Entoloma sp. ‘IN13’ photographed in Harford County, Maryland. Sequenced by Mycota Lab.
MO 525589 / iNat 176624713
#mycology #dnabarcoding #fungi #fungifriends
MO 525589 / iNat 176624713
#mycology #dnabarcoding #fungi #fungifriends
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Entoloma sp. ‘IN13’ photographed in Harford County, Maryland. Sequenced by Mycota Lab.
MO 525589 / iNat 176624713
#mycology #dnabarcoding #fungi #fungifriends
MO 525589 / iNat 176624713
#mycology #dnabarcoding #fungi #fungifriends
Inocybe "citrifolia", an undescribed Inocybe from California, Oregon and Idaho. This species is easy to identify due to its orange color scheme.
Collected in Santa Cruz County in April, 2022, sequenced by @mycota.lab.
iNat # 110466630
#inocybe #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms
Collected in Santa Cruz County in April, 2022, sequenced by @mycota.lab.
iNat # 110466630
#inocybe #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms
July 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Inocybe "citrifolia", an undescribed Inocybe from California, Oregon and Idaho. This species is easy to identify due to its orange color scheme.
Collected in Santa Cruz County in April, 2022, sequenced by @mycota.lab.
iNat # 110466630
#inocybe #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms
Collected in Santa Cruz County in April, 2022, sequenced by @mycota.lab.
iNat # 110466630
#inocybe #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mycology #mushrooms
Callistosporium pseudofelleum, an extremely fluorescent little white mushroom that is really easy to identify with UV light.
From Harford County, Maryland. Sequenced by Mycota Lab.
iNat 176666288 / MO 525590
#fungifriends #mycology #dnabarcoding #uvphotography
From Harford County, Maryland. Sequenced by Mycota Lab.
iNat 176666288 / MO 525590
#fungifriends #mycology #dnabarcoding #uvphotography
April 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Callistosporium pseudofelleum, an extremely fluorescent little white mushroom that is really easy to identify with UV light.
From Harford County, Maryland. Sequenced by Mycota Lab.
iNat 176666288 / MO 525590
#fungifriends #mycology #dnabarcoding #uvphotography
From Harford County, Maryland. Sequenced by Mycota Lab.
iNat 176666288 / MO 525590
#fungifriends #mycology #dnabarcoding #uvphotography
The first known photo of Trichoderma sp. ‘TX01’ - a rare and probably undescribed species of Trichoderma I collected on a vine in Texas in November, 2022. The only match in Genbank is an unnamed collection from Florida.
iNat 140831069 / MO 581563
#fungi #trichoderma #dnabarcoding #fungifriends
iNat 140831069 / MO 581563
#fungi #trichoderma #dnabarcoding #fungifriends
August 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The first known photo of Trichoderma sp. ‘TX01’ - a rare and probably undescribed species of Trichoderma I collected on a vine in Texas in November, 2022. The only match in Genbank is an unnamed collection from Florida.
iNat 140831069 / MO 581563
#fungi #trichoderma #dnabarcoding #fungifriends
iNat 140831069 / MO 581563
#fungi #trichoderma #dnabarcoding #fungifriends
OK @gbif.org I'm confused. How come metabarcoding says a moth from Northern Europe and Canada is in Madagascar? #dnabarcoding This is a pretty striking distribution pattern.
June 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
OK @gbif.org I'm confused. How come metabarcoding says a moth from Northern Europe and Canada is in Madagascar? #dnabarcoding This is a pretty striking distribution pattern.
Hygrocybe "parvula-PNW01" photographed in New Hampshire and sequenced by Mycota lab. Hygrocybe parvula was described from New York in 1875, so it's likely that this is the real H. parvula.
MO 526630 / iNat 178299999
#mycology #fungifriends #dnabarcoding
MO 526630 / iNat 178299999
#mycology #fungifriends #dnabarcoding
April 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Hygrocybe "parvula-PNW01" photographed in New Hampshire and sequenced by Mycota lab. Hygrocybe parvula was described from New York in 1875, so it's likely that this is the real H. parvula.
MO 526630 / iNat 178299999
#mycology #fungifriends #dnabarcoding
MO 526630 / iNat 178299999
#mycology #fungifriends #dnabarcoding
The Shulgin lab, located in the Bay Area, California is where over 200 psychedelic drugs were invented. I am going to be teaching DNA barcoding and giving a talk on new discoveries in the taxonomy of psychoactive mushrooms at the Shulgin lab on February 22.
#mycology #dnabarcoding #shulginlab
#mycology #dnabarcoding #shulginlab
January 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Shulgin lab, located in the Bay Area, California is where over 200 psychedelic drugs were invented. I am going to be teaching DNA barcoding and giving a talk on new discoveries in the taxonomy of psychoactive mushrooms at the Shulgin lab on February 22.
