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Isabel Fernandes (she/her)
@isabelrfernandes.bsky.social
Freshwater Ecologist 🏞️
Aquatic Fungi Lover 💧🍄
Aquatic hyphomycetes ❤️
Co-chair of IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
FUNACTION project @funaction.bsky.social
MoSTFun project @mostfun.bsky.social
Pinned
Fill and share widely the Better Together Survey 👇🏻

Help us implementing conservation and monitoring of #aquaticfungi. 💧🍄
Biodiversity is in crisis—so let's act smarter 🌍

💧🍄 Aquatic fungi are key yet overlooked. Help us bring them into conservation & monitoring plans.

Take our quick survey (10–15 min)
🔗 forms.office.com/e/UjCrG1L8YV

#biodiversity #conservation #monitoring #aquaticfungi
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🚨Aquatic fungi on the radio🚨

#FUNACTION Swedish team was interviewed by #SverigesRadio.

Follow the link 👇🏻

#aquaticfungi #conservation #funga #fungi

@jandbio.bsky.social @zimingwang.bsky.social
2 minutes on #AquaticFungi on #SverigesRadio online now. The longer interview airs at 12:09.

Great that @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
Was already mentioned the the short version🎉
www.sverigesradio.se
August 31, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Getting ready to receive >100 strains of #aquaticfungi next week! 🤗

A wonderful collaboration with Jérémy Jabiol, Andi Bruder and many other colleagues to safeguard an aquatic hyphomycetes collection.
September 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Today #aquaticfungi will be at the Greenday 2026 in Bellinzona.

Great opportunity to show the work we are doing within @funaction.bsky.social and @mostfun.bsky.social to include aquatic fungi into #conservation and #monitoring

🎯 Piazza del Sole between 9h-17.

With Red Calore and Juliana Barros
September 5, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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2 minutes on #AquaticFungi on #SverigesRadio online now. The longer interview airs at 12:09.

Great that @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
Was already mentioned the the short version🎉
www.sverigesradio.se
August 31, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🚨Workshop Fungi in the Flow 🚨

Happening this October in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

⭐Grants available⭐

Check details. 👇🏻

Please share widely!

eventos.uis.edu.co/congreso-de-...
Workshop: Fungi In The Flow - Eventos de la Universidad Industrial de Santander
Workshop: Fungi in the flow ¡CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA! Taller de capacitación sobre la inexplorada biodiversidad de hongos acuáticos en Colombia Beca de participación Se seleccionaran 9 estudiantes Condic...
eventos.uis.edu.co
August 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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#MycoSky help please! Does anyone have a contract lab that can do chitin analysis? #mycology #lab
July 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Are you attending the @worldbioforum.bsky.social ? Come see some preliminary results from @funaction.bsky.social.

#aquaticfungi #conservation
June 17, 2026 at 6:32 AM
📢New Paper

It has been a pleasure to collaborate with so many people in IberRios network (tanogutierrezcanovas.weebly.com/iberrios.html).

Thank you Tano Gutiérrez Cánovas for coordinating it and also to Aida Viza for leading the first paper.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#aquaticfungi
Combined Effects of Land‐Use‐ and Climate‐Driven Stressors on Stream Fungi and Organic Matter Decomposition
Freshwater microbial communities sustain ecosystem functions and services, with aquatic fungi playing a key role in organic matter decomposition and nutrient transfer. However, the combined effect...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Most recent updates of @biodiversa.eu MoSTFun were presented this week at #BioMonWeek2026.

Great opportunity to connect to colleagues, projects and networks.

Thanks for this inspiring week.

#BioMonWeek #aquaticfungi #monitoring #MoSTFun #biodiversity
May 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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MoSTFun was presented last Friday during the first edition of the SUPSI Department of Environment Constructions and Design (DACD) Research Day by Red Calore.

A great opportunity to showcase current projects, get to know one another better and network.
April 26, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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FUNACTION was presented last Friday during the first edition of the SUPSI Department of Environment Constructions and Design (DACD) Research Day by Daniel Romero Mujalli.

Showcasing an R package being developed to systematic conservation planning in freshwaters.

#aquaticfungi #conservation
April 26, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Super proud of my former PhD student Diana Graça for publishing another paper from her PhD. 🎉

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

More to come in the future! Stay tuned!!!

#aquaticfungi #fungi #funga #biodiversity #multiplestressors #drying #freshwaters
Species Matter: Aquatic Fungal Richness and Identity Enhances Recovery From Drying Events
The increasing human population growth raises water demand, while global change brings additional challenges, such as higher temperatures, nutrient enrichment and altered precipitation patterns. T...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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To join workshop "Developing Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for Fungi and other Microeukaryotes", please register at least for the day @worldbioforum.bsky.social.

