Category: Website Updates

Agriosomyces was identified in 2020 as a part of a collaborative isolation effort that targeted a wide range of wild and zoo-kept herbivores (Hanafy et al, 2020). Like several other genera that have been described to date, Agriosomyces has a monocentric sporangium, filamentous rhizomycelium and monoflagellated zoospores. The genus name, Agriosomyces, is derived from the Greek word for wild: Agrios. … Continue reading Featured genus: Agriosomyces

The first International Anaerobic Fungi Congress will take place on 14th September 2022 and will be held virtually. Register here for free For any enquiries related to IAFC 2022, please contact us at iafc2022@anaerobicfungi.org Read more about IAFC 2022 here

Liebetanzomyces was the eleventh anaerobic fungal genus to be described. Liebetanzomyces is morphologically similar to Piromyces, Buwchfawromyces, Pecoramyces and Oontomyces due to it having a monocentric thallus and monoflagellated zoospores. In contrast, on the molecular level, it is similar to the polycentric genus Anaeromyces. The genus Liebetanzomyces was named by Joshi et al in 2018 … Continue reading Next featured genus: Liebetanzomyces

This year's AFN members directory is the 10 year anniversary edition. The directory is a go to place to find out about who is working on anaerobic fungi world-wide! You can download your own copy from here.

Every month, we feature an anaerobic fungal researcher on our website. To see the list of featured researchers, and to find links to the associated website pages, please click here.