Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱

Enthusiastic Mycologist:
From #Mycoviruses and #Molds to #Lichens and #Mushrooms
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[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

#FungiFriday post🍄
Finally, my dissertation — the result of five years of dedicated, non-stop work — has been published in @NatureMicrobiol!🍄🍄💥#Aspergillus #mycology #phdone
#conidia #virus #fungalfact #mushrooms #science #PhD
#phdlife #phdone
https://t.co/NUacs4QWRY

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

@cricket_Stats05 @grok I guess it is for mug ears.

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

Looks boring.
Acts extraordinary.
Ochrolechia tartarea - source of historic purple dyes! 💜 🍄

https://t.co/kMxZAjVrRX

#lichens #mycology #fungi #ecology #nature #science #mushrooms

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

Looks boring.
Acts extraordinary.
Ochrolechia tartarea - source of historic purple dyes! 💜 🍄

https://t.co/kMxZAjVrRX

#lichens #mycology #fungi #ecology #nature #science #mushrooms

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

@EliAfriatISR Golda Meir ❤️

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

https://t.co/U0rNVO0KdY
#Lichen #Niebla doesn’t wait for rain—it lives on fog. 🌫️
In coastal deserts, this lichen captures moisture straight from the air, switching on photosynthesis in short, rapid pulses.
#fungi #mycology #spores #conidia #mushrooms #fog

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

Holocaust survivor with the Israeli Special Forces.

Never again will the Jewish people be defenseless.

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

https://t.co/ASWda2HrjL

#Lichens are not just quiet organisms on rocks and trees… they’re living environmental recorders!
They absorb everything from the air and turn invisible pollution into visible signals.
If you want to see air quality with your own eyes, lichens will show you how.
Watch my new video to discover how these fascinating symbioses reveal the hidden story of our environment.
#mycology #FungiFriday #fungi #mycoviruses #Science #NatureFacts #nature #ecology #pollution #forest #PHDone #academia #education #earth #bioindicators #air #youtubevideo

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

חג פסח שקת ושמח! ❤️

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

https://t.co/ASWda2HrjL

#Lichens are not just quiet organisms on rocks and trees… they’re living environmental recorders!
They absorb everything from the air and turn invisible pollution into visible signals.
If you want to see air quality with your own eyes, lichens will show you how.
Watch my new video to discover how these fascinating symbioses reveal the hidden story of our environment.
#mycology #FungiFriday #fungi #mycoviruses #Science #NatureFacts #nature #ecology #pollution #forest #PHDone #academia #education #earth #bioindicators #air #youtubevideo

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

https://t.co/FKnQQz6QUL

Menegazzia looks like forest lace
— its leafy body naturally perforated with perfect round holes. Not damage. Design.
#mycology #lichens #fungi #FOREST #ecology #mushrooms

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

https://t.co/FKnQQz6QUL

Menegazzia looks like forest lace
— its leafy body naturally perforated with perfect round holes. Not damage. Design.
#mycology #lichens #fungi #FOREST #ecology #mushrooms

[Ramon Bataller @rabataller]

How do I write scientific papers, reviews, grants, and abstracts?

Sharing 30 years of experience in one practical table. ⬇️

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

https://t.co/xIs8HHcBF0
Lobaria pulmonaria is basically a living forest archive 🌿
A slow-growing lichen that fixes nitrogen, cleans the air, and can take decades just to mature. If it’s around, the ecosystem is doing something right.
#lichens #mycology #fungi #biology #forest #ecology #climate #Mushroom #lobaria #tourist

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

https://t.co/xIs8HHcBF0
Lobaria pulmonaria is basically a living forest archive 🌿
A slow-growing lichen that fixes nitrogen, cleans the air, and can take decades just to mature. If it’s around, the ecosystem is doing something right.
#lichens #mycology #fungi #biology #forest #ecology #climate #Mushroom #lobaria #tourist

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

@curiosityonx Curiosity killed all cats

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

Exactly

[Gaurav Sharma, Ph.D. @sharmaG30]

What was the role of these 3 corresponding authors? Just taking CREDITs/AWARDs/GRANT-salaries with zero ACCOUNTABILITY!!

Once again, a junior student getting FULL BLAME! When PI controls the questions, data, authorship, & oversight, PI should be accountable for all wrongdoing!

[VAAM - Vereinigung f. Allg. u. Ang. Mikrobiologie @VAAM_Microbes]

From life-saving medicine to gourmet cheese – #VAAM #MicrobeoftheYear 2026 is 🌟Penicillium🌟

This brush mold 🧫gave us penicillin & launched the antibiotic era 💊, and is a common workhorse in biotech labs🧪
And it makes your cheese delicious🧀🐭!

#MikrobeDesJahres #MdJ

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

The Mycologist deserves mushroom- shaped cotton candy 🍬 😍 🍄
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Xmas

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

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What if the best crop protectors aren’t chemicals — but the viruses living inside fungi?

In this video, we explore how mycoviruses could become powerful, self-spreading tools for sustainable agriculture — reshaping plant health from the inside out.

#fungi #mycology #agriculture #ecology
#aspergillus #education #academia
#phd_life #phdone #forest #mushrooms
#virus #mycovirus #crop #food #mycovirus #Science #nature #Farming #fungus #plants #foraging #Health #biology

[Vanda_Lerer, PhD 🇮🇱 @LererVanda]

@curiosityonx Aaa