• Franziska Richter. FunDive: Multi-substrate monitoring of pine forest fungal communities from the Mediterranean Basin to the Arctic Circle – comparing metabarcoding approaches for fungal conservation. Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action; Uppsala (Sweden), 14-17 April 2026 – poster
• Michał Kochanowski, Marta Tischer, Beniamin Abramczyk, Agnieszka Grochowska, Igor Siedlecki, Karolina Grabowska-Grucza, Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Danny Haelewaters, Julia Pawłowska. Engaging Citizen Scientists in Fungal Conservation through Molecular Biology. Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action; Uppsala (Sweden), 14-17 April 2026 – presentation
• Marta Tischer, Michał Kochanowski, Igor Siedlecki, Barbara Kudławiec, Grażyna Domian, Michał Gorczak, Anna Kujawa, Marcin Lożek, Maksymilian Emil Nowak,
  Sebastian Piskorski, Małgorzata Stasińska, Monika Urbaniak, Marta Wrzosek, Julia Pawłowska. Polish Mycological Society as a hub coordinating citizen science efforts in fungal biodiversity discovery and monitoring. Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action; Uppsala (Sweden), 14-17 April 2026 – presentation
• Tereza Wolny. Citizen Science’s role in European Fungal Conservation – A qualitative analysis of volunteer mycologists’ motivations, practices and perspectives. Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action; Uppsala (Sweden), 14-17 April 2026 – presentation
• Danny Haelewaters, Julia Pawłowska, Sergio de-Miguel, Bálint Dima, Susana C. Gonçalves, Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Katerina Rusevska,
  Iryna Yatsiuk, Georgios I. Zervakis. Can fungal Red Listing efforts guide citizen science projects in Europe? Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action; Uppsala (Sweden), 14-17 April 2026 – presentation
• Ovidiu Copot. How well are Red-listed macrofungi protected in Europe? Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action; Uppsala (Sweden), 14-17 April 2026 – presentation
• Jacob Heilmann-Clausen. Building fungal monitoring frameworks. Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action; Uppsala (Sweden), 14-17 April 2026 – presentation
• Julia Pawłowska, Danny Haelewaters, Sergio de-Miguel, Bálint Dima, Susana C. Gonçalves, Michał Kochanowski, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Balázs Palla, Mauro Rivas-Ferreiro, Katerina Rusevska, Marta Tischer, Iryna Yatsiuk, Alfredo Vizzini, Alessandra Zambonelli, Georgios I. Zervakis, Andrea C. Rinaldi, Jacob Heilmann-Clausen. FunDive – Fostering cross-border mycological collaboration to boost common fungal diversity conservation goals. European Citizen Science Association Conference; Oulu (Finland), 3-6 March 2026 – presentation, pitch talk, and poster presentation [download]
• Elias Polemis, Vassileios Daskalopoulos, Sawas Christodoulou, Georgios Konstantinidis, Dimitros Sofronis, Vasileios Kaounas, Linos Kottis, Georgios Koutrotsios, Georgios Zervakis. The FunDive project – monitoring and mapping fungal diversity for nature conservation through the active involvement of citizen scientists. The Joint conference of the MikroBioKosmos Society & The Central and East Europe Symposium of Microbial Ecology; Thessaloniki (Greece), 22–24 September 2025 – poster presentation [download]
• Danny Haelewaters, Sergio de-Miguel, Bálint Dima, Vasco Fachada, Susana C. Gonçalves, Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Reda Iršėnaitė, Tuula Niskanen, Viktor Papp, Oleh Prylutskyi, Andrea Rinaldi, Małgorzata Ruszkiewicz-Michalska, Alfredo Vizzini, Tea von Bonsdorff, Georgios Zervakis, Julia Pawłowska. FunDive – Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity for nature conservation. International Mycological Congress 12; Maastricht (The Netherlands), 11-15 August 2024 – poster presentation [download]
• Jorinde Nuytinck, Jean-Michel Bellanger, Sergio de-Miguel, Bálint Dima, Margarita Dueñas, Ursula Eberhardt, Vasco Fachada, Danny Haelewaters, Reda Iršėnaitė, Håvard Kauserud, Franz-Sebastian Krah, María P. Martín, Tuula Niskanen, Viktor Papp, Julia Pawlowska, Lukas Picek, Kadri Põldmaa, Andrea Rinaldi, Anton Savchenko, Holger Thüs, Annemieke Verbeken, Carlos Vila-Viçosa, Alfredo Vizzini, Alessandra Zambonelli, Georgios Zervakis, Jacob Heilmann-Clausen. FunDive – Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity for nature conservation. International Mycological Congress 12; Maastricht (The Netherlands), 11-15 August 2024 – poster presentation [download]

• Julia Pawłowska (2025) Polska grzybami stoi – czyli jak obserwacje z Polski przyczyniają się do lepszego zrozumienia rozmieszczenia grzybów w Europie. Grzyboteka 3(9): 6-9. (in Polish)
• Michał Kochanowski (2025) Berłóweczki. Grzyboteka 2(6) (in Polish)
• Michał Kochanowski (2025) Hesperomyces – owadorośla na biedronkach. Grzyboteka 1(7): 74-75. (in Polish)
• Julia Pawłowska (2025) Czy można nazwać grzyba od ulubionej wakacyjnej miejscówki? Czemu nie – jeśli właśnie odkryłeś nowy gatunek. https://serwisnaukowy.uw.edu.pl (in Polish)
• Julia Pawłowska (2024) Gwiazdosze. Grzyboteka 3(6): 26-30. (in Polish)
• Julia Pawłowska (2024) Dołącz do FunDive! projektu poświęconego lepszemu poznaniu różnorodności grzybów. Grzyboteka 2(5): 70. (in Polish)

• Centrum Nauki Kopernik. Genetyczne grzybobranie (link) with video: https://youtu.be/FxDyvGo8V6s
• Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marii Konopnickiej w Legionowie (link) (in Polish)

How to use this FunDive Advent Calendar?

Starting December 1st, click on circle number 1 to reveal your first surprise.
Each following day, open the next numbered circle (2, then 3, and so on) until you reach the final one on December 24th.

After opening a circle, you’ll have about 30 seconds to read information about one of the most wanted epigeous gasteroid fungi we are searching for in a FunDive project.

Explore, learn, and help us find them!

How to play FunDive Bingo game?

Each player gets a FunDive Bingo card (you can download it here!)

You go to the field and search for FunDive target organisms.

Once you find and register one, you mark it on your card.

Complete the winning pattern (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line).

When you finish the pattern, call “FunDive!” to win.