Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution

The first #C4inV4 workshop was hosted by our #LFEE lab at the Biology Centre CAS and @fscusb.bsky.social in České Budéjovice. Focused on #citizenscience, it resulted in an occurrence dataset published on @gbif.org: doi.org/10.15468/zg4...

Already used by Native Americans to stop bleeding wounds and cuts, Hericium americanum – lion's mane or bear's head tooth – is Vermont's official state mushroom!
Photo from 2012, Durham (NH).

Happy New Year—may all your worries decompose! 🍄

🎅Santa’s not the only one hunting for rare things this December 🍄 Meet the FunDive Advent Calendar!
🎁 24 species: open one every day before Dec 24th
⏱️ 30 seconds to learn
🔍 1 mission - help us find fungi that are harder to track than Santa’s sleigh
🔗 fun-dive.eu/.../dissemin...
By Mateusz Pawlowski

We wish you a joyful holiday season! May your New Year flourish with abundance, resilience, and good connections, like a healthy mycelium beneath the forest floor🍄🎄🍄‍🟫🌲
Photo/baking of Geastrum sp.: Julia Pawlowska

PS: You should look at his #EntomoFun paper in Scientific Data, presenting an #openaccess database with global records of fungal–insect associations in Hypocreales: doi.org/10.1038/s415....

This is it! Frederik De Wint is defending his #PhD on entomopathogenic fungi and interactions with their hosts along environmental gradients. It was a pleasure to work together with Frederik and I am looking forward to continue working together (he applied for a postdoc position in my group).

Researchers have compiled the first fungal checklist for Honduras, resulting in a dataset containing 1365 species across 4011 records.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/myco...

Presenting Danny gives engaging lectures on mycology for the broader public, sharing stories from his field expeditions to remote regions and insights from his research. He also offers workshops on science wr…

Since I am getting more and more invited for presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions, I decided to add a PRESENTING page to my website, drawing inspiration from friends and colleagues. Have a look if you're curious about what I offer. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/presenting/

Our lab’s first paper is out! 📢
A multi-year effort resulted in the checklist of fungi for #Honduras — a major milestone that is the starting point for future research. Congratulations to Libelje on publishing the first chapter of her #PhD! doi.org/10.3897/myco... #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur

We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266 #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #postdoc #hiring

One of our student offices is ready with desks and chairs. There are some unoccupied seats, but not for long... The lab has open positions for 1 postdoc and 2 fully funded PhD students!

Postdoc: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266
PhD: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/271

#hiring #newPI #LFEE #TeamLaboul

The lab will soon also advertise a new PhD position. This student will be studying either multitrophic interactions of bats, bat flies, and microfungi, or entomopathogenic fungi. Spread the word! #hiring #LFEE #newPI

We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266 #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #postdoc #hiring

Received GREAT news today. My application for a GAČR Junior STAR grant was successful! An additional five-year grant, with funds to hire PhD students & postdocs. More ads coming soon! #LFEE #CzechScienceFoundation

Want to read the #OpenAccess article itself? Find it here!

Effects of #temperature & #humidity on the presence & prevalence of a common fungal #parasite on an invasive ladybird
buff.ly/jw3xPTY

#Harmonia #Hesperomyces

@michieldegroot.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be

But what is that slug doing over there?🐌🍄🤔

Always a good time to promote our paper on #mycophagy (= consumption of fungi by other orgamisms) in invertebrates, a massive global review by former #TeamLaboul member Brianna Santamaria. doi.org/10.3390/jof9...

Shoutout to my PhD student Libelje Mortier who finalized her first PhD chapter, the #checklist of fungi for Honduras, and submitted it to #MycoKeys! A huge effort with the help of many, including @curataceae.bsky.social and the amazing Meike Piepenbring. #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur 🍄

This is our former #TeamLaboul member. Please donate if you can! #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

Postdoc position available at our Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the @czechacademy.bsky.social, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czechia. #LFEE #newPI 🇨🇿

Currently in Warsaw with @jzpawlowska.bsky.social:
- wrote one manuscript
- finished instructions for sampling campaign
- halfway finalizing one grant application
- added the first Belgian fungal records to #FunDive project

And this is only the second day! 💪🏼

Thank you so much @ukladybirds.bsky.social, for joining us in České Budějovice🙏 These were such inspiring three days. Looking forward to write the perspective on priorities for fungal #citizenscience!

Everything starts small: the first slide of what will become the lab's permanent slide collection at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology. This likely is a #newspecies of bat fly-associated Arthrorhynchus from Papua New Guinea! 🪰🍄🇵🇬 #LFEE

60% of global extinctions have been caused, solely or in part, by invasive alien species—a staggering statistic from @ukladybirds.bsky.social's talk about leveraging #citizenscience data to tackle biological invasions. Part of our #VisegradFund #C4inV4 workshop in České Budějovice.

It is such a pleasure to be with you all - I am having a wonderful time immersed in the worlds of entomology and mycology (a perfect pair) during this fabulous workshop on cryptic fungi - thank you so much for inviting me @ukceh.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

📣 Just out: a comprehensive overview of the orders within the phylum Ascomycota, where—together with @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Aimée Blondelle, Michał Gorczak and @dhaelewa.bsky.social—we wrote about Laboulbeniomycetes.

➡️ www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...

@teamlaboul.bsky.social

Now for talks by @dhaelewa.bsky.social, @ukladybirds.bsky.social and @robin-hutchinson.bsky.social on knowledge and knowledge gaps of citizen science and @pomscheme.bsky.social

A very successful ladybird gathering with the #VisegradFund citizen science workshop here in Ceske Budejovice - fridged for now, checking them for miceofungi tomorrow!

Our workshop on #citizenscience started today, supported by a #VisegradFund grant! First off, @michieldegroot.bsky.social is talking about next-level citizen science on Hesperomyces harmoniae, a microfungus parasitizing the invasive Harmonia axyridis, and our #Beetlehangers database.

It is such a pleasure to be hosting long-time collaborator Helen E. Roy in České Budějovice! Looking forward to this lecture and discussions about (next-level) #citizenscience.

To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Welcome to České Budějovice, Aneira!