The Fungal Conservation Pledge, launched by Chile and the United Kingdom in 2024, has now been signed by 17 countries. Also, recommendations from two UN biodiversity scientific advisory meetings have included fungi across four policy areas, bringing them into the decisions and discussions leading up to COP17. Fungal conservation is gaining ground in international policy. As governments gather in Yerevan for the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17), fungal biodiversity is gainin

Shroom Sabha is a community-founded, community-led, non-profit festival dedicated to fungi and the many worlds they connect. Conceived by a group of mycophiles who wanted to share their fascination beyond specialist circles, it has grown into India's first and only festival devoted entirely to fungi. More than an annual event, Shroom Sabha is an attempt to cultivate a fungal culture in India—one rooted in curiosity, ecological literacy, creativity, and care. The festival is s

The UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity at the University of Toronto (home to nearly 12,000 living fungal specimens from over 3,200 species) was at risk of being shipped overseas due to lack of funding, until a $1-million donation from the Weston Family Foundation secured its future for at least five years.

The UK and Chile co-launched a groundbreaking Fungal Conservation Pledge at the UN biodiversity conference, recognising fungi as essential to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss

Planetary has signed a partnership with DCM Shriram Bioseeds to establish mycoprotein production at an Indian sugar mill, expanding its decentralised fermentation network beyond Switzerland