12 Days of Fungi 3 - What do Northern Bettongs eat in the eucalypt forests of Queensland, Australia that leads to their reputation as “ecosystem engineers”? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 4 - What “black fungus” caused serious infections this year in Covid patients in India? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 5 - What did palaeontologists find in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (~635 Ma) in South China? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 6 - What species was named the official state microbe of Illinois, USA? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 7 - If you eat mushrooms regularly, are you less or more likely to be depressed? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 8 - What is SPUN? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 9 - What are crystal brains? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 10 - What is a myconoe? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 11 - Who are the Circle of Spores? #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi 12 - Where do you plan to be on 8-12 July 2024? (The precise answer may surprise you!) #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi: Answers (1-4) 1- Gulielma Lister 2 - Blue cheese and beer 3 - Truffles 4 - Mucormycosis caused by species of Rhizopus, Mucor and other Mucorales #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi: Answers (5-8) 5 - Oldest fossil evidence of fungi on land 6 - Penicillium rubrum 7 - Less depressed (obviously!) 8 - Society for the Protection of Underground Networks. #2021mycoquiz

12 Days of Fungi: Answers (9-12) 9 - Myxarium nucleatum 10 - A canoe made of mycelium 11 - A subclass of druids in Dungeons and Dragons 12 - Twelfth International Mycological Congress in Maastricht, the Netherlands. IMC12.org #2021mycoquiz

Catch up on the latest news from the International Mycological Association and progress with the International Mycological Congress, including the names of the first set of keynote speakers, in the 2021 MycoNews section of IMAFungus, imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

At each International Mycological Congress, the IMA presents one Young Mycologist Award for each continent to recognize research excellence in the first 10 years of a professional career. Stay tuned for details, or visit ima-mycology.org

In a new paper in #IMAFungus, Thünen et al. describe a haploid #newspecies, Epichloë scottii, an #endophyte of the perennial grass Melica uniflora. The assembled #genome of the 7 chromosomes suggests the #fungus may not make alkaloid #mycotoxins. imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New in #IMAFungus: Haelewaters et al. present a One-Host-One-Parasite #hypothesis for #speciation in #entomopathogenic #fungi in #Laboulbeniales and #Herpomycetales that anchor to their #insect hosts with haustoria. imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Finally got my copy of the “Hidden Kingdom of Fungi!” Oh oh oh - cannot wait to read this!! Exploring the microscopic word…. Oh boy i am hooked!!🤩

Sept 15 - Oct 15, North America #FungiQuest, a continental mycoblitz. Join in! thinkfungi.org/FungiQuest/

Final dates are now set for 12th International Mycological a Congress on 11-15 August 2024. Mark your calendars! See you all in Maastricht! #IMC12 #fungi #mycology #conference