# News Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 42 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 42 results [### Donald Pfister, presentation on MyCoPortal and Fungaria ](/news/2025/04/donald-pfister-presentation-mycoportal-and-fungaria) April 23, 2025 Donald Pfister recently gave a presentation on MyCoPortal and Fungaria to the New York Mycological Society. The presentation can be found here: ![Title slide of presentation](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-04/Screenshot%202025-04-23%20at%205.58.34%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=IOeM2P7u) [### New Publication ](/news/new-publication-0) November 12, 2021 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... ![apothecia](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/screen_shot_2021-11-12_at_2.03.23_pm.png?itok=JXF-yrLE) [### New publication - Methods for observing, culturing, and studying living ascospores ](/news/new-publication-methods-observing-culturing-and-studying-living-ascospores) August 20, 2021 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... ![Methods publication thumbnail](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/jason_article.png?h=9f4cd11b&itok=42CDG2am) [### Congratulations to James Mitchell on his successful thesis defense! ](/news/congratulations-james-mitchell-his-successful-thesis-defense) May 12, 2021 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... ![sarea_james.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/sarea_james.jpeg?itok=mfD-6KNg) [### New Publication ](/news/new-publication) November 05, 2020 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. ![lady bugs](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/ladybugs.png?h=628f343e&itok=vec_-ClI) [### Mycological Society of America Poster Presentation ](/news/mycological-society-america-poster-presentation) July 29, 2020 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... description [### "Fantastic Funga: Why Language Matters" Blog Post ](/news/fantastic-funga-why-language-matters-blog-post) July 15, 2020 "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. ![Funga Blog Thumbnail Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/funga_images.jpg?h=d760d497&itok=0JRh3fVZ) [### 2019 Fabulous Fungus Fair ](/news/2019-fabulous-fungus-fair) October 28, 2019 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... ![fungus fair](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/fungusfair.png?h=905f7fe7&itok=Q6ZNFQZW) [### New Special Glass Flowers Exhibit - Fruits of Decay ](/news/new-special-glass-flowers-exhibit-fruits-decay) September 11, 2019 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... ![Decaying Fruit Exhibit Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/glassflowers.jpg?h=1939b8f7&itok=AKlFjl2D) [### Prof. Don Pfister receives Distinguished Mycologist Award ](/news/prof-don-pfister-receives-distinguished-mycologist-award) August 20, 2019 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... ![Dr. Pfister and Dr. Sharon Cantrell, 2018-2019 president of MSA](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/msa_award.jpeg?h=e4c30029&itok=44EtusDS) [### 2019 Great Walden BioBlitz ](/news/2019-great-walden-bioblitz) July 16, 2019 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... ![fungi from bioblitz](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/walden1.png?h=fac4de8e&itok=-sADMD2l) [### Recent Publication in IMA Fungus ](/news/recent-publication-ima-fungus) July 09, 2019 Pfister Lab members Luis Quijada and Danny Haelewaters contributed to “ A multigene phylogeny toward a new phylogenetic classification of Leotiomycetes” recently published in IMA Fungus. ![Phylogeny from article](/sites/g/files/omnuum6556/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/dpfister/files/article.png?h=905f7fe7&itok=x0WFqY-j) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 4 ](?page=3 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")