Matt Wainhouse
@funganaught.bsky.social
Fungal ecology and conservation. Natural England fungi specialist. Tired parent.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social raising a great question of government
We need a clear plan to meet the International Fungal Conservation Pledge.
Fungi are essential to healthy soils and ecosystems — they cannot remain invisible in policy.
#Biodiversity #NatureRecovery | @spun.earth
Fungi are essential to healthy soils and ecosystems — they cannot remain invisible in policy.
#Biodiversity #NatureRecovery | @spun.earth
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social raising a great question of government
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Want to learn about #AquaticFungi? Don’t be shy—jump right in. Check out these fantastic first results from Peter—member of the online #AquaticHyphomycete group 🥳
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
My first #AquaticHyphomycetes sample. Lots of photos, no idea about the species yet 😅.
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Want to learn about #AquaticFungi? Don’t be shy—jump right in. Check out these fantastic first results from Peter—member of the online #AquaticHyphomycete group 🥳
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
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We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species
Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidn...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are delighted to let you know that your Plants, People, Planet article 'Demystifying Fungal Systematics: A Gateway to Fungal Literacy and Societal/Ecological Relevance Through Familiar Species' has been published on Early View.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Wood-decay fungi play crucial roles in global carbon cycling. In #FungalEcology, Fukasawa & Kimura show how heat stress changes the competitive balance between brown rot & white rot fungi, highlighting how warming could alter fungal community dynamics
> www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
> www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wood-decay fungi play crucial roles in global carbon cycling. In #FungalEcology, Fukasawa & Kimura show how heat stress changes the competitive balance between brown rot & white rot fungi, highlighting how warming could alter fungal community dynamics
> www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
> www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The British Mycological Society are surveying all fungi recorders as part of a review on how they share their data. It would be great if anyone who records fungi could complete it (you don't have to be a prolific fungi recorder or BMS member to take part).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Fungus Recorder Online Survey
This survey is being conducted by the Biological Recording Company on behalf of the British Mycological Society.
The survey does not collect any personal or identifying information, ensuring that al...
docs.google.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The British Mycological Society are surveying all fungi recorders as part of a review on how they share their data. It would be great if anyone who records fungi could complete it (you don't have to be a prolific fungi recorder or BMS member to take part).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Nearly one-third of fungi on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an additional 482 fungi, bringing the total to roughly 1,300 species of…
news.mongabay.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Read more from @mongabay.com :
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🍄 Opportunity alert!
Natural England are looking for a UK-based collaborator to support analytics for a Fungal Red List for Great Britain.
Tasks include bias assessment, Frescalo modelling, AOO/EOO, and data presentation (Shiny or Excel).
📩 Get in touch: [email protected]
Natural England are looking for a UK-based collaborator to support analytics for a Fungal Red List for Great Britain.
Tasks include bias assessment, Frescalo modelling, AOO/EOO, and data presentation (Shiny or Excel).
📩 Get in touch: [email protected]
October 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🍄 Opportunity alert!
Natural England are looking for a UK-based collaborator to support analytics for a Fungal Red List for Great Britain.
Tasks include bias assessment, Frescalo modelling, AOO/EOO, and data presentation (Shiny or Excel).
📩 Get in touch: [email protected]
Natural England are looking for a UK-based collaborator to support analytics for a Fungal Red List for Great Britain.
Tasks include bias assessment, Frescalo modelling, AOO/EOO, and data presentation (Shiny or Excel).
📩 Get in touch: [email protected]
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Great to collaborate with @DomainOfScience on this new video, with our scientists inputting on the fascinating map of fungi 🍄🌍 From medicines to forests, fungi are a kingdom of life shaping our world.
Discover just how important they are in 20 minutes 👇
ow.ly/u4fc50X2JRo
Discover just how important they are in 20 minutes 👇
ow.ly/u4fc50X2JRo
The Fascinating Map of Fungi
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Great to collaborate with @DomainOfScience on this new video, with our scientists inputting on the fascinating map of fungi 🍄🌍 From medicines to forests, fungi are a kingdom of life shaping our world.
Discover just how important they are in 20 minutes 👇
ow.ly/u4fc50X2JRo
Discover just how important they are in 20 minutes 👇
ow.ly/u4fc50X2JRo
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We had a blast at the Fungi Festival debuting our new Fungi Workshop + Foraging Game! 🍄🌧 Big thanks to everyone who joined us in the rain + mud, and congrats to our game winners! We've also teamed up with the Great Science Share to create 3 fab fungi resources - check them out here: buff.ly/bK2LCnZ
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We had a blast at the Fungi Festival debuting our new Fungi Workshop + Foraging Game! 🍄🌧 Big thanks to everyone who joined us in the rain + mud, and congrats to our game winners! We've also teamed up with the Great Science Share to create 3 fab fungi resources - check them out here: buff.ly/bK2LCnZ
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You heard right! I'll be announcing an online self-help group tomorrow that will include some teaching. @jandbio.bsky.social will be involved along with other professional researchers. And I have tutors signed up for an in-person training in autumn2026!
