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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Field mycology in practice at the recent German Mycological Society in Springe (DGfM) - zoom in for details and see the amazing illustrations!

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Neriman Yilmaz 🧫🔬🧬🧪 @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Beyond the science, the week was filled with memorable cultural and social events: 🍷 Welcome at @FutureAfrica 🔬 FABI, UPLC & NMR lab tours 🖼️ Private tour of the Javett Art Centre 🐘 Safari in Pilanesberg @funguscrous.bsky.social @ms-fungi.bsky.social @bernardslippers.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

1/🌍 The Mycobiomics team from the Czech Republic, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, and Thailand came together for an exciting expedition in the biodiverse Arabuko Sokoke Forest, north of Malindi, Kenya. 🍄🧵 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

2/ Hosted by Josphat Matasyoh (@EgertonUniversity), the team explored multiple sites to collect soil, mushrooms, and insect- & plant-associated fungi in one of East Africa’s richest biodiversity hotspots. 🌱🌿🪲 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

3/ Each day ended with lab sessions: processing samples, exchanging techniques, and diving deep into the shared passion for fungal diversity. These moments of collaboration were as valuable as the time in the forest. 🔬💬✨ @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

4/ From forest floors to lab benches to conference halls, this collaboration is a powerful reminder of how global partnerships drive science forward, especially in uncovering the hidden world of fungi. 🍄💡

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Mycobiomics @mycobiomics.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

5/ The expedition didn’t end in the field. Most of the team then travelled to 🇿🇦 to join the Mycobiomics meeting at #FABI, continuing discussions & strengthening international networks in fungal research @ms-fungi.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social

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Neriman Yilmaz 🧫🔬🧬🧪 @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

1/ 🚨 A big update: Our paper on #Bisifusarium taxonomy is now out! This genus (formerly Fusarium dimerum complex) is linked to cheese 🧀, soil & arid plants 🌵, and even opportunistic human infections 🧬 @funguscrous.bsky.social @westerdijkinst.bsky.social

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

DNA sequences as type meeting at Westerdijk - is today the day that we change life as you knew it? Cobus Visagie kicks it up a gear

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Neil Gow delivering a wonderful keynote at ICFG17 in Dublin, highlighting the negative effects of fungal infections on humans

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

In oktober ruilde Geert de Snoo zijn directeurschap na vijf jaar bij het NIOO in voor zijn nieuwe rol bij de KNAW. Lees in dit interview waar De Snoo trots op terugblikt binnen zijn tijd als NIOO-directeur en hoe hij vooruitkijkt naar de toekomst: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/nieuws/vi...

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

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...

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Along came a zombie spider: Gibellula attenboroughii, a unique fungus killing spiders in caves in the British Isles has been named after Sir David Attenborough, a pioneer of BBC natural history programmes, which indirectly led to the discovery of this fungus. 🔗 doi.org/10.3114/fuse...

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Join us at the 2025 Westerdijk Spring Symposium! 📅 When: April 7–8, 2025 📍 Where: Utrecht, the Netherlands 🎯 Theme: DNA Sequences as Type For more Information and Registration 👉 ymlp.com/z4iFHn

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Westerdijk Spring Symposium: DNA Sequences as Type

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Margaux Boeraeve @margauxboeraeve.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

One of my highlights of the past mushroom season was finding this Dendrocollybia racemosa 🍄📷 It grows in fruiting bodies of Russula species, where it then forms black sclerotia from which the fruiting body grows the next year. I found it growing between a Collybia species with the same ecology.

The branched stalk of Dendrocollybia racemosa growing among the slender fruiting bodies of a Collybia species.

View through the stereomicroscope of a brownish piece of old mushroom with black sclerotia from which the fruiting body of Dendrocollybia is growing. Three fruiting bodies of a Collybia species are also growing from the old fruiting body.

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

New publication 📜 This re-evaluation of the Fusarium sambucinum species complex clarifies its diversity and solidifies its role as a major producer of harmful plant pathogens and mycotoxins. Read here👇 doi.org/10.3114/sim....

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Jennifer Anderson @jandbio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Loved this new work of art produced for IMC12. It was so cool on the big screen! Now we can all enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUct...

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IMC12 Fungal Landscapes Movie

YouTube video by Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

📢Our paper on mycological long-term studies in tropical regions was finally published in #IMAFungus! It emphasizes results in the Pakaraima Mountains of #Guyana, but also mentions other long-term projects such as ours in #CusucoNationalPark in #Honduras. doi.org/10.1186/s430...

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The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute @westerdijkinst.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🎙️ New Interview Alert The Scientist sat down with @fhagen.bsky.social from the Westerdijk Institute to discuss a global health challenge: the silent pandemic of antifungal resistance. Read here: www.the-scientist.com/the-silent-p...

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Sigrid Neuhauser @sigridneuhauser.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Strobilomyces strobilaceus, or "old man of the woods" is found solitary or in groups in deciduous or coniferous forests in low mountain ranges. With a 4-10 cm cap it is a small member of the Boletales. Edible, but the taste is bitter and therefore not recommended. #fungifact 🍄📷🦠🧪 #fungifriends

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Shepard’s crook disease of Protea caffra caused by Colletotrichum along the Swartberg Pass in the Western Cape of South Africa

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Polyphagous shothole borer with Neocosmospora killing oak trees in Somerset West, South Africa. Seems unstoppable…

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Bengi Kendrick @fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Eustilbum aureum Another resincolous fungus! Some weird stuff has happened with how to sort this fungus, but I think it's settled now. Looks a lot like a stubble lichen morphologically, but are (insertae sedis) placed more closely to powdery mildews.

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Sally Fryar 🍄💧 🇦🇺 🧬 🔬 @sally-mycology.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

13 years ago I found this nice little marine fungus in the Coorong in southern Australia. It has distinctive wavy setae. I was new to phylogenetics, so when I found that it was not in a known family or order I shelved it because it was too hard and I was not confident enough to publish it. 1/3

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Marc Stadler @ms-fungi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We are now also on Bluesky! zenodo.org/communities/... Here is the link to the previous publications of our @MSCActions project that is being continuously updated

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Search Joining forces to exploit the mycobiota of Asia, Africa and Europe for beneficial metabolites and potential biocontrol agents, using -OMICS techniques

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Phyllosticta macowanii leaf spots on Cunonia capensis at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden - host specific, and stunning!

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Look at this lovely leaf spot disease on Watsonia! I will work it up for the next Fungal Planet 🙃👍

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International Mycological Association @handle.invalid · 30/11/2024

The IMA is moving away from Twitter / X but all of our news is available on our website at: buff.ly/4fOWSBS we also have new social media accounts on Bluesky: buff.ly/3B34hym LinkedIn: buff.ly/3ZvtkmY and facebook: buff.ly/3CU4xjJ give us a follow! #mycology

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Fay Newbery @fayrnhawk.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Can't wait to get a copy!!

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Pedro Crous @funguscrous.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Lovely leaf spot disease on Arum lilies in the Western Cape of South Africa - cannot wait to isolate!!

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