#mycology #dnabarcoding #shulginlab
#mycology #dnabarcoding #shulginlab
🆕 The @biogeneurope.bsky.social project - which now gives way to BGE+ - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iboleurope.bsky.social) and #reference #genomes (@ergabiodiv.bsky.social) communities.
🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
March 4, 2026 at 11:58 AM
🆕 The @biogeneurope.bsky.social project - which now gives way to BGE+ - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iboleurope.bsky.social) and #reference #genomes (@ergabiodiv.bsky.social) communities.
🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
Three new microsnail species are described from central Thailand - Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #gastropods #taxonomy
#DNAbarcoding #gastropods #taxonomy
December 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Three new microsnail species are described from central Thailand - Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #gastropods #taxonomy
#DNAbarcoding #gastropods #taxonomy
Really excited to share that the first paper I’ve contributed to has been published! With the help of citizen science, we described 34 new Australian parasitoid wasp species, including Apanteles darthvaderi. doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Conservation #CitizenScience #DNAbarcoding #Entomology #Hymenoptera
#Conservation #CitizenScience #DNAbarcoding #Entomology #Hymenoptera
February 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Really excited to share that the first paper I’ve contributed to has been published! With the help of citizen science, we described 34 new Australian parasitoid wasp species, including Apanteles darthvaderi. doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Conservation #CitizenScience #DNAbarcoding #Entomology #Hymenoptera
#Conservation #CitizenScience #DNAbarcoding #Entomology #Hymenoptera
Description of a new species of non-biting midge in the genus Xestochironomus from the Dominican Republic: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#insects #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity
@swarmofthoughts.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
#insects #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity
@swarmofthoughts.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Description of a new species of non-biting midge in the genus Xestochironomus from the Dominican Republic: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#insects #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity
@swarmofthoughts.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
#insects #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity
@swarmofthoughts.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
Mycena sp. 'amicta-HRL01' - A species in the Mycena amicta group with only two observations on iNaturalist, both in the east bay area, California, USA.
Sequenced recently by @mycota.lab.
Mushroom Observer # 439854 / iNaturalist # 84403145
#mycena #mycology #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mushrooms
Sequenced recently by @mycota.lab.
Mushroom Observer # 439854 / iNaturalist # 84403145
#mycena #mycology #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mushrooms
July 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Mycena sp. 'amicta-HRL01' - A species in the Mycena amicta group with only two observations on iNaturalist, both in the east bay area, California, USA.
Sequenced recently by @mycota.lab.
Mushroom Observer # 439854 / iNaturalist # 84403145
#mycena #mycology #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mushrooms
Sequenced recently by @mycota.lab.
Mushroom Observer # 439854 / iNaturalist # 84403145
#mycena #mycology #dnabarcoding #fungifriends #mushrooms
On the International Day for #BiologicalDiversity, researchers have released a blueprint for a global #DNAbarcoding network, drawing on experiences from 20 countries to outline 10 recommendations for building successful national nodes.
👉Full #OA study: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
👉Full #OA study: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
May 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
On the International Day for #BiologicalDiversity, researchers have released a blueprint for a global #DNAbarcoding network, drawing on experiences from 20 countries to outline 10 recommendations for building successful national nodes.
👉Full #OA study: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
👉Full #OA study: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
#DNAbarcoding has been an amazing tool to help discover and delineate parasitic wasps. Here is another example!
Researchers of @ZJU_China revised the Chinese species of the braconid wasp genus 𝑍𝑒𝑙𝑒 and recognised 29 species, including 19 new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #newspecies #phylogeny
#DNAbarcoding #newspecies #phylogeny
September 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#DNAbarcoding has been an amazing tool to help discover and delineate parasitic wasps. Here is another example!
One new record for Morocco in this updated checklist of Macroheteroceran moths of the central High Atlas: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#DNAbarcoding #entomology #Lepidoptera
#DNAbarcoding #entomology #Lepidoptera
January 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One new record for Morocco in this updated checklist of Macroheteroceran moths of the central High Atlas: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#DNAbarcoding #entomology #Lepidoptera
#DNAbarcoding #entomology #Lepidoptera
Excited to share our latest research now out in @OikosJournal! 🌿
This paper leverages the anisotropy of environmental variation at habitat edges to disentangle community assembly drivers
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
#Ecology #Metacommunity #SoilBiology #Biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #Oikos #Macrofauna
This paper leverages the anisotropy of environmental variation at habitat edges to disentangle community assembly drivers
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
#Ecology #Metacommunity #SoilBiology #Biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #Oikos #Macrofauna
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Excited to share our latest research now out in @OikosJournal! 🌿
This paper leverages the anisotropy of environmental variation at habitat edges to disentangle community assembly drivers
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
#Ecology #Metacommunity #SoilBiology #Biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #Oikos #Macrofauna
This paper leverages the anisotropy of environmental variation at habitat edges to disentangle community assembly drivers
doi.org/10.1002/oik....
