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British Mycological Society retweeted
UK Fungus Day@ukfungusdaySep 15
👋 We're leaving, but keep following the #fungi & #ukfungusday here: 🍄Instagram instagram.com/ukfungusday/ 🍄Facebook facebook.com/BMSUKFungusDay/ 🍄Bluesky bsky.app/profile/britmycolso… 🍄LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/british… 🍄Websites: ukfungusday.co.uk/ and britmycolsoc.org.uk
Poster for UK Fungus Day - 10 October 2026 - with photos of yellow-topped Bog Beacon fungi in water, and orange Puccinia fungi on a green leaf.

ALT Poster for UK Fungus Day - 10 October 2026 - with photos of yellow-topped Bog Beacon fungi in water, and orange Puccinia fungi on a green leaf.

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Congratulations to early-career mycologists recognised by a BMS award for outstanding talks and posters at our Annual Scientific Meeting in July! ⭐ Helene Rittscher, Maria Serrano Hernandez, Jonathan Whiteley, Edoardo Tancredi, Beth Tindall-Jones and Ruairi Hafferty⭐
Group photo Prof Janet Quinn, BMS General Secretary, with awardees Helene, Maria, Jonathan, Edoardo, Beth and Ruairi.

ALT Group photo Prof Janet Quinn, BMS General Secretary, with awardees Helene, Maria, Jonathan, Edoardo, Beth and Ruairi.

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On the final day of the #BMS2026 Annual Scientific Meeting: 🏅 award lectures from Tariq Butt (Swansea University) and Olga Nev (University of Exeter) 📣 offered talks and a poster session ⭐ awards for best talks & posters by early career researchers. britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Photos of Tariq Butt and Olga Nev, BMS award-winners and speakers at the Annual Scientific Meeting.

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Coming up this afternoon at the #BMS2026 Annual Scientific Meeting: BMS award-winner Carol Munro (University for Aberdeen) will present a lecture on medical mycology and antifungal therapeutics. ➡️ Read about Carol's career and research: britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Photo of Carol Munro, BMS award-winner and speaker at the Annual Scientific Meeting

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Day 2 of #BMS2026 is packed with fungal science! We'll hear from Irene Teixido-Orries, in the BMS & ISM Naresh Magan Lecture Award. Plus talks on RNAi, fungal adaptation, ecology, genomics, pathogens, biotech, medical mycology... Read about the research: britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Irene Teixido-Orries standing in front of a large screen, showing the title slide for her award presentation.

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Talks at the #BMS2026 Annual Scientific Meeting start today with a themed session on Fungi and Climate Change. Covering topics from emerging fungal diseases and food security, to forest resilience and antifungal resistance. #Mycology #Fungi #ClimateChange #Research
Photos of 4 invited speakers for the session on 'Fungi and Climate Change', at the Annual Scientific Meeting

ALT Photos of 4 invited speakers for the session on 'Fungi and Climate Change', at the Annual Scientific Meeting

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Out now: Field Mycology July 2026.
Front cover of the BMS journal 'Field Mycology', July 2026, with a photo of a Stinkhorn fungus by Barry Webb.

ALT Front cover of the BMS journal 'Field Mycology', July 2026, with a photo of a Stinkhorn fungus by Barry Webb.

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Does your #PhD research involve 'fungi? 🍄 🔬 🧬 🧫 Become a BMS Postgraduate Member to access the latest #fungal research in our journals; apply for #grants for training & learning; take part in meetings; join a #community of early career researchers britmycolsoc.org.uk/membersh…
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We're at Royal Holloway University of London for our Annual Scientific Meeting! Starting today with the Student Research Conference: invited speakers, short talks, posters & career discussions.👉 Find the speaker profiles & abstracts here: britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html #BMS2026
Photo of Royal Holloway University of London under blue sky

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British Mycological Society retweeted
Josh Cole@JoshCole2504Jul 9
Delighted to have been awarded a @BritMycolSoc grant to run a passion project on Mucoromycotina Fine Root Endophytes and their hosts! 🍄🍀
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⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ BMS award winner Olga Nev, University of Exeter, will talk about combining technologies to develop the ideal growing conditions for studies of Pneumocystis - a life-threatening fungal pathogen. Find out more: britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Photo of Olga Nev, BMS award winner and speaker at the Annual Scientific Meeting

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⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Next week at our Annual Scientific Meeting, Lynne Boddy, Professor of Fungal Ecology at Cardiff University, will be talking about the effects of climate change on forest fungi. Want to know more? See: britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Photo of Lynne Boddy, speaker at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting

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⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Aaron Vogan, Uppsala University, Sweden. Aaron will discuss how combining insights from independent research has identified 'Starships' - large mobile DNA elements in fungal genomes that are actually part of the same group. britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Aaaron Vogan, Associate Professor at Uppsala University, Sweden - a speaker at the BMS annual scientific meeting

ALT Aaaron Vogan, Associate Professor at Uppsala University, Sweden - a speaker at the BMS annual scientific meeting

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⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Weather & climate change play a major role in how fungal plant diseases spread and develop. At the BMS meeting in July, Dan Bebber, University of Exeter, will review research into these plant health challenges. britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Photo of Daniel Bebber, University of Exeter

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Congratulations to Irene Teixido-Orries, University of Lleida - winner of this year's BMS & ISM Naresh Magan Lecture Award! Irene’s presentation takes place on Wednesday 15 July at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting. Read more: britmycolsoc.org.uk/naresh-m… @ISM_Society #mycology #fungi
Photo of Irene Teixido-Orries, winner of the 2026 Naresh Magan Lecture Award.

ALT Photo of Irene Teixido-Orries, winner of the 2026 Naresh Magan Lecture Award.

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Booking deadline approaching! Registration for our Annual Scientific Meeting closes very soon. See the Programme and Invited Speaker abstracts on the website, and don't miss your chance to join us - register now: britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html #BMS2026 #fungi #research #mycology
BMS Conference Dinner in the Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway University of London

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⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Margherita Bertuzzi, University of Manchester. Margherita's research has shown how Airway Epithelial Cells, which cover the surface of the lungs, can defend against disease by recognising & clearing inhaled fungal spores. britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
Photo of Margherita Bertuzzi, University of Manchester - speaker at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2026.

ALT Photo of Margherita Bertuzzi, University of Manchester - speaker at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2026.

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How do fungi colonise an artificial island? An article in #FungalEcology describes how metabarcoding was used to study the succession of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities on the Danish island of Peberholm.➡️Read the paper by López-García et al: doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.202…
Photo of the Danish artificial island of Peberholm from the air. Credit: Nick-D via Wikimedia Commons.

ALT Photo of the Danish artificial island of Peberholm from the air. Credit: Nick-D via Wikimedia Commons.

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We’re excited to announce artist duo Baum & Leahy as recipient of the Massee Arts Grant 2026! ⭐"Fluorescing in reciprocity" will be a participatory light sculpture that invites audiences to encounter fungi through the living symbiosis of lichens. 👀 britmycolsoc.org.uk/massee.h…
Project title and summary alongside a photo of the artists and an image of lichen

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We’re excited to announce Paper Rhino as a recipient of the Massee Arts Grant 2026! ⭐"Fungi secrets" will be an animated poem explaining the wonder of fungi & enabling viewers to observe processes that are normally invisible or too slow to perceive...👀 britmycolsoc.org.uk/massee.h…
Poster showing the project title and summary alongside photos of the collaborating artists.

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