Fungi Blog

September 13, 2023

Educating the Fungi Enthusiasts of Tomorrow: What is the Fungi Foundation Fungi Education Program?

More information about our Education program

August 15, 2023

Unearthing the Hidden Kingdom: A Quest for Fungi Education in Our Schools

By recognizing fungi's ecological role, medical potential, and agricultural benefits, we empower students to be environmentally conscious and innovative contributors for a sustainable future.

August 9, 2023

An Adventure-filled Mushroom Exploration

Diana, the education lead of Fungi Foundation, takes a group of enthusiastic middle school children from Team Wilderness on a captivating mushroom exploration hike, igniting their curiosity about fungi's ecological roles and forming lasting connections with nature.

August 7, 2023

Flora Fauna Funga - 2023 Updates

The case for adopting the "3rd F" is gaining momentum

July 28, 2023

A big break in the case of the lost Big Puma Fungus

A fungus that hasn't been seen in more than 35 years may have been rediscovered by a group of mycologists.

June 16, 2023

Six Months of Progress: Fungi Education Program Reaches New Heights

April 22, 2023

10 reasons why fungi are crucial to the planet

Fungi may hold the key to reversing what we’ve broken, but we only know about a tiny fraction of all the biodiversity and magic of this kingdom. They are plants’ best friends, they heal us, they are responsible for numerous scrumptious foods, and they make sustainable biomaterials.  We owe them life as we know it and we could not exist without them. On this #EarthDay we chose ten reasons why fungi are crucial for life on the planet.

April 12, 2023

‘Dark Taxa’ and New Discoveries

The discovery of wide genetic variety in fungal species previously thought to belong to the same evolutionary lineages, termed “cryptic species' ', has prompted scientists to re-visit traditional scientific naming systems and call for more research into fungi taxonomy. But what is the best way to reconcile traditional scientific naming systems with new methods of species identification?

March 1, 2023

5th Grade Fungi Education Lesson in New Jersey

February 28, 2023

New Species of Magic Mushroom Named After Legendary Mycologist Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets’ work of 40+ years as a mycologist inspired the character of Lieutenant Stamets in the “Star Trek: Discovery” series, made him the protagonist of the documentary Fantastic Fungi and has now been immortalized with the species Psilocybe stametsii (Dentinger & Furci, 2023).

December 19, 2022

Our free mycological curriculum is ready!

A write up about our free mycological curriculum

November 23, 2022

Fungi Education Year End Review

A recap of Fungi Education’s first year!

November 15, 2022

Butyriboletus loyo: surviving extinction

We want to celebrate a decade of work by looking back on what these intense, wonderful and productive years have been and share these memories with you with some Fungi Foundation Chronicles. Here's the story about one of our favorite species: Butyriboletus loyo.

November 14, 2022

Fungi Education at Foundry Montessori Preschool

A write-up about our visit to the Foundry Montessori preschool in Cold Spring, New York!

November 4, 2022

NYMS Fungus Festival

A write-up about the October 2022 Fungus Festival in NYC that we participated in!

September 20, 2022

Fungi Foundation: 10 cycles around the sun!

This month we get to celebrate our 10th anniversary! We’ve come a long way and the road has been joyous, challenging, and fulfilling. We want to take a trip through time to remember what 10 years of working for the fungi have been like.

August 13, 2022

"For the Love of Fungi" Event

A write-up about ‘For the Love of Fungi’ event that we participated in!

August 3, 2022

Campers Learn Fungi Education at the Nature Place Day Camp

A write-up about our August 2022 trip to the Nature Place Day Camp in NY!

July 25, 2022

Fungi Exploration with Team Wilderness

A write-up about the Fungi Foundation's recent lesson with Team Wilderness!

June 15, 2022

Coloring You: Fungal Art Contest 2020

A write-up about the Colorearte 2020 Contest and the Fungi Foundation’s involvement

June 13, 2022

Activities With Kids in Southern Chile “The Truth of the Woods”

A writeup to one of our school visit in Southern Chile

June 11, 2022

Education Tour in Chilean Patagonia

A writeup of our June 2022 Education Tour in the south of Chile

June 9, 2022

Fungal Advocate receives NatGeo's Leadership Conservation Award setting a historical precedent for Fungi

Giuliana Furci, Foundress and CEO of Fungi Foundation, becomes the first mycologist to win the National Geographic Conservation Leadership Award.

May 26, 2022

Teaching Fungi Education: Hands-On Activities for Every Child

Recap of our May 2022 Webinar

April 29, 2022

The Wood Wide Web of Mycelia in New Jersey Classroom

A recap of our April 2020 school visit.

December 22, 2020

The Influence of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms on Christmas

The story of Santa Claus is not the creation of Coca-Cola, nor Saint Nicholas or a children’s story, it exists because of a small living being with great powers: the Amanita muscaria mushroom.

September 19, 2020

Old-growth Forests: The Importance of Ancestral Ecology

An old forest is a biological treasure that has been formed over a millenary ecological succession.

September 16, 2020

The urgency to protect fungi

With an estimated 10% of fungi species known, it is necessary to know what type of fungi there are and what role they play in their habitat in order to protect ecosystems.

September 16, 2020

Fungi Foundation Global

Fungi Foundation goes global; Chilean non-profit opens US chapter and incorporates international board members.

The Earthly Journeys of María Sabina

Who was María Sabina and how did she change the history of ethnomycology?

Chanterelles and Family Traditions

Discover how fungi are part of Lithuanians family traditions and cuisine.

What is a fungarium?

The FFCL Fungarium has samples from all over the world and houses close to 2.000 species collected from Chile. It's a great treasure, find out why.

Open Letter on the crucial role of fungi in preserving and enhancing biodiversity

Read why forests could not exist without fungi, which lie at the base of the biodiversity webs that support much of life on Earth.

A Look Back at 2022: A Year in Review

A free mycological curriculum, a cover in Science Magazine, an article in the New York Times, new partnerships and collaborations and much more!