International Mycological Association
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The International Mycological Association, founded in 1971, represents the interests of over 30,000 mycologists worldwide. It is a not for profit organisation, the purpose of which is the encouragement of mycology in all its branches.
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A new study just published from @andrewmann.bsky.social PhD dissertation on fungi and bacteria associated with the red turpentine beetle in its native range #fungi #insects #ecology www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A new study just published from @andrewmann.bsky.social PhD dissertation on fungi and bacteria associated with the red turpentine beetle in its native range #fungi #insects #ecology www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
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Researchers describe four new 𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑎 species and reveal how genomic and metabolic adaptations drive their evolution and ecological diversity across host plants.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Researchers describe four new 𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑎 species and reveal how genomic and metabolic adaptations drive their evolution and ecological diversity across host plants.
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🍄💧New Aquatic Fungus Discovered!🍄💧
Our group member @huzefaraj.bsky.social together with colleagues, described a new genus and species of freshwater fungus: Atromagnispora indianensis.
🔗 Full story: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/zo...
#aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG
Our group member @huzefaraj.bsky.social together with colleagues, described a new genus and species of freshwater fungus: Atromagnispora indianensis.
🔗 Full story: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/zo...
#aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG
Indianapolis Zoo Grant Fungi Discovery
Two Indianapolis Zoo grant recipients and a team of Conservation Coordinators with the Global Center for Species Survival have discovered an entirely new kind of freshwater fungus in Indiana.
www.indianapoliszoo.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🍄💧New Aquatic Fungus Discovered!🍄💧
Our group member @huzefaraj.bsky.social together with colleagues, described a new genus and species of freshwater fungus: Atromagnispora indianensis.
🔗 Full story: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/zo...
#aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG
Our group member @huzefaraj.bsky.social together with colleagues, described a new genus and species of freshwater fungus: Atromagnispora indianensis.
🔗 Full story: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/zo...
#aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG
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I am in the paper being authoritatively impressed with all y'all citizen scientist types.
▶️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Power to the people. Fungi forever!
Bravo @plantlifeuk.bsky.social - you're cool.
▶️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Power to the people. Fungi forever!
Bravo @plantlifeuk.bsky.social - you're cool.
Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries
Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I am in the paper being authoritatively impressed with all y'all citizen scientist types.
▶️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Power to the people. Fungi forever!
Bravo @plantlifeuk.bsky.social - you're cool.
▶️ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Power to the people. Fungi forever!
Bravo @plantlifeuk.bsky.social - you're cool.
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Happy U.K. Fungus Day. This was drawn using the ink from a shaggy ink cap growing in my own garden.
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Happy U.K. Fungus Day. This was drawn using the ink from a shaggy ink cap growing in my own garden.
Happy International Microorganism Day from the IMA! www.internationalmicroorganismday.org
International Microorganism Day
The mission of International Microorganism Day on 17 September is to build and provide a platform for microbe lovers around their world to share their passion and knowledge. From health and food, to…
www.internationalmicroorganismday.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Happy International Microorganism Day from the IMA! www.internationalmicroorganismday.org
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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
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September 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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
go.bsky.app/UMrVSsp
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Stephen Axford is one of th greatest fungi photographers out there, so his latest book is a real treat #FungiFriends #MycoBookClub www.planetfungi.movie/planet-fungi...
August 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Stephen Axford is one of th greatest fungi photographers out there, so his latest book is a real treat #FungiFriends #MycoBookClub www.planetfungi.movie/planet-fungi...
