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Dr Sarah Kidd

@thefunguskidd.bsky.social
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PhD FECMM | National Mycology Reference Centre at SA Pathology | Assoc. Professor (adjunct), Adelaide University | Views are my own | mycology.adelaide.edu.au | She/Her

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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great to work again with @fhagen.bsky.social, #Marcelo_Sandoval and others to describe a new dematiaceous fungal species, isolated from elbow tissue. Cyphellophora adelaidensis, named for the great city that it was discovered in. #fungi #Adelaide #Radelaide www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Colony and micromorphological features of Cyphellophora adelaidensis
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wonderful to work with @acremonium.bsky.social, Avrom Caplan and others on what is a very detailed review on this new era of dermatophyte infections for Clin Microbiol Reviews. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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A new era of dermatophytes: emerging species, new risk factors, and taxonomic change | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARYThe traditional landscape of dermatophyte infections has changed over the past decade. The emergence and global expansion of Trichophyton indotineae have highlighted the impact of irrational an...
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Today I learned that there is a species of Lichen named for Dolly Parton. #RIPDolly www.nybg.org/blogs/scienc...
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Japewiella dollypartoniana Archives - Science Talk Archive
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Things you see on fungal microscopy. Skin biopsy from the face/cheek of a middle aged male. Who knows what this?
Skin biopsy tissue from the face, stained with KOH-blankophor
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hiking on a foggy winter morning.
Image shows a green field with a track running through it. It is foggy and there are several kangaroos grazing.
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Catriona Halliday and I looked at #CrAg #LFA cross-reactivity among #basidiomycete #yeasts. Everyone knew about Trichosporon. But Cutaneotrichosporon, Naganishia, Filobasidium and even Ustilago can also potentially cross-react. academic.oup.com/mmy/advance-...
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A List of Things Eaten by Scientists 🧵
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Oliver Cornely @olivercornely.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Climate change is accelerating the spread of fungal diseases. Warm, humid environments + resilient spores = ideal conditions. This is a future we are already entering. #ClimateChange #FungalInfections #OneHealth World Health Organization
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Dermatophyte enthusiasts, I recently read that a second ITS sequence type of T.indotineae had been identified. But can I find it now? Of course not! Can someone help me out? @drjorhodes.com @arnaudjabet.bsky.social @fhagen.bsky.social @aabdolra.bsky.social @sarah-delliere.bsky.social
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Whore Vidal/Guy Reynard @steampowerbttm.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hey babe, wake up. New STI just dropped.
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What is TMVII? Doctors warn of fungal STI spreading among men who have sex with men
Health agencies advise people to seek medical advice if they develop unexplained rashes, particularly around the genitals or buttocks.
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Test your mushroom knowledge www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Science quiz: Can you put the 'fun' back into fungi?
Mushrooms hit the headlines this year, but not for the best reasons. It's time to change that — take our quiz to see how many fun fungi facts you know.
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asidaud.bsky.social @asidaud.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
THINK FUNGUS! Think ASID Mycology Masterclass! A big thank you to the faculty who have given up their time and shared their knowledge with all of us. An even bigger thanks to our Convenor Sarah Kidd for the hard work and dedication to put the program together. Congratulations!
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I think these are Bridal veil mushrooms, a type of stinkhorn. Found under a palm tree in far north Queensland
Bridal veil mushrooms
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🍄‍🟫 ☠️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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Live: Jury finds Erin Patterson guilty of three counts of murder
The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has found her guilty of murdering three relatives by deliberately lacing a beef Wellington lunch with death cap mushrooms. Follow live.
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ishamycology.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our new website is live!!! Check it out via www.isham.org Thanks to Bright Digital & CongressCare and of course ISHAM
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The International Society for Human & Animal Mycology (Isham)
ISHAM is a world wide organization that intends to represent all medical mycologist, clinical scientists and fundamental researchers with interest in fungal diseases.
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A new 'second tier pathogenic' species within the Sporothrix pallida complex, isolated from an Australian cat. Sporothrix davidellisii, named for Australia's finest mycologist. Such a pleasure to work with @fhagen.bsky.social @amrodrigues85.bsky.social and others on this. doi.org/10.1093/mmy/...
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Sporothrix davidellisii : A new pathogenic species belonging to the Sporothrix pallida complex
Abstract. Sporothrix species (Ascomycota, Ophiostomatales) are dimorphic fungi with diverse ecological niches, ranging from mammalian, plant, and insect pa
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🚨Mycology Masterclass XI registration is now open. Places are limited. www.adelaide.edu.au/mycology/nod...
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Mycology Masterclass
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Pssst! Mycology Masterclass enthusiasts! Details are on the website and registration opens April 7th. Places will fill up quickly. www.adelaide.edu.au/mycology/nod...
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Mycology Masterclass
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cracks in the Curriculum: The Hidden Deficiencies in Fungal Disease Coverage in Medical Books Isabela Rost / Alessandro Pasqualotto and colleagues academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
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Cracks in the Curriculum: The Hidden Deficiencies in Fungal Disease Coverage in Medical Books
Abstract. Textbooks remain a primary source of reference and education for many health care professionals and students. This study assessed the mycology co
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

