Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻🔬💪💬
@cfemycolab.bsky.social
Dr of Ecology Conservation Mycologist Member @iucnfungi.bsky.social One teenage boy 🏉🥁⚛️, two black cats 🐾 #CitizenScience #Bioinvasions #UrbanBiodiversity #Conservation #SustainableUse Reuniting #WomenInMycology 🐦>>🦋 🔗 https://linktr.ee/cfe_mycolab
Out Now! Dysbiosis and succession in the scientific infobiome #MicroSky
Dysbiosis and succession in the scientific infobiome
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 01 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02366-8The scientific information ecosystem is dysbiotic, but the conditions for ecological succession towards a more diverse, inclusive and resilient ‘infobiome’ are present. Scientists, institutions and platform builders should act together.
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On David Attenborough’s 100th birthday 🎂 🎉, I recall the 2019 Red List workshop in the building named after him in Cambridge, UK, that inspired me to launch MyCoLAB. From 91 to 195 Red List fungal assessments in one week — and 1,302 today. Thank you for the inspiration, Sir David ❤️
The first article from Elsa Hilaire’s PhD thesis. The first in a long series...??? "Necromass chemistry drives the functional diversity of the necrobiome, resulting in microbe–organic matter feedbacks" besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Necromass chemistry drives the functional diversity of the necrobiome, resulting in microbe–organic matter feedbacks
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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May the Fourth be with you ⭐ From galaxies far, far away 🚀 to taxonomy on Earth, the #StarWars universe has left its mark on occurrence records in GBIF. Take a look at some species names that are inspired by Star Wars in GBIF 🌠
Inspired Yoda’s look, the tarsier did. 🌌 This #StarWarsDay, let's remember that even the galaxy’s most iconic figures have roots in Earth’s biodiversity. IPBES science shows nature’s health is the force binding all life together. To ignore the evidence, unwise it is. 🌍✨ #MayThe4thBeWithYou
Come work with me at the Department of Soil Biology in Hohenheim, Postdoc position for three years. I am looking for someone who will support my current line of research and help establish novel methods of molecular soil ecology in the lab. Thanks for sharing. www.uni-hohenheim.de/stellenangeb...
Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim
Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.
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Investigação liderada por cientistas portuguesas identifica fungos sem parentes próximos na árvore da vida, muitos sem dados suficientes para sabermos se já estão à beira da extinção.
Fungos únicos no planeta podem desaparecer sem deixar rasto
Investigação liderada por cientistas portuguesas identifica fungos sem parentes próximos na árvore da vida, muitos sem dados suficientes para sabermos se já estão à beira da extinção.
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First PhD paper out on @consletters.bsky.social 🎉 We identified 8 potential EDGE fungal species, a conservation metric so far not available for fungi. This study also revealed a large number of Data Deficient species, highlighting the need for more mycological research. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/con4...
Prevalence of Red List DD Species Limits the Application of the EDGE Approach for Fungi
Despite their importance, fungi remain underrepresented in global conservation priorities and largely absent from indicators established for monitoring progress within the Global Biodiversity Framewo...
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Thank you @spun.earth for highlighting our work! This is also @susanapcunha.bsky.social first PhD paper! 🎉🎉 Steve Bachman, Eimear Nic Lughadha @rbgkew.bsky.social and I are proud supervisors 😊 Glad it found its home in @consletters.bsky.social! 🍄🧪🌍
Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)@spun.earth · 4mo agoFor 56 of the 94 fungal species assessed in this study, there's still insufficient data to reliably evaluate extinction risk. A reminder of how much fungal diversity remains understudied, and how urgently better knowledge is needed for conservation. 🔗 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “From data to decisions: Toward a Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework.” Explore the article here: https://ow.ly/8rzI50YvlN7 For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/kWUf50YvlN6.
