Participatory research to explore fungal biodiversity and its importance to bees

We've updated the next two workshop dates! Happily, our fruit bowls' growth is still looking good, for the two still in lab - maybe we will dry down and un-mold next week? We also are making progress for the metagenomics and have some initial sequence results - a comparison of oyster mushrooms shows they are already quite diverse for the mITS1/4 region (from 56% identity down to 42% identity!).

Looking forward to the first workshop on growing mycelia this Saturday, Earth Day! Here is the fb event, telling a bit more: https://fb.me/e/17JlNFJv6

here is a nice article in french about therapeutic uses of Fomes fomentarius (amadoux)... https://www.persee.fr/doc/pharm_0035-2349_2002_num_90_336_5432

For Olivier's presentation Weds night, we again had about a dozen people show up (some repeats), including teachers and another mycologist! Most likely the first workshop will be for mycelial growth, as we need to see how this goes before we order more for the barcoding etc... (and they seem to have at least a 3 week turn around time.) But, we will manage! Thanks to everyone who is donating, spreading the word, and helping plan!

We had about a dozen people for the #OH event last night, about the metagenomic sequencing... =)

interesting project. good luck and success!

If you want to see more data and translations to other languages, please go to our wiki page for the project: https://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Fun_with_fungi