CDC plans to study autism, vaccines
Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them.
By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Pssst! Mycology Masterclass enthusiasts! Details are on the website and registration opens April 7th. Places will fill up quickly. www.adelaide.edu.au/mycology/nod...
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Mycology Masterclass
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Cool poster by Chin-Yen Yeo and Tom Gottlieb on the use of poetry as a health promotion strategy at #Antimicrobials2025 #ASA2025. I wondered if my recently published mycology haiku fit the bill? journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Image of a scientific conference poster on this use of poster to promote health messagingBipolaris mourns 
spicifera is transformed
Curvularia
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Amazon thinks it knows what I want
A screenshot from an Amazon targeted marketing email, where they recommend I buy the book that I wrote.
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Catherine Berry (she/her) @catherineberry.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#Antimicrobials2025 day 2 @thefunguskidd.bsky.social updating us on dermatophytes. T. indotineae as an emerging multiresistant pathogen. And TMVII as an STI?
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Nadine Hillock @nadinehillock.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Inappropriate and unregulated use of combination topical products containing antifungals, steroids and sub-therapeutic doses of antibiotics has resulted in spread of resistant strains of dermatophytes across Indian subcontinent - Dr Sarah Kidd #Antimicrobials2025 #AntifungalResistance #AMR
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Nadine Hillock @nadinehillock.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Dermatophyte PCRs increasingly used for diagnosis of dermatophyte infections - Sarah Kidd #Antimicrobials2025 #ASA2025 #dermatophyte
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Sonia Koning @sonkoning.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Another name change for Candida auris - “Candidozyma” belonging to the family “Metschnikowia” 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 #antimicrobials2025 #ASA
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Australian Society for Antimicrobials @ausantibiotics.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
@erinmccreary.bsky.social presenting on the new antifungal pipeline with novel patient experiences with them #antimicrobials2025 #IDsky #AMSsky #antifungals #mycology
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Australian Society for Antimicrobials @ausantibiotics.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
SYMPOSIUM 3: #MYCOLOGY #Antimicrobials2025 🦠Sharon Chen - #Candida auris - detection, #epidemiology and #IPC challenges 🦠 Sarah E. Kidd - Emerging #dermatophytes 🦠 @erinmccreary.bsky.social - Optimisation of new #antifungals in the immunocompromised patient 🚨 REGISTER: lnkd.in/giEKJ8b8
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky
Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, the administration continues to charge ahead, running roughshod over norms, laws, and the dignity of and most basic protections for the people most vulnerable to infections. Many of the changes are summarized here, up to date as of Feb 4. Who will speak up, or better still, ACT UP for these individuals?

The National Science Foundation has reportedly shared with program officers a list of forbidden "DEI"-related words that will result in grants being flagged. These include routinely used terms like "female", "biased", "systemic", "inclusion" and "exclusion" along with other words that specifically target vulnerable populations. While few clinical researchers rely on NSF grants, it can be reasonably expected that similar censorship with grants from NIH, CDC, etc is inevitable.
USAID funding remains frozen, and in fact there are reports of efforts underway to eliminate the entire agency. The effects have already been devastating for programs dedicated to controlling TB, malaria, and HIV, among others. Despite claims that these would be exempt, distribution of antiretrovirals remains frozen.
The Senate Finance committee advanced RFK Jr for confirmation as HHS Secretary. Kennedy's disdain for evidence-based medicine is no secret. He is a conspiracy theorist who engages in dangerous race-based pseudoscience. The IDSA has fallen short of other professional societies (e.g. the American Public Health Association, which represents 25,000 public health professionals) in calling for the outright rejection of RFK Jr's nomination.
The CDC and NIH remain muzzled, unable to communicate with interstate or international agencies or the public. They have been instructed to recall submitted or accepted manuscripts to scrub objectionable language. They remain barred from traveling until at least the end of April. How will these actions affect our ability to detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks? Meanwhile, our members are experiencing significant moral injury, and some have expressed levels of morale that rival the nadirs felt during the worst of COVID19. Every day it is a new insult, the cumulative effect being the disassembly of public health protections and further marginalization of the most vulnerable in society. 