Conservation requires looking beyond Red Lists alone. Across European food webs, non-threatened species play a strong role in maintaining network connectivity. With @fmestre.bsky.social @vinibastazini.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social @mncn-csic.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Contrasting Roles of Threatened and Non‐Threatened Species in European Food Webs
Aim Assess the structural importance of threatened and non-threatened species within European food webs by quantifying their roles in maintaining network connectivity. Location Europe. Methods W...
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🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
In this review in Fungal Ecology, Håvard Kauserud (@drhyfe.bsky.social) argues that while the ITS region is by far the best DNA (meta)barcoding marker for fungi, we should not use it naively or simplistically doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
📣 The deadline for this @britmycolsoc.org.uk special issue on fungal conservation has been extended to 15th March 2026. Spread the word and don’t hesitate to contact @cfemycolab.bsky.social or me if you have any questions. We’re looking forward to receiving your submissions! 🍄
Jonathan Cazabonne@jonathancazabonne.bsky.social · 12mo agoThrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
New paper! Here we present the history, geographical distribution, and structure of organizations in #mycology across #Europe, as well as their activities—including journals, magazines, meetings, educational initiatives, and #citizenscience projects. doi.org/10.1007/s105... #FunDive
A state-funded survey across California has uncovered hundreds of fungi new to science, part of a first-of-its-kind biodiversity effort. Often overlooked, fungi support plant growth and store carbon — knowledge that could guide conservation and forest restoration as wildfires intensify.
Statewide survey aims to put California’s fungi on the conservation map
Getting to The Cedars, an ecological preserve in California’s Sonoma county, is a slog. Multiple rivers and creeks must be crossed, and it can be tough going on an often storm-destroyed road. But…
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Are you an ECSA member or a presenter at the #ECSA2026 conference? 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 will be open exclusively for you from 27 October to 10 November. https://www.ecsa2026.ngo/
Tedersoo et al. shaking up fungal systematics, describing numerous new phyla, etc. based on relatively short eDNA data that we from beforehand know can give many spurious topologies in phylogenetic trees. (Interesting with a new phylum named Tartumycota 😳) mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1616...
Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA
Molecular analyses of soil and water commonly reveal large proportions of fungal taxa that cannot be assigned to any taxonomic or functional groups. Some of these so-called dark taxa have been encoded...
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Wow, nature is too cool! Structures on stinkbug hind legs that used to be interpreted as ears are actually chambers with fungi. The bugs coat their eggs in those fungi to protect them against parasitoid wasps. 🧪 Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs
Dinidorid stinkbugs were reported to possess a conspicuous tympanal organ on female hindlegs. In this study, we show that this organ is specialized to retain microbial symbionts rather than to perceiv...
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A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change
Click on the article title to read more.
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Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Article I wrote for Rewilding Magazine, also featuring some of my photography. Check it out. www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...
Why rewilders shouldn’t forget about fungi
These mostly hidden life forms have a big role to play in rewilding – and need its support, too.
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"Improving citizen science: Co-creating recommendations with researchers and the public" A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science doi.org/10.1101/2025... #citizenscience #public #science
bioRxiv Scientific Communication and Education@biorxiv-scicomm.bsky.social · 12mo ago10 recommendations for strengthening citizen science for improved societal and ecological outcomes: A co-produced analysis of challenges and opportunities in the 21st century https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.13.670232v1
I made a flyer! Know anyone in CA, OR, WA, or BC who might be interested in collecting mushrooms for research purposes? #mycology #citizenscience Please share widely! 🧪 🍄🟫 🌲 A PDF version can be found here: drive.proton.me/urls/W1MM4FG...
"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
The kind of science I want on a Friday afternoon 😜
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft@maxplanck.de · 11mo agoTruly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋
I just passed my 50,000th identification on @inaturalist.bsky.social! Identifying is a huge but often ignored part of the #iNaturalist community and dataset so I wanted to share why and how I identify. 1/14 🧪 #ecology #taxonomy #botany #CommunityScience
