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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 61 grants for this species type, constituting a total donation of $739,018.

Fungi Conservation Case Studies

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 242536345) - Hongo del coco - Awarded $17,000 on December 24, 2024
24-12-2024 - Hongo del coco

Our project focuses on Phlebopus bruchii, the critically endangered “Coco mushroom” endemic to central Argentina. We aim to map its distribution, study its habitat and ecological requirements, ex-situ conservation by culture collection and indoor cultivation protocols. Research will be based on field expeditions for data collection and obtaining strains for their cultivation. Our goal is to protect and conserve this special endemic mushroom.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 242533800) - Bondarwezia loguerciae - Awarded $18,000 on May 09, 2024
09-05-2024 - Bondarwezia loguerciae

Qualifying fungal conservation: Accelerating the Brazilian Funga conservation and extinction risk assessment through AI-based habitat models and IUCN guidelines.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232533272) - Tapir’s bark polypore - Awarded $14,000 on December 19, 2023
19-12-2023 - Tapir’s bark polypore

Securing the Future: Field Monitoring and Ex-situ Conservation of the Critically Endangered Fungus Fomitiporia nubicola from the Cloud Forests

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232532246) - Swiss cheese mushroom - Awarded $10,000 on September 27, 2023
27-09-2023 - Swiss cheese mushroom

Population survey, molecular characterization and ex situ conservation of the endangered South American edible fungal species Rickiella edulis Rickiella edulis is facing a high threat of extinction (Endangered) and its current population (ca. 2,000 individuals) is decreasing. It is a forestal species and its main threat is deforestation and forest fragmentation.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 232531493) - Lamelloporus americanus - Awarded $13,000 on May 03, 2023
03-05-2023 - Lamelloporus americanus

Latin America Workshop: Promoting conservation of the Latin American Funga through specialists' capacitation and extinction risk assessment of threatened fungi

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 222530589) - Wrightoporia araucariae - Awarded $20,000 on December 20, 2022
20-12-2022 - Wrightoporia araucariae

First efforts to preserve Wrightoporia auraucariae, a rare and critically endangered species endemic to Araucaria forests

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 202524755) - Fomitiporia nubicola - Awarded $11,600 on September 23, 2020
23-09-2020 - Fomitiporia nubicola

Conservation of mountain biodiversity: efforts to understand Fomitiporia nubicola distribution, a Drimys exclusive fungus from threatened Cloud Forest

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182518687) - Shelf fungi - Awarded $11,000 on December 20, 2018
20-12-2018 - Shelf fungi

Monitoring of very rare fungus species Buglossoporus magnus for conservation action in old growth lowland rainforests of Sarawak.

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Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation (Project No. 182518969) - Tea-tree Fingers - Awarded $15,500 on October 02, 2018
02-10-2018 - Tea-tree Fingers

Assessing the conservation status of the most threatened fungi in New Zealand and Australia. An Australasian Fungal Red Listing Workshop will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 22-26 July 2019. Invitations have been extended to international and Australasian experts, linking to the Global Red List Initiative led by Dahlberg, Krikorev,and Mueller.

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