Reticence to call attention to ourselves, potentially putting our work in the administration's cross hairs, is entirely understandable. After all, we don't want to imperil existing and ongoing advocacy efforts, including those related to bolstering the ID workforce. A sober analysis would concede that the likelihood of any potential actions moving the needle on any of these issues is low. I would argue, however, that standing up for what is right is the most important thing we can do to reinforce our commitment to social justice and to our members and the patients in our care. 

What we can do and how we can do it is up for debate; some bold ideas have already been presented in the IDea exchange forum and I welcome further input from colleagues. What is certain is that as rank-and-file individuals, our voices can easily be dismissed, but as a trusted, bipartisan professional organization that represents >13,000 infectious diseases experts, we cannot be ignored, and we must not allow ourselves to cower in silence. The reality is that things are going to get worse, and standing up to the assault on public health will only get more difficult as the administration becomes further emboldened and the actions set in motion gather steam. 

In the words of John Lewis, "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Thread of scientists drinking their feelings.
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
How cute is this little guy? Saksenaea vasiformis, made by @microbecharmer.bsky.social
Model of Saksenaea fungusModel of Saksenaea fungus resting on book opened to page about Saksenaea
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
When Aspergillus goes a bit bonkers. It’s giving me Medusa vibes.
Microscopic image of an unusual looking Aspergillus isolate.
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Croissants!
A microscopic image of a fungus with conidia resembling croissants
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Bronchoscopic examination of an invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukemia link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Endobronchial growth of mold and corresponding CT chest showing (among other things) left lower lobe consolidation and multi lobar ground glass
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I know I am particular about what makes an acceptable hot cross bun and what does not, but this goes beyond the pale *shudders*
A package of hot cross buns from an Australian supermarket that have been made with Vegemite and cheese.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 03/12/2024
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
We're excited to share our fungal artworks, commissioned for the Hidden World of Killer Fungi exhibit! These captivating visuals bring ground-breaking research to life. Now available online shorturl.at/N090i Thanks to @darrenthomson.bsky.social #MedicalMycology #Fungi #MycoSky #FungalFriday
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🤣
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Some Bipolaris species are now Curvularia species. But what should micro labs report? Fungi that resemble traditional Bipolaris species in human clinical specimens can be reported as “Curvularia species”. (Also, I am now published poet) #MedMycoSky #IDSky
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
who would have dreamed that a haiku would be published in PLOS Pathogens?
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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Can colleagues amplify this appeal to journals and journal editors to open accounts on Bluesky, please? @MicrobioSoc @TrendsMicrobiol @CellCellPress @JBacteriology @jbiolchem @Nature @ScienceMagazine @PNASNews @MolMicroEditors @NAR_Open @NatureMicrobiol @NatureComms @ASMicrobiology 🙏 🦠🧪🧫🧬
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Descriptions of Medical Fungi 4th Edition, now available to purchase as both hardback and ebook from CAB International. Updated names, beautiful images, AFST profiles. Perfect for use in the lab. www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
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Descriptions of Medical Fungi | CABI Books
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Norman van Rhijn @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
For ConversationUK I compiled some of the information from our latest commentary📩 in TheLancet on antifungal resistance🍄‍🟫 and the AMR discussion.🗣️ theconversation.com/antifungal-r...
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Antifungal resistance is not getting nearly as much attention as antibiotic resistance – yet the risks to global health are just as serious
And, as with antibiotics, their widespread use in agriculture is serious problem.
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Norman van Rhijn @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Putting the #Mycology people back together in touch - I’m sure there must be 100s others here so let me know who’s not on! go.bsky.app/FYRJn6M
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Medical mycologists assemble! go.bsky.app/8XGywEx
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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 08/11/2024
👩‍🔬Women in STEM🧪 - a meta BlueSky starter pack 🧵: I've seen a lot of newcomers asking for them. Starter packs are not (yet) referenced, unfortunately. Here's what I found so far. Add your own below! 1️⃣ A+ scientists by @sarahhird.bsky.social : bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Dr Sarah Kidd @thefunguskidd.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Anyone know of a Women in STEM starter pack?
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