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Camille Truong
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Mycologist at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and www.spun.earth

Southern hemisphere fungi | 🍄🌱🦘Symbiosis | 🚲🧗🏻‍♀️🏄🏻‍♀️| My own views
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🗓️ Thu 24 Sept 10 am (AEST) / 12pm (NZST)

Our next AMS virtual seminar will feature Prof. Anne Pringle from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Amanita invasions!

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September 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Anne Pringle, on Amanita invasion biology!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Anne Pringle, a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Why are mushrooms poisonous, anyway? ...
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September 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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🗓️ Thu 27 Aug 12 pm (AEST) / 2pm (NZST)

Our next AMS virtual seminar will feature Bridget Walker, PhD student at the University of Melbourne @unimelb.edu.au, on human pathogens

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August 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Bridget Walker, on the adaptation of human-pathogenic yeast!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Bridget Walker, a researcher in the School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne. Making a home...
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August 11, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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🗓️ Thu 30 July 10am (AEST) / 12pm (NZST)

Our next AMS virtual seminar will feature Prof. Ryan Stephens @ryanbstephens.bsky.social from East Tennessee State University on animal-mediated dispersal of fungi

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July 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Ryan Stephens, on animal-mediated dispersal of ectomycorrhizal fungi!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Ryan Stephens, an assistant professor at East Tennessee State University.Multi-trophic interactions sha...
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July 24, 2026 at 6:37 AM
ECR day at #ICOM2026 🌱🍄‍🟫🦘

For ECR by ECR for an amazing start of #ICOM2026

Thank you to everyone that attended and made it a great day!

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July 12, 2026 at 7:34 AM
ECR day at #ICOM2026 🌱🍄‍🟫🦘

Expert advice on how to publish your research with the editors of @pplplantarum.bsky.social

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July 12, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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Call for abstracts extended to 30 June 2026 !!

Come share your FUNgal work with other like-minded people at the AMS Symposium on Friday 21 August 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Deadline extended - Call for abstracts: Australasian Mycological Society Symposium 2026, Auckland
We have extended the abstract submission deadline to 30 June 2026! Call for Abstracts - AMS SymposiumWe are inviting abstracts for presentations at the Australasian Mycological Society Symposium on Fr...
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June 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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🗓️ Thu 28 May 12pm (AEST) / 2pm (NZST)

Our next AMS seminar will feature Ellie Fajer from the University of of Auckland on fungal endophytes to combat kauri dieback

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May 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Ellie Fajer, on fungal endophytes vs kauri dieback!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Ellie Fajer, a Master’s student in Biosecurity and Conservation at the University of of Auckland. Can f...
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May 12, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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We are inviting abstracts for presentations at the AMS Symposium on Friday 21 August 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Come share your FUNgal work with other like-minded people!

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Call for abstracts: Australasian Mycological Society Symposium 2026, Auckland
Call for Abstracts - AMS SymposiumWe are inviting abstracts for presentations at the Australasian Mycological Society Symposium on Friday 21 August 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. Come share your FUNga...
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May 12, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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🗓️ Thu 23 April 12pm (AEST) / 2pm (NZST)

Our April seminar will feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan from @westsyduhie on fire and fungi!

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April 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan - on mycorrhizal fungi's post-fire resilience!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan, a PhD Candidate at the Western Sydney University.What underpins mycorrhizal ...
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April 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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Applications for AMS research grants are open!

This year we are offering two grants for early career mycologists, each with a maximum value of $2000 AUD

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AMS Research Grant 2026 is now open for application!
AMS Research Grant 2026A microscopic image showing myrtle rust spores (coloured yellow) bursting out of a rose-apple leaf (coloured green) by tearing through the epidermis. Image credit: Lavi SinghAim...
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April 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Check out our new paper focusing on unaccessioned herbarium specimens. nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1829...
We found that bryophytes and fungi/lichens were over-represented in the specimen backlog, compared to vascular plants. This highlights the need for more bryophyte and fungi/lichen identification!
The state of herbarium specimen backlogs: Perspectives from bryophyte collections
An herbarium must have its specimens processed, identified and accessioned so that members of the botanical community can readily consult these materials. However, many herbaria struggle to keep up wi...
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March 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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🗓️ Thu 26 March 12pm (AEDT) / 2pm (NZDT)

Our March seminar will feature Dr Joanna Green from
Lincoln University on fungal soil legacies!

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March 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Joanna Green - on fungal soil legacies
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Dr Joanna Green, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lincoln University. Fungal Soil legacies: An unseen and o...
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March 24, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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How an underground fungal map of one of the world’s oldest, slowest-growing rainforest trees can boost the resilience of Earth’s long-term carbon sinks?

New paper in Biodiversity and Conservation about our first expedition to the Chilean Coast Range: buff.ly/CumRGpU
March 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
So many trees and so many fungi to study!
Next one on Australian conifers?

We found more #fungi in the rhizosphere of large trees, with many unique taxa beneath the millennial Alerce Abuelo, the Grandfather

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Large-diameter trees disproportionately contribute to soil fungal diversity in a coniferous forest with one of oldest living trees on Earth - Biodiversity and Conservation
Soil fungi play major roles in ecosystem functioning and plant resilience to environmental stresses. However, they are often overlooked in ecosystem restoration plans. In the Coastal Range of southern...
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March 4, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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🗓️ Thu 26 February 10 am (AEDT) / 12 pm (NZDT)

Our February seminar will feature Prof Sydney Glassman from the University of California, Riverside, on the effect of fire on fungi!

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February 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Sydney I. Glassman - wildfires and fungal succession!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Sydney I. Glassman, an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Plant Pathology at the University of Cal...
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February 18, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Over 20 years of scat analyses reveal how truffle-like fungi respond to climate change.

First paper of PHD student Emily McIntyre from @unimelb.edu.au
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Long-footed potoroos dig up and eat many truffle-like fungi, spreading spores and keeping vital fungi-forest relationships healthy.\
Potoroos digging for ‘truffles’ keep their forests healthy – but for how long?
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February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
New contribution to the study of post-fire fungi in Australia
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December 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Reminder: Abstract submission for #ICOM2026 is now OPEN!

Deadline is 28th February, 2026

Submissions here 👇
icom2026.org/abstract/

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December 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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🗓️ Thu 27 Nov, 1pm AEDT/3pm NZDT

Our November seminar will feature Prof Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China on pathogen taxonomy!

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November 2025 AMS virtual seminar: Prof Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura, on fungal taxonomy!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're excited to feature Prof Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura, a Research Professor at the Universityof Electronic Science and Technolo...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM