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Luis Quijada, Donald Pfister and colleagues in Spain and Germany have a new publication in the journal, Fungal Systematics and Evolution (FUSE): "Wanted on Agave americana! Hymenobolus agaves, an overlooked introduced pathogen in the western palearctic...

Methods for observing, culturing, and studying living ascospores, a new publication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany aims to provide researchers with "standardized...

Congratulations to Pfister Lab member James Mitchell on the succesful defense of his thesis: "Investigations into Resinicolous Fungi"! Abstract of his thesis is below. Image Credit: J. Mitchell via iNaturalist. Abstract: Fungi growing on resin have been...

Mortality of native and invasive ladybirds co-infected by ectoparasitic and entomopathogenic fungi was recently published in Zoological Science. Check out our publications page for more information and a link to the article.

Liam Nokes, a Student Assistant in the Pfister Lab, presented a poster entitled: "Exploration of marine lichenized fungi as bioindicators of coastal ocean pollution in the Boston Harbor Islands National Park" at the Mycological Society of America's "MSA...

"Fantastic Funga: Why Language Matters" by Donald Pfister was recently featured on the North American Mycoflora Project's Deep Funga Blog. Read the article here.

Students in OEB 54 “The Biology of Fungi” class led hands-on activities as part of the Fabulous Fungus Fair at the Harvard Museum of Natural History on Saturday October 26, 2019. Visitors to the museum were treated to a closer look at the mushrooms...

Fruits in Decay, a new special exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, explores blight, rot, and other diseases on summer fruits. It features exquisitely detailed glass botanical models of strawberries, peaches...

At the annual Mycological Society of America (MSA) meeting this week, Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany and Curator of the Farlow Library and Herbarium, Donald Pfister, was presented with The Distinguished Mycologist Award. Intended to recognize...

Staff and students from the Pfister Lab and the Herbaria participated in the 2019 Great Walden BioBlitz on July 6, 2019. The BioBlitz, an event co-sponsored by The Walden Woods Project, Minute Man National Historical Park, and the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity...