CitSciOz21 Long Talk: New technology & a passionate citizen-mycology community...
Channel: Australian Citizen Science Association
Date: 2022-05-06

New technology and a passionate citizen-mycology community can rapidly increase our knowledge of fungi. 

Ema Corro, President, MYCOmmunity Applied Mycology

Ema Corro has a Bachelor of Applied Science from RMIT. She is currently working for Fungi for Land and at the Haddon Community Learning Centre, where she teaches a pre-accredited mycology course. She is President of MYCOmmunity Applied Mycology, which is a community organisation dedicated to citizen-mycology. She is the project leader of the Wild Fungi DNA project, which aims to make DNA technology accessible to citizen-mycologists. Ema loves fungi and is always amazed at their ability to increase people’s sense of connection with the natural world.