Fungi are essential to life on Earth, supporting food production, ecosystem health, medicine, and climate resilience. Yet many scientists studying fungi, especially those working in low-income countri...

The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) General Assembly and Scientific Symposium 2026 was held at the National Science Seminar Complex, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, In...

The 13th International Mycological Congress (IMC13) will be held from 8-12 August 2027 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Organized by the Korean Society of Mycology (KSM) in collaboration with the Intern...

The 10th Symposium of the International Association for Lichenology (IAL10) - organised by the International Association for Lichenology, the University of Trieste's Department of Life Sciences&nb...

Despite the growing recognition of the critical ecological, economic, and cultural importance of fungi, they are rarely included in national, regional, or global conservation policies. This has hinder...

The 11th Conference of the European Committee for the Conservation of Bryophytes (ECCB) is scheduled to be held at the Botanical Garden of Cagliari, Sardinia, from 19 to 22 May 2026. This internationa...

Invasive fungal diseases affect over 6.5 million people annually and cause high mortality. This burden is increasing due to the global spread of drug-resistant fungi, driven by widespread antifungal u...

Newly discovered groups of "zombie" fungi have been found to mummify spiders and adapt their physical forms.

MycoRise Up! Youth in Mycology is an international students' conference organised each year by students and PhD candidates from a different University in Poland. The 7th edition is being organised...

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The 5th International Eurasian Mycology Congress (EMC 2026) has been announced, with the event scheduled to take place from September 1 to 3, 2026. This prestigious gathering will be hosted by Trakya ...

The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute has announced the Westerdijk Spring Symposium 2026, taking place April 13 to 14, 2026. This year’s event centres on the interdisciplinary theme ...

The new genus Garciamycella is here erected to accommodate the soil-borne fungus G. chlamydospora, as well as G. cyclaminis and G. fici, based on a phylogenetic study using sequences of ITS, LSU, rpb2...

The International Mycological Association (IMA) is pleased to announce and warmly celebrate the appointment of Prof. Dr. Ir. Nourou S. Yorou as General Director of the Benin Agency for Science and Inn...

Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava

Dear fellow mycologists,Herewith, I would like to summarize the events of the previous 2025 that concerned the developments within the international mycological community and the International Mycolog...

The XII Latin American Mycology Congress will take place from September 1–4, 2026, in Quito, Ecuador. It will serve as a hub for researchers, academics, students, and professionals from Latin Am...

The Third Annual Meet of Association of Fungal Biologists (AFBCON-2025) took place in early December at the Department of Botany of Rajaram college in Maharashtra, India. The three-day event comm...

The family Epibryaceae is one of the early-diverging lineages within the order Chaetothyriales. Available molecular data show that most species are associated with mosses, liverworts, and lichens, typ...

Pteridophytes are iconic symbols of the Earth’s biodiversity and harbor diverse fungal communities. In this study, an investigation of saprobic fungi associated with pteridophytes in China identified ...

Cordyceps species are widespread entomopathogens and promising biocontrol agents that produce diverse secondary metabolites, yet the roles of these molecules during the infection process remain unclea...

The Asian Mycological Congress 2025 (AMC 2025) has successfully concluded in Guangzhou, China, after four days of intensive scientific exchange and regional cooperation from 23–26 November 2025....

The International Mycological Association (IMA) invites all collective members to submit pre-proposals to host the 14th International Mycological Congress (IMC14). Hosting an IMC is a prestigious...

Just 20 individuals of the unusual species are known to exist in the wild.