fungi

  • pilzdaten-austria.eu

    • Project lead: Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber
    • Österreichische Mykologische Gesellschaft, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna
    • Address: Rennweg 14 1030 Wien
    • Telephone: (+43) 1 / 4277 - 54050
    • Topic: Food, Mushrooms
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, Offline participation
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://pilzdaten-austria.eu
    The project Pilzdaten-Austria.eu aims at a comprehensive documentation of the occurrence and distribution of fungi in Austria, and to present and evaluate the available data. It is an Austria-wide cooperation of numerous mycologists, citizen scientists and institutions, which collect distribution data of fungi or hold collections of fungal specimens, coordinated by the Austrian Mycological Society.The freely accessible online database Pilzdaten-Austria.eu continues the previous Bio-Office...

  • Biodiversity at cemeteries

    Biodiversity at cemeteries
    • Project lead: Thomas Filek
    • Institute of Zoology, BOKU University
    • Address: Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33/I 1180 Wien
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Mushrooms, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.baf-austria.at/
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    Since April 2021, the BaF-Biodiversität am Friedhof project has been researching biodiversity in Austrian cemeteries in collaboration with Friedhöfe Wien GmbH, with a special focus on Vienna's cemeteries. The aim is to document biodiversity and analyse the impact of human activities on these urban habitats. This close cooperation between BOKU and urban cemeteries enables a deep understanding of the diverse ecosystems and supports the development of sustainable measures to protect...

  • City Nature Challenges in Austria

    • Project lead: Tanja Lumetsberger
    • Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
    • Address: Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems
    • Telephone: 004327328932344
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Mushrooms
    • Activity: photography, identifying, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.citynaturechallenge.at
    Every observation counts!The City Nature Challenge (short: CNC) is an annual nature competition between regions that takes place in spring (usually at the end of April, beginning of May) and is held simultaneously in various cities and regions worldwide. On four consecutive days, people around the world document the diversity of wild animal, plant and fungi species in their region using photos and sound recordings and share them on iNaturalist. Together with others the observations are then...

  • Frog in a drop of water

    Frog in a drop of water
    • Project lead: Corinna Wallinger
    • University of Innsbruck, Institute of Zoology
    • Address: Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck
    • Telephone: +43 512 507 51888
    • Topic: Animals, Land use, Water
    • Activity: photography, taking care, observing, experimenting
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.uibk.ac.at/projects/frosch-im-wassertropfen/
    State-of-the-art DNA technology and citizen science - "Frog in a drop of water" unleashes new prospects for amphibian researchDetective work for amphibian protection - for the first time, amphibian screening is being carried out throughout Austria by detecting their DNA traces in water - and everyone can take part. Amphibians - including frogs, toads, toads, salamanders and newts - are strictly protected in Austria. Nevertheless, populations are continuously and in some cases...