This year's event with more than 50 participants was organized by employees of the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Medical University of Innsbruck and once again impressively demonstrated the diversity of fungal research carried out in Tyrol.

The 2^nd Mycology Tyrol Minisymposium will be held on the 5^th of September 2018 and will create a highly interdisciplinary scientific exchange and discussion platform on topics including Molecular Fungal Cell Biology, Fungal Physiology, Environmental Mycology, Microbial Resource Management and Clinical Mycology.

The science documentary The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World, a co-production between Australian-based documentarians Smith&Nasht and Real to Reel Productions, touches upon many underknown facts about the world of fungi. An indeed sensational documentary, made with the participation of one of our Mycology Tyrol experts Prof. Ursula Peintner.