Funded by Visegrad Grant
Three institutions with strong backgrounds in taxonomy, phylogenetics, and genomics of insect-related fungi bring together researchers to share expertise with each other and students. In a series of workshops organized in three V4 countries we will tighten collaborations and stimulate knowledge exchange. A citizen science campaign and lectures open to the general public will also be organized.
Project No. 22420237
Role of FSci in the project: Principal applicant
Project duration: 01 October 2024 - 31 March 2026
Total project cost: 37 878 EUR
Head of project: Danny Haelewaters, PhD (he/him/his)
Ghent University & Meise Botanic Garden
University of South Bohemia | Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí
Website | X | Beetlehangers
Upcoming events and meetings
31 March to 4 April 2025: Citizen science campaign, workshop, and open lecture, České Budějovice, Czechia
FUNGAL GENOMICS
8 to 12 September 2025: Workshop on fungal genomics and open lecture, Szeged, Hungary
https://fb.me/e/7LFch4JtW
FUNGAL PHYLOGENETICS
16 to 20 February 2026: Workshop on fungal phylogenetics and open lecture, Urwitałt, Poland
https://fb.me/e/4Tbh84ai1
Read about our latest papers:
- Biological knowledge shortfalls impede conservation efforts in poorly studied taxa—A case study of Laboulbeniomycetes
- Singleton-based species names and fungal rarity: Does the number really matter?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnrrCY-IeBw
Polish partner (Julia Pawłowska):
University webpage: https://en.uw.edu.pl/
Faculty of Biology webpage: https://www.biol.uw.edu.pl/en/home-page/
Institute webpage: https://ibe.biol.uw.edu.pl/en/835-2/
Hungarian partner (László Nagy):
Institute webpage: https://www.brc.hu/en
Lab webpage: http://group.szbk.u-szeged.hu/sysbiol/nagy-laszlo-lab-index.html
Sources
de Groot MD, Christou M, Pan JY, Adriaens T, Maes D, Martinou AF, Roy HE, Verbeken A, Haelewaters D. Beetlehangers.org: harmonizing host–parasite records of Harmonia axyridis and Hesperomyces harmoniae. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 18(4): 665-679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-023-10037-2
Haelewaters D, Matthews TJ, Wayman JP, Cazabonne J, Heyman F, Quandt CA, Martin TE. 2024. Laboulbeniomycetes as a case study for biodiversity shortfalls in poorly studied groups. Journal of Biogeography 51(1): 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14725
Haelewaters D, Okrasińska A, Gorczak M, Pfister DH. 2020. Draft genome sequence of the globally distributed cockroach-infecting fungus Herpomyces periplanetae strain D. Haelew. 1187d. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(6): e01458-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01458-19
Fruiting bodies of Hesperomyces harmoniae (Laboulbeniales) on the integument of the invasive alien ladybird Harmonia axyridis Coccinellidae)
