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Kew Releases State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023 & Global Fungal Review

State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2023/plus open-access, global review of fungal diversity

[October 11th, 2023] Kew writes: Our fifth report in the State of the World’s series lays out the current condition of the world’s plants and fungi globally, and is titled ‘Tackling the Nature Emergency: Evidence, gaps and priorities’

It is the second report that is accompanied by a full volume of expert-reviewed scientific publications from our partners, the New Phytologist Foundation. Their special collection on ‘Global Plant Diversity and Distribution’ includes open-access papers published in the journals New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet

In parallel, an open-access, global review of fungal diversity is published in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources. More info here: https://www.kew.org/science/state-of-the-worlds-plants-and-fungi Twitter link to Kew Mycology here: https://twitter.com/kewscience/status/1711676629380923597?s=12&t=R0_LjyTJmE7FJQt-GVxvVg

You can download the SOWPAF 2023 PDF here

The Global Fungal Review paper PDF may be downloaded here:


Kew Mycology/Gay Icons as Fungi

Or is that Fungi as gay Icons? To celebrate Pride Month in the UK, the Kew Gardens Mycology department came up with these fun images. Which is your favourite?