This joint meeting with the British Lichen Society, British Mycological Society and the Linnean Society is due to take place on 17 October 2013 and will comprise:
- review of the ancient beginnings of fungi and explanation of their probable crucial role in colonization of land by plants
- exploration of the diversity of ecologically significant interactions between fungi and other organisms
- description of recent advances in knowledge of speciation and phylogenetic research
- analysis of the extraordinary range of diversity in morphological structures and of their functional aspects
- examination of their current status within conservation management programmes, the threats fungi face from global and local environmental change, and their potential value as indicators of ecosystem health