Fungi worldwide
Conservation
Threatened species, habitats and what actually protects fungi: red lists, legal protection, and the measures that make a measurable difference.
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Lead topicAfter fire, fungi and plants do not recover at one paceA 2026 Mojave study shows that heavy plant losses need not produce an equally strong decline in soil fungi. Responses depend on habitat and fire behaviour. 2 minUnited StatesFire EcologyRead Conservation
Problems and responses
United StatesOrchid conservation also begins with its fungiPreserving seeds and a suitable-looking site may not be enough to restore an orchid population. Research shows why its fungal partners and their requirements also matter. 2 minUnited StatesJournal of EcologyRead 
prawo-w-polscePolandA fungus with a protection zone around its sitePoland's regulation on the species protection of fungi has an annex setting protection zones around the sites of certain species. 2 minPolandDziennik UstawRead 
siedliskaUnited KingdomHow fungal inoculation can begin a tree hollowField trials show that inoculation can initiate decay and increase woodpecker use. A finished hollow still requires years, a suitable fungus–tree pairing and specialist oversight. 2 minUnited KingdomGlobal Ecology and ConservationRead 
dane-i-monitoringEstoniaFungal richness does not track plant richnessGlobal soil metabarcoding showed that fungal diversity follows its own rules, and that climate predicts it better than anything else. 2 minEstoniaScienceRead 
zdrowie-i-rolnictwoNetherlandsA fungicide in the field, resistance in the hospitalDrug-resistant strains of Aspergillus fumigatus were cultured from soil and compost. The same resistance mechanism was found in patients. 2 minNetherlandsThe Lancet Infectious DiseasesRead 
jezyk-ochronyFauna, flora and funga — a fight over one wordConservation policy had two words for what it protects: fauna and flora. Fungi fell into the second bucket, or out of both. 2 minIMA FungusRead 
odtwarzanie-siedliskUnited StatesRestoring grassland starts with fungi in the soilA prairie inoculated with native mycorrhizal fungi had more native plants and fewer weeds four years later than one left uninoculated. 2 minUnited StatesRestoration EcologyRead 
gatunki-obceUnited StatesThe death cap is an alien in AmericaHistorical vouchers, distribution and genetics point to European origins for West Coast populations. After introduction, sexual spores are an important expansion mechanism. 2 minUnited StatesMolecular EcologyRead 
klimat-i-fenologiaNorwayThe mushroom season has shifted by nearly two weeksNorwegian herbaria and Swiss inventories show the same thing: autumn fruiting now begins later than it did forty years ago. 2 minNorwayProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRead 
siedliskaUnited KingdomWaxcap grasslands: habitat hidden under turfColourful waxcaps are a visible signal of old, lightly fertilised grassland; protecting them means keeping the habitat, not just the fruiting bodies. 2 minUnited KingdomPlantlifeRead 
zanieczyszczeniaNetherlandsAirborne nitrogen rewires the forest undergroundFalling nitrogen deposition helped some ectomycorrhizal fungi return in the Netherlands, but the recovery was neither fast nor complete. 2 minNetherlandsBritish Ecological Society / WileyRead 
czerwona-listaThe Red List still sees only a sliver of fungiIUCN has passed a thousand fungal assessments, but the gap against the number of described and undescribed species remains enormous. 2 minIUCNRead 
dane-i-monitoringUnited KingdomA digital specimen saves the record, not the fungusHerbaria, photographs, DNA and community observations can together point to important fungal areas, provided the quality of the data holds. 2 minUnited KingdomPlantlifeRead 
lasy-i-martwe-drewnoCzechiaOld forest is continuity, not a pile of fresh logsRare wood-inhabiting fungi respond not only to the amount of deadwood, but to centuries of habitat history and the presence of very old trees. 2 minCzechiaForest Ecology and ManagementRead 
mokradla-i-klimatChinaDraining a peatland rebuilds its fungal communityA falling water table changes oxygen, nutrients and the rate of decay; more fungi detected does not have to mean a healthier peatland. 2 minChinaEcological IndicatorsRead 
gatunki-inwazyjneA fungal pathogen travels faster than a forestPlants, soil, timber and packaging can all carry invisible spores; biosecurity begins before the border, not once the trees start dying. 2 minFAO / IPPC SecretariatRead 
ochrona-ex-situA living collection is not a freezer of duplicatesEx situ conservation needs authenticated strains, stable preservation, metadata, security and a funding plan measured in decades. 2 minWorld Federation for Culture CollectionsRead 
PolandWhich fungi are protected in PolandThe regulation contains 232 strict- and 90 partial-protection entries—322 legal entries including lichens. These are countable rows in an act, not an eternal biological species total. 1 minPolandGeneralna Dyrekcja Ochrony ŚrodowiskaRead 
Lichens measure air qualityLichens draw water and salts straight from the air, so they respond to its composition. They have served as living pollution sensors for over a century. 2 minNational Park ServiceRead PolandThe red list of fungi in PolandThe digitised 2006 red list contains 963 non-lichenised fungal records. It is a historical risk assessment, not current legislation or a new IUCN reassessment. 1 minPolandKlub PrzyrodnikówRead 
Deadwood is habitat, not messLogs and stumps left in the forest are habitat for hundreds of fungal species. A tidied forest looks neat and is considerably poorer. 2 minEcological IndicatorsRead