An exciting full-time permanent mycology job with a focus on taxonomy in Auckland, New Zealand! PhD and some postdoc experience required. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #mycology #jobs
August 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
An exciting full-time permanent mycology job with a focus on taxonomy in Auckland, New Zealand! PhD and some postdoc experience required. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #mycology #jobs
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Rare taxonomic #mycology job in NZ! Conduct fungal biodiversity & taxonomy research, secure funding, publish outputs. Working with the National Collections. PhD + postdoc experience required 🧪. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
August 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Rare taxonomic #mycology job in NZ! Conduct fungal biodiversity & taxonomy research, secure funding, publish outputs. Working with the National Collections. PhD + postdoc experience required 🧪. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
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Understanding Facial Eczema in livestock 🐄 🧪 We discovered only one of two near-identical fungi on NZ farms makes the toxin that causes FE—and it now has a name: Pseudopithomyces toxicarius. This could change how we assess spore risk on farms. Full study: doi.org/10.3114/sim.... #mycology #taxonomy
May 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Understanding Facial Eczema in livestock 🐄 🧪 We discovered only one of two near-identical fungi on NZ farms makes the toxin that causes FE—and it now has a name: Pseudopithomyces toxicarius. This could change how we assess spore risk on farms. Full study: doi.org/10.3114/sim.... #mycology #taxonomy
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MarieCurie postdoc co-applications on offer in University of Tartu, Estonia:
Fungi in reforestation
AMF in agriculture
Global biogeography of fungi
Fungal Host/substrate specificity
Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost
DNA-based taxonomy of fungi
UNITE/FungalTraits further development
Fungi in reforestation
AMF in agriculture
Global biogeography of fungi
Fungal Host/substrate specificity
Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost
DNA-based taxonomy of fungi
UNITE/FungalTraits further development
April 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
MarieCurie postdoc co-applications on offer in University of Tartu, Estonia:
Fungi in reforestation
AMF in agriculture
Global biogeography of fungi
Fungal Host/substrate specificity
Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost
DNA-based taxonomy of fungi
UNITE/FungalTraits further development
Fungi in reforestation
AMF in agriculture
Global biogeography of fungi
Fungal Host/substrate specificity
Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost
DNA-based taxonomy of fungi
UNITE/FungalTraits further development
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Taxonomists everywhere, and perhaps especially in the USA: tomorrow is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! I see you, I hear you, we need you!
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Taxonomists everywhere, and perhaps especially in the USA: tomorrow is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! I see you, I hear you, we need you!
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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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!
a woman in a striped shirt says we need your experience we need you .
ALT: a woman in a striped shirt says we need your experience we need you .
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March 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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!
The Asian Mycological Congress will be held this year on 23-26 November in Guangzhou, China! see: www.amc2025.cn
March 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Asian Mycological Congress will be held this year on 23-26 November in Guangzhou, China! see: www.amc2025.cn
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During surveys for Gibellula attenboroughii on cave-dwelling, orb-weaving zombie spiders in the UK, a new species of Samsoniella, S. scoliopterygis, was found infecting moths in the same caves.
doi.org/10.3114/fuse...
doi.org/10.3114/fuse...
February 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
During surveys for Gibellula attenboroughii on cave-dwelling, orb-weaving zombie spiders in the UK, a new species of Samsoniella, S. scoliopterygis, was found infecting moths in the same caves.
doi.org/10.3114/fuse...
doi.org/10.3114/fuse...
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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.
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🎉 It's OFFICIAL! 📢
🍄 The @imafungus.pensoft.net journal begins #publishing on its new #journal website powered by #ARPHA platform as part of our #openaccess portfolio!
🤝 Last year, along with several changes at #IMAFungus, @ima-mycology.org moved their flagship #journal to us.
👇 Read more:
🍄 The @imafungus.pensoft.net journal begins #publishing on its new #journal website powered by #ARPHA platform as part of our #openaccess portfolio!
🤝 Last year, along with several changes at #IMAFungus, @ima-mycology.org moved their flagship #journal to us.
👇 Read more:
IMA Fungus publishes its first issue with Pensoft
The first ten manuscripts of IMA Fungus have now been published on the journal’s new website following its transition to Pensoft’s ARPHA platform.
blog.pensoft.net
February 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🎉 It's OFFICIAL! 📢
🍄 The @imafungus.pensoft.net journal begins #publishing on its new #journal website powered by #ARPHA platform as part of our #openaccess portfolio!
🤝 Last year, along with several changes at #IMAFungus, @ima-mycology.org moved their flagship #journal to us.
