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UK Fungus Day
October 12th is UK Fungus Day, a chance for us to celebrate these cryptic, often microscopic, but essential organisms. Usually hidden away inside plants or in soil (or if you’re unlucky, in between your toes), fungi have largely been growing below scientists’ radars for centuries. Mycologists still don’t know anything close to the true number of fungi that exist on the planet. About a hundred thousand have been formally identified, but it’s estimated that anywhere from half a million to ten million species may exist. This dwarfs, by several orders of magnitude, how many mammals there are on Earth. And, increasingly, we’re realising quite how crucial fungi are to the functioning of our ecosystems. Head of Mycology at The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Bryn Dentinger, explains how valuable fungi really are.
Nobel Prizes 2014; Gauge; Genetics and Diabetes; UK Fungus Day
BBC Radio 4 2014
Medical and Patient education videos
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Shila Seaton, Bacteriology Scheme Manager, UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Public Health England
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Dr. P. Lewis White, Principal Clinical Scientist, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff
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Prof. Dr. Clemens Decristoforo, Radiopharmacist, Univ.Klinik f.Nuklearmedizin, Innsbruck, Austria
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Dr. Martin Hoenigl, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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Dr. Jonathan Lambourne, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Barts Health NHS Trust, London
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Dr. Inês Ushiro-Lumb, Lead Clinical Microbiologist for Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, London
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Dr. Mike Bromley, Lecturer, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester
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Dr. Sharleen Braham, Clinical Scientist, King’s College Hospital, London
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Dr. Duncan Wilson, Research Fellow, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen
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Prof. Patricia Muñoz, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain