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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.
Discover the fascinating world of Boletus chilensis, a rare and endangered mushroom found only in Chile's native Nothofagus forests. Threatened by habitat loss, this species needs urgent attention. Learn how our project is mapping its potential presence, promoting its conservation, and raising awareness about the importance of protecting endemic fungi and their ecosystems.
View Boletus chilensis project
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.
View Hongo del coco project
Qualifying fungal conservation: Accelerating the Brazilian Funga conservation and extinction risk assessment through AI-based habitat models and IUCN guidelines.
View Bondarwezia loguerciae project
Securing the Future: Field Monitoring and Ex-situ Conservation of the Critically Endangered Fungus Fomitiporia nubicola from the Cloud Forests
View Tapir’s bark polypore project
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.
View Swiss cheese mushroom project
Latin America Workshop: Promoting conservation of the Latin American Funga through specialists' capacitation and extinction risk assessment of threatened fungi
View Lamelloporus americanus project
First efforts to preserve Wrightoporia auraucariae, a rare and critically endangered species endemic to Araucaria forests
View Wrightoporia araucariae project
Conservation of mountain biodiversity: efforts to understand Fomitiporia nubicola distribution, a Drimys exclusive fungus from threatened Cloud Forest
View Fomitiporia nubicola project
Assessment of the conservation status of endangered fungus Flaviporus citrinellus in Lithuania
View Lemon-colored Antrodiella project
Monitoring of very rare fungus species Buglossoporus magnus for conservation action in old growth lowland rainforests of Sarawak.
View Shelf fungi project