Day 4 – Wednesday, 10 Dec 2025

Session – Fungal Taxonomy & Evolution (Chair: TBD)

Speakers TBD

Session – Biodiversity & Ecology of Fungi (Chair: Prof. Segula Masaphy)

  • Prof. Segula Masaphy, MIGAL – The Effect of Forest Thinning Regimes on Underground Fungal Taxonomic and Functional Diversity
  • Dr. Itai Opatovsky, MIGAL – The Metabolic Interactions Between the Black Soldier Fly and Fungi From Its Gut and Environment
  • Dr. Sylwia Różalska (Keynote), University of Łódź – Entomopathogenic Fungi – Exploring Hidden Potential

Session – Ethno-Mycology (Chair: TBD)

  • Mr. Fredric Narcross, Ben-Gurion University – “Dermatophytosis in Art” Revisited – Have LLMs Improved Research?
  • Prof. Robert S. Marks, Ben-Gurion University – Dermatophytoses in Art

:Credits

This website was created by;  ys digital

The Funga fest 2025 logo was designed by Warlie I. Rull, Graphic Designer.

Torda Varga kindly provided the figure for Funagl Taxonomy and Evolution from his paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0834-1

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