Giuliana Furci

Giuliana Furci is a field mycologist, foundress and Executive Director of the Fungi Foundation, 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 has co-authored 14 peer-reviewed publications, including 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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