📢Early-bird registration deadline tomorrow 24March.

🚨Workshop 🔗https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/session/55465
March 23, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Our freshwater fungus sp Atromagnispora indianensis did not pass Round 1.

But, there are 2 fungal species in Round 2:
Antarctic Beech Orange - Cyttaria septentrionalis
Tapir’s Bark Polypore - Fomitiporia nubicola

📢 Vote for them! uproar.indianapoliszoo.com

Let's take these species to Round 3.
March 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It is with great enthusiasm that I joined the MOSTFUNACTION team (lnkd.in/ehJ7sTeQ) for the #WorldWaterRun.

Water is home to >6000 sp of #aquaticfungi (described), and so it is pivotal that we protect #water and these increadible organisms. 💧 🍄‍🟫

My first 4.2 Km. 🎉

#WorldWaterDay2026
March 21, 2026 at 1:13 PM
We are organising a workshop to discuss the development of EBVs for Fungi and other microeukaryotes.

Interested? Check info below 👇🏻 or contact me or any of the co-organisers.

Spread among potentially interested colleagues.

@geobon.org @worldbioforum.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social
Are you going to @worldbioforum.bsky.social?

Consider joining our workshop Developing Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for Fungi + Microeukaryotes.

Fungi and other microeukaryotes drive fundamental ecosystem functions + services, but they’re still missing from most biodiversity monitoring.
March 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"Humour is a powerful but underused tool in scientific communication, often sidelined by academic norms that view levity as unprofessional."

Very interesting read! 👇🏻

Well done @stefanomammola.bsky.social and co-authors!

doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Statistically significant chuckles: who is using humour at scientific conferences?
Abstract. We’ve all been there: 11.47, swamped by a long stretch of dense scientific talks at a conference. Six slides into a hyper-technical presentation,
doi.org
March 19, 2026 at 10:24 AM
📢 Voting is open now

Help the only aquatic fungi species move on in this competition! We need to reach 51%
🪜🥇

Each vote counts! 💪🏻

#aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG #fungi #funga
March 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
🚨Challenge🚨

Vote for Atromagnispora indianensis - or Indiana sooty-spored freshwater fungus (for friends) 🤩.

📢 It's the only #aquaticfungi in the competition.🍄‍🟫💧

All info below! 👇🏻
March 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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What do the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge and @zslofficial.bsky.social EDGE of Existence have in common?

The Sweet Home Alabama Crayfish: an EDGE Priority species which will compete in the Uproar Conservation Challenge this month!
www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conse...
Uproar Conservation Challenge
Help vote to save endangered species with the Uproar Conservation Challenge. Each round a species moves on to compete for the big prize!
www.indianapoliszoo.com
March 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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⏰ Tic Tac ⏰

Less than one week for our next webinar.
Still time to register.
Check all details below 👇🏻

#aquaticfungi #monitoring #MoSTFun
🚨 NEW WEBINAR🚨

"Predictive modelling of biodiversity metrics - from structural intactness to species composition"

📢 Speaker: Tobias Andermann, Assistant Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden

🕰️ Date: 4 March 2026 at 14:00 CET

🖋️ Register to join: tinyurl.com/psrvcpfa

Co-organised by
@geobon.org
February 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I just signed a petition to stop polluters and their political allies from dismantling Europe's environmental laws. Our water, air, and health are literally on the line. It takes 1 min to sign - would mean a lot if you did too 🌍 #HandsOffNature
handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
handsoffnature.eu
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
No plans for February 7th? 🤔

Then join this webinar on Fungal Conservation, in celebration of the @reversethered.bsky.social day. 🎉

Listen about a new #aquaticfungi genus, a shift is paradigm on #conservation in Brazil and the new global strategy for fungal conservation.

More info below 👇
🚨NEW WEBINAR🚨

Join this webinar in celebration of the @reversethered.bsky.social day.

@iucnaquafungi.bsky.social member @huzefaraj.bsky.social will present about a newly identified genus of freshwater ascomycete fungus.

Other 2 exciting talks lined up.

Registration: tinyurl.com/yja95rmv
February 1, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Does anyone knows if this model can still be found to buy second hand? Or a model with similar characteristics?
It is to be used for aquatic fungi isolations.

Any info would be much appreciated.
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Did you know that during the World Conservation Congress 2025, an important IUCN Resolutions was approved?

"Strengthening conservation efforts for fungi and invertebrates"
portals.iucn.org/library/node...

#FUNACTION is directly contributing to the efforts towards conservation of #aquaticfungi. 💧🍄
WCC-2025-Res-090 | IUCN Library System
portals.iucn.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 AM