Had such a lovely and productive meeting in Madison! #msafungi25

#MSAfungi25 😉

Congrats to @emuthemycologist.bsky.social for presenting her first talk at #MSAfungi25!

Hey #MSAfungi25, check out @emuthemycologist.bsky.social's presentation "Galactose growth in the Saccharomycotina yeasts lacking the canonical GAL pathway" today at 3:45pm in the Genetics and Genomics session!

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Come check out my talk today (last slot of the agro-eco session) to hear about restoring soils #MSAFungi25

#MSAFungi25 off to a great start. Too many cool sessions to choose from so I might just sit here instead

Heather examines a truffle found by golden retriever Rye who is looking up at her hoping she will throw the ball for him in reward.

A plate of truffles found in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument including Agaricus inapertus, Melanogaster euryspermus, Tuber sp., Russula sp., Balsamia sp., Genea sp., Genea sp., Cazia flexiascus, Lactarius sp., Schenella pityophila, Geopora aff. cooperi, Balsamia cf. setchellii, and Balsamia cf. latispora.

Golden retriever Rye grins in the background with a Balsamia truffle he found in the foreground.

#MSAfungi25 attendees, don't miss the last talk of the day (5:15PM Mon 30 Jun) in Session 2-2 Systematics: Ascomycota where my sister Heather Dawson will present our work on using a #ConservationDog to survey hypogeous #fungi #truffle #biodiversity of southern #Oregon.

🧪🌎 #Mycology #PhD #NSFfunded

Wrapping up field work in Panama these next couple weeks then headed to #MSAfungi25! Excited to meet other mycologist/fungal ecologist and talk about science. If you want to learn more about liana root-associated fungal communities stop by my poster 🍄🌲

Early registration for #MSAfungi25 ends tomorrow, June 6th! msa.joynconference.com/v2/

📣New paper alert: 10 years of advancing diversity withing the Mycological Society of America. This is such an important paper, especially now, and I am extremely proud to have been part of the #DEI committee of @msafungi.bsky.social! imafungus.pensoft.net/article/1556... #MSAfungi25 🍄

Registration is now open for the #MSAfungi25 Annual Meeting, Fungal Futures: Cultivating Mycology and Mycologists. This meeting will take place June 28 - July 2, in Madison, Wisconsin!

🔗Meeting webpage: msa.joynconference.com/v2/
📣Register now: msa.joynconference.com/v2/?card=reg...

I am humbled to receive the @msafungi.bsky.social Martin-Baker Research Award this year, in support of a taxonomy project with #citizenscientists and volunteers in collaboration with @schilthuizen.bsky.social and @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social! #TeamLaboul #MSAfungi25

I have not been to an MSA yet, but I am absolutely going to apply to this for next year! What a wonderful program.

#mycology #mentorship #fungi #MSAfungi25

The new extended deadline for MSA abstracts is March 21st! #MSAfungi25

Its #fungus time! Come join us in Madison this summer for #MSAfungi25 🧪🍄🔬 Abstracts due March 17

📣Call for Abstracts for the Mycological Society of America 2025 Annual Meeting this summer in Madison, Wisconsin. Submit your abstract by March 17th! #MSAfungi25

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Now accepting applications for our SPORES mentoring program! Mentees get 1 year of MSA membership, meeting registration, foray, banquet ticket, and $1000 for travel expenses. Mentors get foray and banquet tickets covered. Deadline: March 31. #MSAfungi25

Mycology students: do you want to see YOUR logo at this year's @msafungi.bsky.social Annual Meeting?
If the answer is yes, then submit your logo by February 14th! For inspiration, the meeting's official theme will be "FUNGAL FEATURES: CULTIVATING MYCOLOGY AND MYCOLOGISTS". #MSAfungi25

FYI, the theme of the #MSAfungi25 meeting will be "Fungal Features: Cultivating Mycology and Mycologists"

a statue of a mushroom with legs and a green umbrella ALT: a statue of a mushroom with legs and a green umbrella

Attention MSA Student Members, we need you🫵! Get creative and submit a logo design for the 2025 MSA Meeting to be held in Madison, Wisconsin. #MSAfungi25
More information + deadline for submission: myemail.constantcontact.com/Call-for-MSA...

(Please make it prettier than this sad specimen⬇️)

I wholeheartedly stand behind the message of the Mycological Society's of America's Executive Council and Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Committee—assuring membership of the Society's resolution regarding current and future #DEI initiatives. I love my society for this! #MSAfungi25