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
You heard right! I'll be announcing an online self-help group tomorrow that will include some teaching. @jandbio.bsky.social will be involved along with other professional researchers. And I have tutors signed up for an in-person training in autumn2026!
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Collecting #AquaticHyphomycete spores is easy. They get caught up in large numbers in river foam. Foam can be scooped up into a jar. @funaction.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @panspecieslisting.bsky.social @msafungi.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Collecting #AquaticHyphomycete spores is easy. They get caught up in large numbers in river foam. Foam can be scooped up into a jar. @funaction.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @panspecieslisting.bsky.social @msafungi.bsky.social
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I've been managing BHL's #Bluesky account for 4 months now. It's an honour to share such beautiful & significant content, particularly at this critical time. BHL's future is uncertain, but hopeful. Follow along @biodivlibrary.bsky.social & on the #BHLblog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/tag/transition
September 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I've been managing BHL's #Bluesky account for 4 months now. It's an honour to share such beautiful & significant content, particularly at this critical time. BHL's future is uncertain, but hopeful. Follow along @biodivlibrary.bsky.social & on the #BHLblog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/tag/transition
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An opportunity of a lifetime for budding lichenologists. The National Trust and the Royal Botanics, Edinburgh are offering a PAID lichen traineeship in #Scotland! The work programme looks fascinating and a great opportunity to develop skills. Deadline: 3/10/2025. www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...
September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
An opportunity of a lifetime for budding lichenologists. The National Trust and the Royal Botanics, Edinburgh are offering a PAID lichen traineeship in #Scotland! The work programme looks fascinating and a great opportunity to develop skills. Deadline: 3/10/2025. www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wonder.... I’m giving a talk.
The wonderful world of Waxcap Grasslands
Exploring the ecology, conservation and global importance of these vibrant fungi
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wonder.... I’m giving a talk.
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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), mycology study, author/artist who contributed to science and natural history #womensart
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), mycology study, author/artist who contributed to science and natural history #womensart
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BMS Talk: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) for fungal metabarcoding in soils. Ben Gregson highlights how eDNA allows researchers to detect & compare complex fungal communities soils from a wide range of climates & land uses. Find out more & book: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/bms-talks.html
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
BMS Talk: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) for fungal metabarcoding in soils. Ben Gregson highlights how eDNA allows researchers to detect & compare complex fungal communities soils from a wide range of climates & land uses. Find out more & book: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/bms-talks.html
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🍄 One month until Fungi Field Day 2025!! 🍄
Held on UK Fungus Day (4th October) @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, this event celebrates the fungal kingdom, featuring science, games, walks, talks, face-painting and much more for all ages. Please spread the word!
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/fun...
Held on UK Fungus Day (4th October) @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, this event celebrates the fungal kingdom, featuring science, games, walks, talks, face-painting and much more for all ages. Please spread the word!
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/fun...
Fungi Field Day - Cambridge University Botanic Garden
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🍄 One month until Fungi Field Day 2025!! 🍄
Held on UK Fungus Day (4th October) @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, this event celebrates the fungal kingdom, featuring science, games, walks, talks, face-painting and much more for all ages. Please spread the word!
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/fun...
Held on UK Fungus Day (4th October) @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social, this event celebrates the fungal kingdom, featuring science, games, walks, talks, face-painting and much more for all ages. Please spread the word!
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/fun...
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The Scarce Fungus Weevil lays its eggs only in Cramp Balls (or King Alfred's cakes) - fungi that grow on dead Ash wood. With Ash dieback & the felling of Ash trees threatening their habitat, the beetle's future is uncertain.🌳 Read the #UKFungusDay blog: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/anecessarywe...
A necessary weevil | UK Fungus Day
Home
www.ukfungusday.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Scarce Fungus Weevil lays its eggs only in Cramp Balls (or King Alfred's cakes) - fungi that grow on dead Ash wood. With Ash dieback & the felling of Ash trees threatening their habitat, the beetle's future is uncertain.🌳 Read the #UKFungusDay blog: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/anecessarywe...
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My recent talk - Reintroducing @britmycolsoc.org.uk's Field Mycology publication - is now up on YouTube ▶️ youtu.be/bN-B1pxpYIs?...
