Fungi Blog

5th Grade Fungi Education Lesson in New Jersey

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).

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!

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.

Our free mycological curriculum is ready!

A write up about our free mycological curriculum

Fungi Education Year End Review

A recap of Fungi Education’s first year!

Fungi Education at Foundry Montessori Preschool

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

NYMS Fungus Festival

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

"For the Love of Fungi" Event

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

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!

Fungi Exploration with Team Wilderness

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

Coloring You: Fungal Art Contest 2020

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

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

A writeup to one of our school visit in Southern Chile

Education Tour in Chilean Patagonia

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

Teaching Fungi Education: Hands-On Activities for Every Child

Recap of our May 2022 Webinar

The Wood Wide Web of Mycelia in New Jersey Classroom

A recap of our April 2020 school visit.

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.

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.

Chanterelles and Family Traditions

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

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.

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.

The Earthly Journeys of María Sabina

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

Old-growth Forests: The Importance of Ancestral Ecology

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

Fungi Foundation Global

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

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.

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.