British Mycological Society

🍂🍄 BMS Autumn Open Meeting - 21st November at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Featuring expert speakers covering a range of mycological topics. Open to all; see the programme and register here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2026.html

The BMS officially and enthusiastically endorses the new Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation, launched at #COP17, calling on governments, conservation organisations & land managers to recognise, protect and invest in fungal diversity. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/global_funga...

Deadline for applications to the Naresh Magan Lecture Award extended to 31 October. Supporting an early-career researcher to present at the 16th Conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 19–21 April 2027. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/naresh-magan...

UK Fungus Day is not over yet... 🍄 There's still time to make fungi the focus of your day! 😊 Find out more: www.ukfungusday.co.uk #UKFungusDay #Mycology #Fungi

🍄 We hope you're having a fabulous UK Fungus Day! 🍄 Share your fungus photos, facts & fascinations #UKFungusDay. 👉 Read all about it: www.ukfungusday.co.uk

⭐ It's UK Fungus Day today! ⭐ Join us in celebrating our fungal world. #UKFungusDay 🌍🍄https://www.ukfungusday.co.uk/ #Fungi #Mycology #Mushrooms

Our friends at UK Fungus Day are running their fab initiative 'Fungi Connect' again this year and they asked us what you need to get started... Want to get involved? Visit the #UKFungusDay website: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/fungiconnect Have fun with your forays folks! 🍄 www.summerfieldbooks.com

🍄 Not long until #UKFungusDay - Saturday 10th October! 🍄 Help raise awareness and join the celebration of fungi. Take a look & take part: www.ukfungusday.co.uk

A highlight of the September issue of Field Mycology is a fungal species new to science: Parasola microspora, an inkcap fungus. Not to be missed are some fantastic photos of this new species taken by article author, Alfred Drummond Herdman. Read online, open access: doi.org/10.63482/gbx...

See fungi differently: enter the #ukfungusday Photography Competition! Free to enter & open to all, whether you're taking snaps of fungi for the first time or you're a professional photographer. Enter by 20 October 2026 www.ukfungusday.co.uk/photography2... #fungi #mycology #photography

Where do forest #fungi prefer to grow? A study published in #FungalEcology explored fungal communities across 11 different #forest substrates and showed that different substrates potentially act as important sources and reservoirs of fungal diversity. Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

🍄 Looking for a way to explore #fungi with groups of young people? Fungi Connect offers a creative way to discover the fascinating world of fungi. 👉 Find out more & sign up: ukfungusday.co.uk/fungiconnect Supported by @SummerfieldBooks.com #mycology #education

Opportunity: seeking Senior Editors (Editors-in-Chief) for our international journal, Fungal Biology, taking responsibility for the overall scientific direction, quality and future development. Find out more: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/vacancies.html #FungalBiology #Mycology @elsevierlsj.bsky.social

This #InternationalMicroorganismDay, we’re celebrating the remarkable microscopic fungi that shape our world.🔬 From yeasts & moulds to tiny spores & intricate hyphal networks, fungi offer exciting possibilities for a more sustainable future. 🌏 #Mycology #Fungi #Microbiology www.britmycolsoc.org.uk

On the cover of September's Field Mycology: a Violet Coral fungus growing in old pasture at Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire. Read online to find out how the #WaxcapWatch survey has expanded our knowledge of Violet Coral distribution. 👉 fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo... @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

🍄 UK Fungus Day: one month to go! 🍄 An annual celebration of our fungal world, with something for everyone... Whether you’re a seasoned mycologist or just curious about #fungi, get involved and discover something new! #ukfungusday - find out what's on: www.ukfungusday.co.uk #mycology #mushrooms

Job alert: Post-doc position working with Filipa Cox and me working on mycorrhiza and plant traits. Contact us for more information! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

In #FieldMycology: Puccinia convolvuli, a much under-recorded rust that's easy to recognise once you know its host. It's the only rust fungus recorded on Bindweed in Britain and neighbouring Europe. Find out what to look for: www.fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo... (Photo: Chris Preston)

In the July issue of #FieldMycology, Harry C. Evans looks back at more than two centuries of records of entomopathogenic fungi in the British Isles and asks what we might be missing. Read the article, online and open access: fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo... #Mycology #Fungi #Insects #Biodiversity

To be able to protect endangered fungi, we first need to know where they are. A new study in #FungalEcology clarifies the current and future distribution of the critically endangered polypore Wrightoporia araucariae in Brazil. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Fungi #Conservation

Ash dieback could mean losing much more than Ash trees. A study published in #FungalEcology has identified a distinctive fungal community associated with native Ash. So what will happen to the fungi when Ash disappears...? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Mycology #Biodiversity #Trees

Congratulations to early-career mycologists recognised by a British Mycological Society award for outstanding talks and posters at our Annual Scientific Meeting in July! ⭐ Helene Rittscher, Maria Serrano Hernandez, Jonathan Whiteley, Edoardo Tancredi, Beth Tindall-Jones and Ruairi Hafferty⭐

I recently attended the British Mycological Society annual student and scientific meeting. It was a wonderful week of science and meeting fellow mycologists - looking forward to next year! #BMS2026

On the final day of the #BMS2026 Annual Scientific Meeting: 🏅 award lectures from Tariq Butt (Swansea University) and Olga Nev (University of Exeter) 📣 offered talks and a poster session ⭐ awards for best talks & posters by early career researchers www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

Coming up this afternoon at the #BMS2026 Annual Scientific Meeting: BMS award-winner Carol Munro (University for Aberdeen) will present a lecture on medical mycology and antifungal therapeutics. ➡️ Read about Carol's career and research on the conference website www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

Day 2 of #BMS2026 is packed with fungal science! We'll hear from Irene Teixido-Orries, in the BMS & ISM Naresh Magan Lecture Award. Plus talks on RNAi, fungal adaptation, ecology, genomics, pathogens, biotech, medical mycology & more. ➡️ Read about the research: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

Talks at the #BMS2026 Annual Scientific Meeting start today with a themed session on Fungi and Climate Change. Covering topics from emerging fungal diseases and food security, to forest resilience and antifungal resistance. #Mycology #Fungi #ClimateChange #Research

Out now: Field Mycology July 2026.

