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new Announcing the second issue of the 12^th International Mycological Congress (IMC12) newsletter as well as the preliminary programme.
This World congress, jointly organised by the International Mycological Association, the Dutch Mycological Society and the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, will take place on August 11-15, 2024, in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Keynote lectures, bridging sessions and workshops will cover six themes:

1. Cell biology, biochemistry and physiology
2. Environment, ecology and interactions
3. Evolution, biodiversity and systematics
4. Fungal pathogenesis and disease control
5. Genomics, genetics and molecular biology
6. Applied Mycology and Nomenclature

new The Future is Fungi Award
With the motto Unlocking the magic of fungi for environmental innovations, this award is established to honour frontier and cutting-edge research on how we can use fungi for some of the most important environmental solutions that the world needs. More than 20 research institutions are represented in the jury, and the winners were awarded 10,000 EUR, mentorship, access to network of contacts and visibility. In fact, the main goal of this award is to build a network for fungi innovation: 'gathering key players across the ecosystem to accelerate the fungi revolution through collaboration on fungi innovation'. The Award ceremony 2023 page showcases the winners and runnerups, together with the record on video.

Fungal diversity in Europe 2^nd edition, a Special Issue in the open access Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X, CiteScore 2022: 4.9, and 5.9 in the CiteScoreTracker October 2023, Q1 ranking in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics), section Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics, is now open for submissions. Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Venturella. This Special Issue aims to produce data on the distribution and ecology of fungi and on conservation strategies in order to provide an up-to-date picture not only to researchers but also to ordinary citizens who are increasingly involved in safeguarding ecosystems and biodiversity. Deadline for manuscript submissions on February 29, 2024. For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website. Keywords: fungi checklists, redlists, Europe, North Africa ecology conservation, citizen sciences, open sciences.

XIX Congress of European Mycologists

The Post-Congress meeting on the Cooperation of Mycological Groups & Societies in Europe promoted the exchange of experiences and ideas on this topic so paramount to Mycology. The meeting summary is available, and a list of Mycological societies is being built and can be viewed and commented on (for example, to suggest new entries).

Awards at the XIX Congress of European Mycologists:

• Honorary Membership to David Minter, UK
• Founders' Award to Dmitry Schigel, GBIF
• Congress Medal to Paola Bonfante, Italy
• Congress Medal to Silvano Onofri, Italy
• Certificate of Excellence to Giuseppe Venturella, Italy
• Certificate of Excellence to Han A. B. Wösten, The Netherlands
• Certificate of Excellence to Vincent A. Robert, The Netherlands
• Winners of the competition Mycology by Young Scientists: Beniamin Abramczyk, Poland, and Katarzyna Stojek, Poland
• Winners of the Congress Poster competition, Jury Prize: Michaela Strmisková, Marek Bárta, Miriam Kadasi Horáková & Katarina Pastirčáková, Slovak Republic
  
  Second prize of the Congress Poster competition, Jury Prize, ex-æquo:
  Miriana Bortolot, Sonia Mazzarino, Alan Pizzinat, Bruno Sacchi, Silvia Perotto, Elena Martino & Alessandra Salvioli di Fossalunga, Italy, and
  Monika Urbaniak, Elsie Ayamoh Enow, Sylwia Ryszczyńska, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Łukasz Stępień, Poland
• Winners of the Congress Poster competition, Congress Participants’ Prize: Sylwia Salamon, Polina Havrysh, Lidia Błaszczyk, Poland

Governing Committee Dr. Izabela Kałucka has been reelected EMA President for the the new term 2023–2027, together with the following officers: Irmgard Greilhuber (Vice-President), Katerina Krusevska (Secretary), Giuseppe Venturella (Treasurer), Veronica Spinelli (Membership Secretary), Robert Logar (Meetings Secretary), Paulo Oliveira (Editor) and Susana C. Gonçalves (Conservation).

XX Congress of European Mycologists to take place in 2027, in Tartu, Estonia. See the presentation.

The XX International Botanical Congress will take place on July 21-27, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Featuring 31 topics including Mycology and Lichenology, Ecophysiology, Conservation Biology, Ecology and Communities, Restoration Ecology, Global Change Ecology, Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics, and Comparative Genomics/Transcriptomics, there are plenty of points of interest for mycologists. Also of note is the Nomenclature Section preceding the congress, that will work on the revision of the Nomenclature Code (currently the Shenzhen Code, 2018). Please visit the congress website for further details.

Recently departed
– Francesco Bellù, Italian taxonomist and educator, July 26^th 2022. – Alexander Kovalenko, Russian mycologist and leading figure, December 10^th 2021.

The EMA supports FaunaFloraFunga. It is a proposal to perceive fungi, animals and plants with equal status in legal frameworks for agriculture and conservation. The FFF website has the full statement and a form to sign up in support.

We are unthinkable without fungi, yet seldom do we think about them. It is an ignorance we can't afford to sustain.