Giuliana Furci

Giuliana Furci is a field mycologist, foundress and Executive Director of the @fungifoundation , the first NGO dedicated to fungal conservation in the world. She is an associate at Harvard University, a National Geographic Explorer, a Dame of the Order of the Star of Italy and the deputy chair of the IUCN Fungal Conservation Committee. Giuliana is the author of several titles, including a series of three field guides to Chilean fungi. She co-authored the publication that delimits the term “funga,” and the 3F Proposal - Fauna, Flora & Funga, as well as the first “State of the World’s Fungi” (Kew,2018)

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