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New research home! I have transitioned to a new research home. Happy to join the exciting research at SLU, Division of Microbial Ecology.
FUNACTION: Aquatic FUNgal biodiversity: developing knowledge and strAtegies to inform ConservaTION priorities and measures. Biodiversa+ BiodivProtect. Project launched 1 April 2023. I am the project coordinator and one of 8 PIs on this grant with participants in 7 countries. Find us online and on twitter @FUNACTION_EU.
Watch for it. Tetracladium at CanFunNet23. I'm up on 2 June 2023 at 5:30PM-5:45PM AST.
Include aquatic fungi in your outreach and education--TeMa Tools: A multilingual & multiformat education toolkit for aquatic fungi. Kit includes files for 3D printing a Tetracladium spore, info cards in 25 languages, posters for drawing a croud, and tips for use.
Check it out--Fantastic Freshwater Fantastic Freshwater: 50 landmark species for conservation is out now!
IUCN SSC and Re:wild now use more biodiversity inclusive language "flora, fauna, funga" putting fungi on the conservation radar! Embrace the "f" word (meaning funga of course)!
Birthday Greetings to Carol Shearer, our PhD supervisor and mentor, by Huzefa Raja and myself. Check it out.