The main message being... we hope you'll read it! ▶️ fieldmycology.org
You can subscribe to the print edition if you want to: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/fm-journal
The main message being... we hope you'll read it! ▶️ fieldmycology.org
You can subscribe to the print edition if you want to: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/fm-journal
BMS Talk: Clare Blencowe - Reintroducing the BMS's 'Field Mycology' publication. August 2025
YouTube video by British Mycological Society
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August 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
My recent talk - Reintroducing @britmycolsoc.org.uk's Field Mycology publication - is now up on YouTube ▶️ youtu.be/bN-B1pxpYIs?...
The main message being... we hope you'll read it! ▶️ fieldmycology.org
You can subscribe to the print edition if you want to: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/fm-journal
The main message being... we hope you'll read it! ▶️ fieldmycology.org
You can subscribe to the print edition if you want to: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/fm-journal
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“Prof Bardgett warns against viewing compost extracts as a quick fix [for soil health]
‘it’s better to change the soil environment first, to make it more amenable for the organisms already in the soil to flourish. Otherwise, most [of them] will simply die’”
👏👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘it’s better to change the soil environment first, to make it more amenable for the organisms already in the soil to flourish. Otherwise, most [of them] will simply die’”
👏👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Down and dirty: how regenerative farming is digging into microscopic soil life
Nurturing everything from bacteria and fungi to worms is seen as essential to helping minimise use of chemicals and machinery
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“Prof Bardgett warns against viewing compost extracts as a quick fix [for soil health]
‘it’s better to change the soil environment first, to make it more amenable for the organisms already in the soil to flourish. Otherwise, most [of them] will simply die’”
👏👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘it’s better to change the soil environment first, to make it more amenable for the organisms already in the soil to flourish. Otherwise, most [of them] will simply die’”
👏👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The genome sequence of the Oak Polypore, Buglossoporus quercinus (Schrad.) Kotl. & Pouzar
#OakPolypore
#Buglossoporus
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
#OakPolypore
#Buglossoporus
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
August 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The genome sequence of the Oak Polypore, Buglossoporus quercinus (Schrad.) Kotl. & Pouzar
#OakPolypore
#Buglossoporus
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
#OakPolypore
#Buglossoporus
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
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Whilst wet weather might not be everyone’s cup of tea, Kew’s Mycologists are celebrating this rainy #FungiFriday, with hopes it will instigate some welcome fungal activity!
Many fungi use rain to spread their spores, such as often-over-looked bird’s nest fungi, also known as “splash cups”.
Many fungi use rain to spread their spores, such as often-over-looked bird’s nest fungi, also known as “splash cups”.
August 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Whilst wet weather might not be everyone’s cup of tea, Kew’s Mycologists are celebrating this rainy #FungiFriday, with hopes it will instigate some welcome fungal activity!
Many fungi use rain to spread their spores, such as often-over-looked bird’s nest fungi, also known as “splash cups”.
Many fungi use rain to spread their spores, such as often-over-looked bird’s nest fungi, also known as “splash cups”.
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🔍 Help us improve GB Red Listing!
If you use the GB Red List data on our webpage, we’d love your feedback.
📋 Take a short survey to help us enhance how we share this vital information:
👉 jncc.gov.uk/our-work/red...
🗓️ Survey closes 10 October 2025
If you use the GB Red List data on our webpage, we’d love your feedback.
📋 Take a short survey to help us enhance how we share this vital information:
👉 jncc.gov.uk/our-work/red...
🗓️ Survey closes 10 October 2025
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🔍 Help us improve GB Red Listing!
If you use the GB Red List data on our webpage, we’d love your feedback.
📋 Take a short survey to help us enhance how we share this vital information:
👉 jncc.gov.uk/our-work/red...
🗓️ Survey closes 10 October 2025
If you use the GB Red List data on our webpage, we’d love your feedback.
📋 Take a short survey to help us enhance how we share this vital information:
👉 jncc.gov.uk/our-work/red...
🗓️ Survey closes 10 October 2025
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📣 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...
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
📣 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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Macrofungi long term inventories are key for improving taxonomic discovery and complete biodiversity assessments of fungi! This long term inventory found 546 species in only one site: The Ordway-Swisher Biological Station in Florida www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Think globally, barcode locally: nine years of macrofungi sampling reveals extensive biodiversity at the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, a subtropical site in Florida
The Ordway-Swisher Biological Station (OSBS) is a 38-km2 reserve owned by the University of Florida and is part of the National Ecological Observatory…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Macrofungi long term inventories are key for improving taxonomic discovery and complete biodiversity assessments of fungi! This long term inventory found 546 species in only one site: The Ordway-Swisher Biological Station in Florida www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...