Danny Haelewaters
PhD | mycologist | writer
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    • Fungal conservation
    • Evolutionary biology
    • Community ecology
    • Student research
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    • A healthy research lab
    • A motivated research group
    • Avoiding helicopter research
    • Data organization in spreadsheets
    • Molecular phylogenetic methods
    • Infographic—effect of fungal infections on ladybird survival
    • Ant–Laboulbeniales literature
    • Bat fly–Laboulbeniales literature
  • Popsci
    • Populair wetenschappelijk (nl)
  • Blog
    • Danny’s blog
    • Sarah & Danny’s blog
  • About me
    • CV
  • #TeamLaboul
  • Research
    • Fungal conservation
    • Evolutionary biology
    • Community ecology
    • Student research
  • Pubs & talks
    • Selected papers
    • Peer-reviewed papers
    • Book chapters
    • Conference presentations
    • Invited presentations
  • Funding
  • Teaching
  • Resources
    • A healthy research lab
    • A motivated research group
    • Avoiding helicopter research
    • Data organization in spreadsheets
    • Molecular phylogenetic methods
    • Infographic—effect of fungal infections on ladybird survival
    • Ant–Laboulbeniales literature
    • Bat fly–Laboulbeniales literature
  • Popsci
    • Populair wetenschappelijk (nl)
  • Blog
    • Danny’s blog
    • Sarah & Danny’s blog

Rare species hanging out in my front yard

You’d think that in Belgium, a country with a very high population density, not much more biodiversity can be found in addition to...

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2-28-2022 |

2021 in numbers

2021 top 10 posts by view: Forensic Mycology: Taking Hebeloma to Court The art of taxonomy: how is a new species described? Genetische...

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12-29-2021 |

O Stigmatomyces baeri, where art thou?

I am a mycologist, and one could argue that I am also an entomologist and a mammalogist. I work quite a bit with insects and with bats. I...

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11-10-2021 |

[News] International team explores the mysterious and understudied parasitic microfungi

The world around you is teeming with life you can’t see. Plants, soil, water, insects – even your hair and skin – are home to...

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9-21-2021 |

Danny back@ugent

Toen ik in 2011 mijn schup afkuiste met het indienen van mijn masterthesis, getiteld “Exploring and testing DNA extraction protocols,...

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8-30-2021 |

Our response published in Science!

A few weeks ago, Cao et al. (2021) published a letter in Science, about including macrofungi in the post-2020 global biodiversity...

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7-22-2021 |

Boek zonder Naam

Ooit schrijf ik een boek. Ik weet nog niet of het autobiografisch moet worden of eerder een fictieverhaal met elementen uit het echte...

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4-05-2021 |

Undergrad finds microscopic fungus resembling prehistoric marine reptile

When my undergraduate student Warre started his project in February studying microscopic fungal ectoparasites of bat flies, I knew that...

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3-31-2021 |
"Bamboo brain", Mycocitrus sp. nov. (HONDURAS19-F055)

Long-term fungal inventory in Cusuco National Park, Honduras

The Kingdom Fungi includes a highly diverse group of organisms, in terms of both species richness as well as the ecological roles they...

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3-10-2021 |

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