! Join the new #FunDive campaign and help us map them and sequence their genomes fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... @biodiversa.eu
August 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🍄Have you ever seen truffle-like #Russulales?
Some Russula skip the classic mushroom shape (stipe, open cap and gills). Instead, they form enclosed, truffle-like fruitbodies! Join the new #FunDive campaign and help us map them and sequence their genomes fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... @biodiversa.eu
Some Russula skip the classic mushroom shape (stipe, open cap and gills). Instead, they form enclosed, truffle-like fruitbodies! Join the new #FunDive campaign and help us map them and sequence their genomes fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... @biodiversa.eu
Did you know that the Copper Spike Mushroom (Chroogomphus rutilus) is a species complex with at least 8 similar species in Europe? Hiking in the pine forest on vacation? Help us map Chroogomphus distribution by sampling specimens from different European regions!
#CitizenScience #Chroogomphus
#CitizenScience #Chroogomphus
August 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Did you know that the Copper Spike Mushroom (Chroogomphus rutilus) is a species complex with at least 8 similar species in Europe? Hiking in the pine forest on vacation? Help us map Chroogomphus distribution by sampling specimens from different European regions!
#CitizenScience #Chroogomphus
#CitizenScience #Chroogomphus
Let’s join the new FunDive sampling season!
🍄This year, we are not only continuing the projects started last year but also launching new ones🍄
➡️Visit our webpage to learn more fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... and join our fungal discovery mission!
🍄This year, we are not only continuing the projects started last year but also launching new ones🍄
➡️Visit our webpage to learn more fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... and join our fungal discovery mission!
August 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Let’s join the new FunDive sampling season!
🍄This year, we are not only continuing the projects started last year but also launching new ones🍄
➡️Visit our webpage to learn more fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... and join our fungal discovery mission!
🍄This year, we are not only continuing the projects started last year but also launching new ones🍄
➡️Visit our webpage to learn more fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol... and join our fungal discovery mission!
🧬It's time to Read the Slime!
#Slimemoulds are weird, wonderful, and still understudied fungi-like organisms. You can help understand them.
Join the new FunDive citizen science campaign to find and sequence them 👉 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
#ReadTheSlime #CitizenScience #Barcoding #FunDive
#Slimemoulds are weird, wonderful, and still understudied fungi-like organisms. You can help understand them.
Join the new FunDive citizen science campaign to find and sequence them 👉 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
#ReadTheSlime #CitizenScience #Barcoding #FunDive
July 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🧬It's time to Read the Slime!
#Slimemoulds are weird, wonderful, and still understudied fungi-like organisms. You can help understand them.
Join the new FunDive citizen science campaign to find and sequence them 👉 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
#ReadTheSlime #CitizenScience #Barcoding #FunDive
#Slimemoulds are weird, wonderful, and still understudied fungi-like organisms. You can help understand them.
Join the new FunDive citizen science campaign to find and sequence them 👉 fun-dive.eu/en/get-invol...
#ReadTheSlime #CitizenScience #Barcoding #FunDive
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#Funga in the future of biodiversity monitoring!
#BiodivMon
Here represented by:
Marina Pastor - #AquaticFungi
Sergio de Miguel - #ForestFungi
@mostfun.bsky.social
@fundive-fungi.bsky.social
#BiodivMon
Here represented by:
Marina Pastor - #AquaticFungi
Sergio de Miguel - #ForestFungi
@mostfun.bsky.social
@fundive-fungi.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#Funga in the future of biodiversity monitoring!
#BiodivMon
Here represented by:
Marina Pastor - #AquaticFungi
Sergio de Miguel - #ForestFungi
@mostfun.bsky.social
@fundive-fungi.bsky.social
#BiodivMon
Here represented by:
Marina Pastor - #AquaticFungi
Sergio de Miguel - #ForestFungi
@mostfun.bsky.social
@fundive-fungi.bsky.social