Check out Meromictic, an exhibition @westernu of exquisite and thought-provoking art centred on Crawford Lake as a signpost of the Anthropocene, featuring displays from the Zoological Collections, with text and design by @papiliovorus@westernbio
Faculty of @ForayNL#Newfoundland & Labrador were hosted by Indigenous @land_guardians of the Miawpukek First Nation who took us to see lichens and other fungi at two sites on their traditional unceded territories (28/9/2023). Wela'lioq! Photo R Smith. @westernuBio@MFNGov
Great grad students @BanwellAlicia and @KukoljKatarina (and I) made the news for their work in Newfoundland, and putting out the word that mushroom fungi run terrestrial ecosystems: https://t.co/wFWkOOBb93
Mushrooms rule!
Western University @WesternU mycologist Dr. Greg Thorn and a NBM #BiotaNB 2022 participant prepares some of his days collections for drying.
Greg Thorn, mycologue de l’Université Western participant à BiotaNB du MNB 2022, prépare des collections pour le séchage.
#nbmmnb
#BiotaNB 2022 du MNB - Les mycologues participants recueillent de nombreuses sortes de #champignons différents. On estime que de 3 000 à 5 000 espèces de champignons peuvent être présentes dans une zone de la taille de la ZNP des lacs Kennedy, soit environ 20 600 hectares.🍄
@TobySpribille @CcgibbsAllen@CanFunNet For an entertaining version of the Sporothrix epigloea soup story, ff to 20:40 at James Scott's talk: https://t.co/AN6aEEDGmy
The fabulous, multi-talented Tyler Watson, grad student w/ @rgthorn & volunteer in the #ZoologicalCollections. Thank you for all of your hard work helping to curate & preserve our #biodiversity collections and congrats on passing your thesis defense!!!
Nothing quite like a walk in the woods #LdnOnt#nature to recover from hosting #CFNGLM21@CanFunNet conference @westernuBio ! (And no, it's not a mushroom): Aphyllon uniflorum (aka Orobanche uniflora), a parasitic plant.
Is it over already?! A BIG thanks to all the presenters, participants, moderators, judges and sponsors for a fantastic #CFNGLM21 🍄+🇨🇦=❤️ see you next year!
Great talk by Ian Sanders of Université de Lausanne on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, altering cassava yield and the genetic diversity and composition of the soil microbiome. #CFNGLM21@westernuBio
Amazing #CFNGLM21 meetings! Way to go Emile, Viola, Émilie, and all the other organizers, presenters, attendees (332 from around the world and 9/10 provinces!) and @WesternU Confernce Services! @westernbio#fungaldiversity@CanFunNet