Does your #PhD research involve fungi? 🍄 🔬 🧬 🧫 Become a BMS Postgraduate Member to access the latest #fungal research in our journals; apply for #grants to support training & learning; take part in meetings; join a #community of early career researchers www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/membership-c...

We're at Royal Holloway University of London for our Annual Scientific Meeting! Starting today with the Student Research Conference: invited speakers, short talks, posters & career discussions.👉 Find the speaker profiles & abstracts here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html #BMS2026 #mycology #research

Delighted to have been awarded a @britmycolsoc.org.uk grant to run a passion project on Mucoromycotina Fine Root Endophytes and their hosts here at @umr-ecosols.bsky.social 🍄🍀

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ BMS award winner Olga Nev, University of Exeter, will talk about combining technologies to develop the ideal growing conditions for studies of Pneumocystis - a life-threatening fungal pathogen. Find out more: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Next week at our Annual Scientific Meeting, Lynne Boddy, Professor of Fungal Ecology at Cardiff University, will be talking about the effects of climate change on forest fungi. Want to know more? See: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Aaron Vogan, Uppsala University, Sweden. Aaron will discuss how combining insights from independent research has identified 'Starships' - large mobile DNA elements in fungal genomes that are actually part of the same group. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐Weather & climate change play a major role in how fungal plant diseases spread & develop. At the BMS meeting in July, Dan Bebber, University of Exeter, will review research into these plant health challenges. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html #fungi #climate #plants

Congratulations to Irene Teixido-Orries, University of Lleida - winner of this year's BMS & ISM Naresh Magan Lecture Award! Irene’s presentation takes place on Wednesday 15 July at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting. Find out more: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/naresh-magan... #mycotoxins #mycology #fungi

New fungus-focused display at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: find out about the lives & careers of pioneering women in #mycology. Open from 2 June to 26 August. @rbgkew.bsky.social

Here are some books we came across during a project in the mycology library last week. Our Library and Archives collections do not only cover plants, but also fungi and lichens. Some have very beautiful illustrations. Others (like the cordyceps) are rather gruesome... 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫 #KewLA

Booking deadline approaching! Registration for our Annual Scientific Meeting closes very soon. See the Programme and Invited Speaker abstracts on the website, and don't miss your chance to join us - register now: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html #BMS2026 #fungi #research #mycology

@britishecologicalsociety.org Soil Ecology in Practice Conference: 8-10 September 2026, University of Stirling, UK. Abstract submission deadline: June 30th, 2026. 👉 Find out more: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/soil... #fungi #mycology #microbiology #soil #research #ecology

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Margherita Bertuzzi, University of Manchester. Margherita's research has shown how Airway Epithelial Cells, which cover the surface of the lungs, can defend against disease by recognising & clearing inhaled fungal spores. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

How do fungi colonise an artificial island? An article in #FungalEcology describes how metabarcoding was used to study the succession of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities on the Danish island of Peberholm.➡️Read the paper by López-García et al: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

We’re excited to announce artist duo Baum & Leahy as recipient of the Massee Arts Grant 2026!⭐The project "Fluorescing in reciprocity" is a participatory light sculpture that invites audiences to encounter fungi through the living symbiosis of lichens. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/massee.html

We’re excited to announce Paper Rhino as a recipient of the Massee Arts Grant 2026!⭐Their project "Fungi secrets" will be an animated poem explaining the wonder of fungi & enabling viewers to observe processes that are normally invisible or too slow to perceive... www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/massee.html

The Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation is open for public consultation. The strategy identifies the global biodiversity targets that will not be met unless fungal #biodiversity is protected and sustainably used. 👉 Give your feedback here bit.ly/4wCyVX2 by 22 June. #fungi #conservation

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Matthew Fisher, Imperial College London, UK Matt will draw on data from Aspergillus fumigatus studies to show how agricultural substrates contaminated with fungicides drive the emergence of antifungal resistance. ➡️ www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

📣 Final call for award nominations! Help us recognise & celebrate someone who is making an outstanding contribution to mycology ➡️ Submit a nomination for the #BMSawards2026. Deadline: 31 May. Details: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/awards.html

Major shakeup in the systematics of powdery mildews that attack tomatoes and many other plants. Analysis of 8 different genetic regions from 163 fungal samples collected in more than 20 countries >> 600 DNA sequences added to GenBank. #FungalBiology doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2026.101717

FunDive is a pan-European project that aims to raise awareness of fungi as crucial components of ecosystems, and encourage the generation of data to promote fungal conservation.➡️ Read more about @fundive-fungi.bsky.social in the BMS's #FieldMycology journal: doi.org/10.63482/php...

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Alessia Buscaino, Quadram Institute, UK Candida albicans is a leading cause of infections in humans. Alessia will talk about characterisation of C. albicans RNAi - a conserved pathway in gene regulation & genome defence. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html