#Ecology #Metacommunity #SoilBiology #Biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #Oikos #Macrofauna
Description of 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨, a new species of orb-weaver spider: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
#biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
December 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Description of 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨, a new species of orb-weaver spider: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
#biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
Three species of the braconid wasp genus Aleiodes are newly recorded from South Korea. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#DNAbarcoding #wasps #taxonomy
#DNAbarcoding #wasps #taxonomy
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Three species of the braconid wasp genus Aleiodes are newly recorded from South Korea. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#DNAbarcoding #wasps #taxonomy
#DNAbarcoding #wasps #taxonomy
A comprehensive taxonomic revision and identification key for the seven species of Western Palearctic Leptopilina, a genus of parasitic wasps that primarily target Drosophilidae larvae: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#biocontrol #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
#biocontrol #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A comprehensive taxonomic revision and identification key for the seven species of Western Palearctic Leptopilina, a genus of parasitic wasps that primarily target Drosophilidae larvae: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#biocontrol #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
#biocontrol #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy
A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus parasitoid wasp genus Dolichogenide of the Neotropical region, with the description of 102 (!) species as new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #biodiversity @alexsmithants.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @uofguelph.bsky.social
#DNAbarcoding #biodiversity @alexsmithants.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @uofguelph.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus parasitoid wasp genus Dolichogenide of the Neotropical region, with the description of 102 (!) species as new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #biodiversity @alexsmithants.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @uofguelph.bsky.social
#DNAbarcoding #biodiversity @alexsmithants.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @uofguelph.bsky.social
Researchers revised the Chinese species of the braconid wasp genus 𝑍𝑒𝑙𝑒 and recognised 29 species, including 19 new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #newspecies #phylogeny
#DNAbarcoding #newspecies #phylogeny
August 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Researchers revised the Chinese species of the braconid wasp genus 𝑍𝑒𝑙𝑒 and recognised 29 species, including 19 new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #newspecies #phylogeny
#DNAbarcoding #newspecies #phylogeny
New work in #RESInsectConsDiv
Species diversity & host plant associations of #AmbrosiaBeetles in Southeast Asian forests of Laos & Vietnam revealed by #DNAbarcoding
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
#Scolytinae #Platypodinae #Curculionidae #Biodiversity
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Species diversity & host plant associations of #AmbrosiaBeetles in Southeast Asian forests of Laos & Vietnam revealed by #DNAbarcoding
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
#Scolytinae #Platypodinae #Curculionidae #Biodiversity
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
September 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
New work in #RESInsectConsDiv
Species diversity & host plant associations of #AmbrosiaBeetles in Southeast Asian forests of Laos & Vietnam revealed by #DNAbarcoding
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
#Scolytinae #Platypodinae #Curculionidae #Biodiversity
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Species diversity & host plant associations of #AmbrosiaBeetles in Southeast Asian forests of Laos & Vietnam revealed by #DNAbarcoding
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
#Scolytinae #Platypodinae #Curculionidae #Biodiversity
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
@biogeneurope.bsky.social panel discussion on biodiversity genomics research infrastructure in Europe. So relevant for the future of #dnabarcoding and #genomics.
October 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@biogeneurope.bsky.social panel discussion on biodiversity genomics research infrastructure in Europe. So relevant for the future of #dnabarcoding and #genomics.
A study of the systematic classification of Afropisa sanctaehelenae, a poorly understood crab species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@icman-csic.bsky.social #crab #crustaceans #DNAbarcoding
@icman-csic.bsky.social #crab #crustaceans #DNAbarcoding
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A study of the systematic classification of Afropisa sanctaehelenae, a poorly understood crab species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@icman-csic.bsky.social #crab #crustaceans #DNAbarcoding
@icman-csic.bsky.social #crab #crustaceans #DNAbarcoding
♨️Live #BGEconnects
@clairecarvell.bsky.social and @marakat.bsky.social talked about DNAbarcoding for large-scale #insect community biomonitoring: “DNA-based species discovery can indeed transform taxonomic uncertainty from a barrier into a structured pathway for improved biodiversity intelligence.”
@clairecarvell.bsky.social and @marakat.bsky.social talked about DNAbarcoding for large-scale #insect community biomonitoring: “DNA-based species discovery can indeed transform taxonomic uncertainty from a barrier into a structured pathway for improved biodiversity intelligence.”
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
♨️Live #BGEconnects
@clairecarvell.bsky.social and @marakat.bsky.social talked about DNAbarcoding for large-scale #insect community biomonitoring: “DNA-based species discovery can indeed transform taxonomic uncertainty from a barrier into a structured pathway for improved biodiversity intelligence.”
@clairecarvell.bsky.social and @marakat.bsky.social talked about DNAbarcoding for large-scale #insect community biomonitoring: “DNA-based species discovery can indeed transform taxonomic uncertainty from a barrier into a structured pathway for improved biodiversity intelligence.”