👇 Read more:
🍄 The @imafungus.pensoft.net journal begins #publishing on its new #journal website powered by #ARPHA platform as part of our #openaccess portfolio!
🤝 Last year, along with several changes at #IMAFungus, @ima-mycology.org moved their flagship #journal to us.
👇 Read more:
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We are excited to announce that the first 10 papers have been published to our new website following our move to Pensoft's ARPHA Platform!
Read more: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/18/i...
Read more: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/18/i...
February 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We are excited to announce that the first 10 papers have been published to our new website following our move to Pensoft's ARPHA Platform!
Read more: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/18/i...
Read more: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/18/i...
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February 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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One of the sampling campaigns of #FunDive, a 🇪🇺 project promoting fungal conservation, focuses on #Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – but we need YOU🫵! My PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social made a video with everything you want to know. youtu.be/HXfhY00U6M4?... #CitizenScience #TeamLaboul
The search for beetlehangers on ladybirds
YouTube video by #TeamLaboul
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January 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of the sampling campaigns of #FunDive, a 🇪🇺 project promoting fungal conservation, focuses on #Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – but we need YOU🫵! My PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social made a video with everything you want to know. youtu.be/HXfhY00U6M4?... #CitizenScience #TeamLaboul
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On behalf of all of us at the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, we wish you an amazing 2025! 😊
Here’s to a year where:
✨ Your research leads to exciting discoveries.
✨ Your papers get accepted (with just minor revisions!).
✨ And those New Year’s resolutions actually stick this time!
Here’s to a year where:
✨ Your research leads to exciting discoveries.
✨ Your papers get accepted (with just minor revisions!).
✨ And those New Year’s resolutions actually stick this time!
December 20, 2024 at 10:13 AM
On behalf of all of us at the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, we wish you an amazing 2025! 😊
Here’s to a year where:
✨ Your research leads to exciting discoveries.
✨ Your papers get accepted (with just minor revisions!).
✨ And those New Year’s resolutions actually stick this time!
Here’s to a year where:
✨ Your research leads to exciting discoveries.
✨ Your papers get accepted (with just minor revisions!).
✨ And those New Year’s resolutions actually stick this time!
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📢We are preparing a manuscript to map fungal occurrence data across Europe and present challenges in digitizing data. We call on mycological groups and societies to complete this Google Form (5-10 min max): forms.gle/9G9NicJduzp2... #FunDive #fungalconservation #fungalresearch @ima-mycology.org
Mapping fungal occurrences data
With your help, we want to map information on fungal occurrence data across Europe. We are fungal taxonomists, ecologists, conservationists, and citizen-science supporters within the pan-European FunD...
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December 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM
📢We are preparing a manuscript to map fungal occurrence data across Europe and present challenges in digitizing data. We call on mycological groups and societies to complete this Google Form (5-10 min max): forms.gle/9G9NicJduzp2... #FunDive #fungalconservation #fungalresearch @ima-mycology.org
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Our first Bluesky post contains some good news for #fungi! After a long history of being unprotected, COP16 marked a huge advancement in the conservation of fungi. 🍄🥳
Thanks to work led by our partners at Fungi Foundation, The Fungal Conservation Pledge was introduced at #COP16. bit.ly/3Vl9GHL
Thanks to work led by our partners at Fungi Foundation, The Fungal Conservation Pledge was introduced at #COP16. bit.ly/3Vl9GHL
Why Fungi Could Get Higher Conservation Status And Why It Matters
The UK and Chile are proposing at the UN’s biodiversity conference COP16 in Colombia that fungi receive the same status to animals and plants. This could help foster and funding research.
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December 5, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Our first Bluesky post contains some good news for #fungi! After a long history of being unprotected, COP16 marked a huge advancement in the conservation of fungi. 🍄🥳
Thanks to work led by our partners at Fungi Foundation, The Fungal Conservation Pledge was introduced at #COP16. bit.ly/3Vl9GHL
Thanks to work led by our partners at Fungi Foundation, The Fungal Conservation Pledge was introduced at #COP16. bit.ly/3Vl9GHL