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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The wild thing about having a macro camera, is that any ordinary suburban yard, after a little rain, has an explosion of life, and the camera lets you capture it. That insignificant speck of colour at your feet in your yard, likely looks amazing magnified a bit! Photos from my 2 metre walk today :)

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New kit to play with 😊

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Orbimyces spectabilis, a rare marine ascomycete!

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Our latest discovery science on chytrid fungi is just out in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B. Using a range of tools we explore how chitin-degrading specialists are adapted and evolved. @thembauk.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Did you miss our webinar "Aquatic Fungi Diversity 2025"? You attended but want to see it again and share with your network?🍄💧 The video is now available: youtu.be/JowOyvd_Sks?... Follow our social media to keep updated about future activities: linktr.ee/IUCNSSCAquat... #aquaticfungi #conservation

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If you missed these great talks on aquatic fungi, you can catch up here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JowO... #fungi #aquatic_fungi

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This is unconscionable. At the previous election, Labor were all talk about environmental issues. Now they're not even pretending to care.

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Right now in Australia we have massive floods in large areas and a record-breaking drought in others. Australia has always had a variable climate, but climate change is intensifying it. Meanwhile, the environment minister is poised to approve more fossil fuels. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Working on springs?💧 Submit an abstract to our session "Springs Under Threat: Mobilizing Biodiversity Data for Conservation and Policy Action" (ID: 6788214), #LivingData2025. 🔗 More info: livingdata2025.com/sessions.htm... ⏰ Submit your abstract by 25 May! 🌎 Living Data 2025: livingdata2025.com

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www.wbur.org/news/2025/05... listen to @baym.lol and the importance of their individual science and larger collective work to which has always been about making a better world.

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🌿 Explore aquatic fungi this #BiodiversityDay! Talks on marine fungi threats, freshwater lichens, fungi as bioindicators, & driftwood fungi. 🗓️ 22 May ⏰ 2pm UTC 💻 Online 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/aquaticfungi... #AquaticFungi #FungalDiversity #Conservation

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How does '𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴' in 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 look like? Check out our new infographic slider! 🤩 🔗 Find this and other infographics here: project-merlin.eu/outcomes/inf... #peatlands #wetlands #freshwater #restoration #aquaticecosystems #EUGreenDeal #Horizon2020

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Why it's currently so dry across southern SA and western Vic, and the long-term prognosis for similar conditions: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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Ok, @albomp.bsky.social, there's never been a better time to do what's long overdue and you have a very supportive senate now. Please just get this done, every day of delay sees further harm that we all suffer the consequences of. theconversation.com/australians-...

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Feeling bogged down or mired in anxiety? Consider that boglands, once equated to wastelands of misery, offer beauty and innovation. These treasures protect history as they control our climate future. With internal strength built one peat layer at a time, bogs control vast landscapes. Love the bogs.

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Any expertise in Cyathus taxonomy on BkueSky? I have a question about the tunica of the peridioles of a potentially #newspecies from Honduras. #mycosky #mycology @opwall.bsky.social 🍄🇦🇷

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"There's some good in this world ... and it's worth fighting for." (Samwise Gamgee). Happy #EarthDay 📷🌎🌿 #Tasmania #Australia

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Agreed! GBIF is also on Bluesky @gbif.org If you haven't already, go give them a follow!

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ICYMI: New online! Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity

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An amazing find by a local indigenous collaborator who is also the leading author of the paper 👏👏— Truffle foraging by western lowland gorillas 🍄🦍 Yep, you read it right! #Fungi #ConservationScience 🌍

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A recent paper claims, opposed to what conservation science has known for decades, that there is no evidence that foxes and cats were a major driver of Australia's mammal extinctions. Turns out there are quite a few issues here. Strap in for a looong thread 🧪 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

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What's better than one marine mycologist? Two marine mycologists! @fungaldreamteam.bsky.social is visiting @flindersuniversity.bsky.social where we are working on a marine fungi project together. #fungi #marine

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Bacterial operons may persist in eukaryotes (e.g. fungi) after horizontal gene transfer, according to Kogay et al. Operon-derived gene pairs suggest initial neutral retention and later functional integration or degeneration. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... #NewPaperAlert #genome #evolution #fungi

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A Cataractispora-like species from submerged wood. Found it only once since 2003. Likely a new species since it has a really long pedicillate ascus. I have no sequence data, so...cant describe it as new.

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Nominate conservation champions! Tell us about the people in your community working to protect our endangered species www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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My latest pub explores a few potential implications that fungi could have in policy! If your interested, here’s a thread 🪡🧵 sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...

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Re: de-extinction It does feel like there are an awful lot of organisms out there that are very threatened but aren’t actually extinct yet. Doesn’t it make more sense to start by protecting them, if the goal is actually ecological integrity and not a weird self-aggrandizing techno-grift?

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TIME's cover story this week is about using genetic engineering to bring back a recently-extinct species. I don't know the technical details of this case, which may or may not be as awesome as it sounds. But some thoughts on this topic in general as a conservation biologist: 🧵 🧪🌎

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The far eastern curlew can fly 10,000km non-stop – but may not be able to escape a $1bn government-funded development

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Australia is in an extinction crisis, and our research shows that the vast majority of Australians—96%—say more action is needed to protect Australia’s natural environment. So why aren't the major parties treating this as an important election issue? @australia.theguardian.com champ.ly/VNDHv79P

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Are you a taxonomist attending #2025SFS? Love sharing your knowledge? We are looking for taxonomists willing to participate in the taxonomy fair on Tuesday (May 20th) in the afternoon during the poster session. Please send interest to Mike at tcp[at]stroudcenter.org.

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96% of Australians want more done to protect nature. Meanwhile, just 0.06% of the budget went to on-ground biodiversity programs. We’re losing species we love & major parties are sleepwalking through it. Australians care. It’s time politicians did too. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Check out this stunning photo of the aquatic fungus Lunulospora curvula -- just wow -- and interview of Dr. Christiane Baschien. #AquaticFungi www.dsmz.de/press/press-...

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Who did NOT forget the fungi? These folks! 👇 wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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