Using citizen science to disseminate information about the Brazilian funga

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10.52832/jesh.v2i3.142

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Citizen science corresponds to the incorporation of knowledge from people not directly involved with the academic environment in the production of scientific knowledge. Biodiversity monitoring is one of the types of projects that benefit from citizen science participation, since research centers often do not have enough resources to collect relevant information about local species. In surveying the diversity of macrofungi, citizen science projects are essential, as we are referring to ephemeral, seasonal reproductive structures that often have restricted distribution. In this work we present data regarding the Grupo Cogumelos do Brasil, a virtual community on the social network Facebook that was created in 2013. Between May and June 2021, a survey of species was carried out based on photographs posted in the group. After following-up for one month, we found that 61 members from 17 Brazilian states published photographs of at least 126 different taxa of macrofungi (ascomycetes and basidiomycetes). Furthermore, case studies are presented that demonstrate the potential of this group for future studies involving citizen science.

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Larissa Trierveiler Pereira, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutora em Ciências (Botânica), professora do Centro de Ciências da Natureza (CCN), Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Buri-SP e pesquisadora colaborada do Laboratório de Estudos Micológicos (LEMic-UFSCar).

Juli Simon Cardoso, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)

Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, AM.

Amanda Prado-Elias, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)

Aluna do curso de Engenharia Ambiental, CCN, UFSCar, Buri-SP e aluna de Iniciação Científica do LEMic-UFSCar. Laboratório de Estudos Micológicos (LEMic), Centro de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Buri, SP.

Maria Alice Neves, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Doutora, PhD em Plant Sciences, professora do Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis-SC, pesquisadora do Laboratório de Micologia (MICOLAB-UFSC) e do PPG em Biologia de Fungos, Algas e Plantas.

Fernanda Karstedt, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutora em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Botânica (IBt, SMA-SP), pesquisadora independente, São Carlos-SP. Benedito Luiz Veltroni, 255, Jd. Embaré, São Carlos, SP.

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12/09/2022

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Trierveiler Pereira, L., Simon Cardoso, J., Prado-Elias, A., Neves, M. A., & Karstedt, F. (2022). Using citizen science to disseminate information about the Brazilian funga. Journal of Education, Science and Health – JESH, 2(3), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.52832/jesh.v2i3.142

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