Susana C. Gonçalves 🍄🧪🌍👩🏻‍🔬💪💬

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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/

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...

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...

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...

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/...

The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change Click on the article title to read more.

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/...

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...

Mario's super-sized mushroom exists in real life While they actually power-up trees and not plumbers, the 40 year-old video game helped make toadstools mainstream.

Mario likes mushrooms! www.popsci.com/science/real...

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.

Article I wrote for Rewilding Magazine, also featuring some of my photography. Check it out.

www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...

@iucnfungi.bsky.social!!

You're welcome!

"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

👆👆Two more #citizenscience projects to the growing database @dhaelewa.bsky.social ☺️

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...

Thank you! I'll look into it.

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“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

It's fall, y'all. 🍂
Oyster mushroom.
#fungi #fungifriends #mushroom

The kind of science I want on a Friday afternoon 😜

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

Whole genome sequencing of historical specimens from the world's largest fungal collection yields high‐quality assemblies High-throughput molecular studies of museum specimens (museomics) have great potential in biodiversity research, but fungal historical collections have scarcely been examined, leading to no comprehe...

Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !

Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄‍🟫

If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Pangeneric analyses reveal the divergent genome
evolution and ecologies between morels and truffles
in the Morchellaceae published in
@currentbiology.bsky.social

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Photo: M. Vulgaris (Ph Clowez)

Thrilled to launch yet another #CitizenScience campaign for @fundive-fungi.bsky.social ‪🙃

The campaign' accompanying flyer is published in the open-access platform Zenodo, free to download, share, and cite: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#UrbanBiodiversity #FunDive #Mycology #Conservation #iNaturalist

🌍 Call open for #ECCB2026!

The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, July 6–10 2026) seeks proposals for symposia, panels, workshops & training.

📅 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
🔗 eccb26leiden.eu/calls/

Join us in building effective biodiversity conservation.

Lediga jobb vid Stockholms universitet Jobb

We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com

Não deixe a UE destruir a proteção da natureza | #HandsOffNature - SPEA Temos 10 dias para impedir a Comissão Europeia de destruir proteções ambientais vitais. Diga-lhes para deixarem a natureza em paz.

A UE quer reverter proteções ambientais vitais. Prazo para travar isto: 10 de setembro ⏰
Diz-lhes para manterem as suas #HandsOffNature 👉 spea.pt/campanhas/ha...

Hi Justine 👋 You'll find all the information on the journal's website— www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Cover of the BMS's Fungal Ecology journal

📣 Call for papers! Special issue of #FungalEcology on “Fungal conservation: from knowledge to actions” co-edited by Susana C. Gonçalves @cfemycolab.bsky.social & Jonathan Cazabonne @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social. Deadline for manuscripts: 31 Jan 2026. Find out more: www.linkedin.com/company/brit...

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The mycology team in Auckland, New Zealand

An exciting full-time permanent mycology job with a focus on taxonomy in Auckland, New Zealand! PhD and some postdoc experience required. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #mycology #jobs

How scientists get to know what they know about #climatechange 👇
Great #SciComm!

Measuring the Intangible: The Social Impact of Citizen Science on Participants and Communities

#𝗘𝗖𝗦𝗔𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
This panel explores how citizen science shapes participants’ #environmental values, behaviors, and sense of agency. We invite dialogue on the social #impact of citizen science projects
𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/ecsa2026/p/17085
#CallForPapers