Giuliana Furci

Giuliana Furci
Born12 August 1978
London
Occupation(s)Mycologist, Speaker, Author
Known forEnvironmental activism
TitleDame, Order of the Star of Italy
Parents
  • Carmelo Furci (father)
  • Ximena George-Nascimento (mother)
Websitehttps://ffungi.org/eng/meet-giuliana/

Giuliana Furci OSI (born 12 August 1978) is a field mycologist, speaker, author, and founder and executive director of the Fungi Foundation.[1] She is a Harvard University associate, National Geographic Explorer, Dame of the Order of the Star of Italy, deputy chair of the IUCN Fungal Conservation Committee, and author of several titles including a series of field guides to Chilean fungi and co-author of titles such as the 1st State of the World's Fungi[2] and the publication delimiting the term “funga” and the 3F Proposal - Fauna, Flora & Funga.[3] Giuliana has held consulting positions in U.S. philanthropic foundations as well as full-time positions in international and Chilean marine conservation non-profits. She sits on the Board of Fundación Acción Fauna, and on the advisory board of the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN), and other organizations. Giuliana has received several distinctions including the 2022 Buffett/National Geographic Leadership in Conservation in Latin America Award,[4] 2022 Gordon and Tina Wasson Award from the Mycological Society of America,[5] the 2013 Presidents Award from the International Society for Fungal Conservation,[6][7][8][9] and was named a Fellow of the International Mycological Association in 2024.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Team". www.ffungi.org. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ Willis, Kathy J, ed. (2018). State of the World's Fungi (Report). Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ Kuhar, Francisco, ed. (2018). Delimitation of Funga as a valid term for the diversity of fungal communities: the Fauna, Flora & Funga proposal (FF&F) (Report). IMA Fungus. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ "The National Geographic Society Announces 2022 Award Honorees". National Geographic Society Newsroom. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Past Gordon and Tina Wasson Awardees – Mycological Society of America". Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  6. ^ Shafik, Meghji (12 August 2021). "The Chilean mycologist celebrating fungi's "hidden kingdom"". BBC.
  7. ^ Tim Ferriss (29 July 2021). "Giuliana Furci on the Wonders of Mycology, Wisdom from Jane Goodall, Favorite Books, and the World's Largest Fungarium (#525)". The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast). Tim Ferriss. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. ^ D'Elia, Gabriela (25 March 2021). "Giuliana Furci: Justice for Fungi Through the 3 Fs". fundis.org.
  9. ^ Kuhar, F., Furci, G., Drechsler-Santos, E.R. et al. Delimitation of Funga as a valid term for the diversity of fungal communities: the Fauna, Flora & Funga proposal (FF&F). IMA Fungus 9, A71–A74 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03449441