MSA students rock #IMC11

Not everything with hooves if cows were among the 93.5% that survived. Bar-On et al., PNAS 2018 :)

Fellow mycologists, Petition Elsevier in support of UC's fight, which also includes all of Norway, Sweden and Germany: change.org/p/elsevier-boy… thecostofknowledge.com Resigned assoc ed of FGB, JTaylor John Taylor

Queen has indoor air concerns? Note Dyson air purifier and conditioner (or look-alike) in the corner.

#msafungi19 foray at Cedar Ck LTER

#msafungi19 Xylaria cross section. Note asci protruding from perithecia

#msafungi19 Camarops fruiting body. Dog nose fungus. Cedar Ck LTER

#msafungi19 section of Camarops showing fresh perithecia and long ostioles above old ones

A Unique and Affecting Memoir Combines Grief and Mushrooms nyti.ms/2HkzEp9

Will mycology courses and societies see more interest due to this memoir? I'm guessing, yes! A Unique and Affecting Memoir Combines Grief and Mushrooms nyti.ms/2HkzEp9

Anyone who uses a fungal protein or makes a fungal protoplast should raise a glass to Professor Peberdy.

Land Rover advert blows it again. Lazy young people taking a lift in a beautiful spot where no vehicle should be. youtube.com/watch?v=qtd0_F…

T3 People carry microbes indoors in their clothes. In one study, one participant studied mushrooms that only appeared with her #ASMchats

T4 Fungi are everywhere, fungi eat wood & paper, buildings are made of wood & paper (covering wall board), add water and it rots. #ASMchats

T5 Litigation about built environment microbes has focused on disease, intoxication and allergy. #ASMchats

T5 Fungi resistant to our best anti-fungal drugs are now in hospitals, due to agricultural overuse? #ASMchats doi: 10.1093/cid/civ885

T6 DNA tracking of Built Environment Microbes made them visible. New challenge - are they alive, are the active, and how? #asmchats

So important. The best, recent meta-analysis of fungi and asthma relies on one, 1-minute air sample. #asmchats x.com/polsiewski/sta…

DOI:10.1289/ehp.1307922 The best, recent meta-analysis of fungi and asthma relies on one, 1-minute air sample. #asmchats

CBS (Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures) renamed as the Westerdijk Fungal Biology Institute, to honor Johanna W! westerdijkinstitute.nl