This is what happens when you look under rocks in the bushes on holidays. You find something interesting, and then it turns out it's not good news for the endemic snails... More in the latest publication with @lgasiorowski.bsky.social in the journal BioInvasions Records: doi.org/10.3391/bir....

We're back with @fundive-fungi.bsky.social webinars after summer break! Tomorrow, 25.08.2026 at 20:00 CET Topic: Sequencing of fungal type specimens in FunDive project by Anton Savchenko @notgaudi.bsky.social Register here to join: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/071fb8...

FunDive designed a questionnaire with the goal to better understand motivations behind individuals joining and remaining engaged in #citizenscience projects in #mycology! Please complete it if you are a volunteer or share/forward to individuals who are: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Survey on motivation factors in volunteer mycology projects

Dear Respondent, This questionnaire was designed to investigate the primary reasons why individuals join and remain engaged in citizen science mycology projects. It aims to capture the motivations an...

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🍄Volunteer mycologists, we want to hear from you! ❔ What brought you into fungal citizen science, and what keeps you involved? 👉 Survey in English (more languages available!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @fundive-fungi.bsky.social

🍄 FunDive Webinar summer break Due to summer break, there will be no webinar in July. We will come back at the end of August, Tuesday 25.08 at 8:00 PM CET. Have a great summer!

Representing our Mycology Lab, @marta-tischer.bsky.social, Mikołaj Dziurzyński, Dorota Wiktorowicz & Maksymilian Nowak participated in the 10th National Microbiological Symposium “Metagenomes of Diverse Environments”. Dorota & Mikołaj received awards for their oral presentations! Congrats! 🏆

🍄 6th FunDive Webinar: Tuesday 30.06 at 8:00 PM CET Topic: Beyond the Microscope - Laboulbeniomycetes by @dhaelewa.bsky.social Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8f26d2... 🍄See you at the Webinar! @fundive-fungi.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social

New preprint from the lab, led by PhD student Leopold Preuß, with @marta-tischer.bsky.social, @cblei.bsky.social, and others. We show genomic evidence for #Wolbachia being an overlooked nutritional symbiont in solitary #bees. #SymbioSky https://tinyurl.com/3wzt27hy Short thread: (1/8)

Excellent job by @marta-tischer.bsky.social, Beniamin Abramczyk, Dorota Wiktorowicz, Michał Kochanowski and Maksymilian Nowak from IBE for organizing MycoRise Up! Youth in Mycology this year at ECEG 🍄 3 days of biodiversity, taxonomy & ecology by early-career researchers and students!

🍄 5th FunDive Webinar: Tuesday 26.05 at 8:00 PM CET Topic: Fungal Red Listing and Conservation in Practice by Isabel Fernandes, Lucie Zíbarová, and Gareth Griffith Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/af229d... 🍄See you at the Webinar @fundive-fungi.bsky.social

🍄 4th FunDive Webinar: Thursday 28.04 at 8:00 PM CET Topic: True Slime: tracking myxomycete diversity with citizen science and DNA by @irynaya.bsky.social and Elan Trybuch Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/abd451... 🍄See you at the webinar @fundive-fungi.bsky.social

📢CALL FOR COLLABORATION📢 My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica! If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre. #TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur

On Tuesday, 31.03, at 8:00 PM CET, we continue the @fundive-fungi.bsky.social Webinar series! Topic: AI for Biodiversity Science: From Species Recognition to Distribution Mapping, by Lukáš Picek To join, please register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c236e4...

📣 🍄🐝The AFA workshop “Arthropod–Fungal Associations: From Parasites to Pathogens” is now traveling to Poland for its 3rd edition! 😊 📅 May 20–22, 2026 📍 Łódź & Spała, Poland 📝 Register by April 10th! Come and join us !! 🍄🐝🐛🐜 #Mycology #Entomology #insectpathology #Parasites #ScientificCommunity

On Tuesday, 24.02, at 8:00 PM CET, we continue the FunDive Webinar series! Topic: North American citizen science initiatives To join, please register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c19ef7... @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social @mycosphaera.bsky.social