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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 66 Fungi small grants. This has constituted a total donation of $806,018. Click here to see all these Fungi grants on our Grant Explorer page. Of these grants, 20 have published a case study and are listed chronologically below with the most recent first.

Boletus chilensis (Boletus chilensis)
24th December 2024 - GEF Grant 242536089

Discover the fascinating world of Boletus chilensis, a rare and endangered mushroom found only in Chile's native Nothofagus ...
Hongo del coco (Phlebopus bruchii)
24th December 2024 - MBZF Grant 242536345

Our project focuses on Phlebopus bruchii, the critically endangered “Coco mushroom” endemic to central Argentina. We aim to ...
Yellow carapicu (Pleurotus magnificus)
10th October 2024 - MBZF Grant 242535320

Climbing the mountain to conserve the magnificent Brazilian edible mushroom Pleurotus magnificus, an Endangered species restricted ...
Bondarwezia loguerciae (Bondarwezia loguerciae)
09th May 2024 - MBZF Grant 242533800

Qualifying fungal conservation: Accelerating the Brazilian Funga conservation and extinction risk assessment through AI-based ...
Tapir’s bark polypore (Fomitiporia nubicola)
19th December 2023 - MBZF Grant 232533272

Securing the Future: Field Monitoring and Ex-situ Conservation of the Critically Endangered Fungus Fomitiporia nubicola from the ...
Swiss cheese mushroom (Rickiella edulis)
27th September 2023 - MBZF Grant 232532246

Population survey, molecular characterization and ex situ conservation of the endangered South American edible fungal species ...
Lamelloporus americanus (Lamelloporus americanus)
03rd May 2023 - MBZF Grant 232531493

Latin America Workshop: Promoting conservation of the Latin American Funga through specialists' capacitation and extinction risk ...
Wrightoporia araucariae (Wrightoporia araucariae)
20th December 2022 - MBZF Grant 222530589

First efforts to preserve Wrightoporia auraucariae, a rare and critically endangered species endemic to Araucaria forests
Fomitiporia nubicola (Fomitiporia nubicola)
23rd September 2020 - MBZF Grant 202524755

Conservation of mountain biodiversity: efforts to understand Fomitiporia nubicola distribution, a Drimys exclusive fungus from ...
Lemon-colored Antrodiella (Flaviporus citrinellus)
23rd September 2020 - MBZF Grant 202524466

Assessment of the conservation status of endangered fungus Flaviporus citrinellus in Lithuania
Shelf fungi (Buglossoporus magnus)
20th December 2018 - MBZF Grant 182518687

Monitoring of very rare fungus species Buglossoporus magnus for conservation action in old growth lowland rainforests of Sarawak.
Tea-tree Fingers (Hypocreopsis amplectens)
02nd October 2018 - MBZF Grant 182518969

Assessing the conservation status of the most threatened fungi in New Zealand and Australia. An Australasian Fungal Red Listing ...
Stone flower (Lichen)
18th September 2017 - MBZF Grant 1705199

Assessment of Conservation Status and Development of the Red list for Western Ghats Usneoid Lichens
Boreal Felt Lichen (Erioderma pedicellatum )
20th April 2016 - MBZF Grant 162512330

Developing conservation strategies for the critically endangered lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Kamchatka
Galapagos Spiny Gladiator Lichen (Acantholichen galapagoensis)
22nd April 2015 - MBZF Grant 152510692

Assessing Galapagos endemic Lichens for the Global Fungal Red List Initiative: ...
Hot Dots (Arthonia kermesina )
22nd April 2015 - MBZF Grant 150510598

First Conservation and IUCN Red List Assessment of Endangered North American Lichens
Loyo (Boletus loyo)
28th December 2014 - MBZF Grant 142510227

Conservation of threatened fungi in Chile. ...
Lichens (Megaspora rimisorediata)
28th December 2014 - MBZF Grant 14054653

Assessment of Several Epiphytic Lichens Conservation Status and Development of the National Red List for Armenia
Tree lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria)
23rd December 2013 - MBZF Grant 13257489

Lichens are mutualistic symbiotic organisms composed of fungal and green-algal partners. This project aims at mapping the ...
Lichen (Cladonia trapezuntica J. Steiner)
27th June 2011 - MBZF Grant 10051505

The long-neglected lichen described as Cladonia trapezuntica was rediscovered thanks to the MBZ Fund. Molecular, morphological, ...

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