Giuliana Furci

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Giuliana Furci
Born12 August 1978
London
OccupationMycologist, Speaker, Author
Known forEnvironmental activism
TitleFirst female field mycologist in Chile, Founder and CEO of the Fungi Foundation, Dame, Order of the Star of Italy
Parents
  • Carmelo Furci (father)
  • Ximena George-Nascimento (mother)
Websitehttps://ffungi.org/eng/meet-giuliana/

Giuliana Furci (born 12 August 1978) is a Chilean-British-Italian mycologist, speaker, author, and founder of the world's first non-profit organization dedicated to fungi, Fundación Fungi.[1][2][3]

Biography[]

Giuliana was born in London to a Chilean mother (Ximena George-Nascimento) and Italian father (Carmelo Furci). Her mother was a Chilean refugee who had fled her country because of the 1973 coup, having been a political prisoner for 365 days between 1973 and 1974.[4][5] Her father is from the village of Dinami in Calabria, Italy.[6]

At the age of 14, Giuliana returned to Chile with her mother.[7]

In 1999, Giuliana began her career as a self-taught mycologist while studying aquaculture in the Universidad de Los Lagos in Osorno, Chile.[8] She traveled through Chile documenting fungi from 2000-2005 with her colleague Carolina Magnasco. This journey yielded a collection of over 6,000 photographs and hundreds of collections of fungi.[9]

In 2005, Giuliana flew to Washington State and took her first class with Paul Stamets at Fungi Perfecti, titled Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Fungi. Upon her return to Chile, Carolina Magnasco and Giuliana opened a Reishi Cultivation farm in Santiago called “Fungi Australe SA” which operated for 2 years before closing due to the choice of not pursuing a career in a for-profit business.[10]

In 2007, Giuliana wrote her first book “Fungi Austral”.[11][12]

From late 2005-2010 Giuliana worked for Terram Foundation as the salmon farming program coordinator.[8]

In 2012, Giuliana founded the Fundación Fungi.[13]

In 2019, she helped describe the new fungi species, .[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Shafik, Meghji (12 August 2021). "The Chilean mycologist celebrating fungi's "hidden kingdom"". BBC.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ D'Elia, Gabriela (25 March 2021). "Giuliana Furci: Justice for Fungi Through the 3 Fs". fundis.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Bisnieto del fundador relanza editorial Nascimento, Economia y Negocios
  5. ^ 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. Event occurs at 6:45. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ^ Nascimento Publishing and Bookstore (1875-1986), memoriachilena
  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. Event occurs at 12:01. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b Furci CV Accessed 22.08.2021 (Curriculum Vitae)
  9. ^ Furci, Giuliana (2018). Guía de Campo Hongos de Chile, Vol.2. Fundación Científica Fungi. p. 320. ISBN 978-956-9284-02-1.
  10. ^ Furci, Giuliana (2013). Guía de Campo Hongos de Chile, Vol.1. Fundación Científica Fungi. p. 256. ISBN 978-956-9284-00-7.
  11. ^ 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. Event occurs at 1:01:20. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  12. ^ Furci, Giuliana (2007). Fungi Austral - Guía de Campo de los Hongos más Vistosos de Chile. Fundación Científica Fungi. p. 200. ISBN 978-956-310-899-6.
  13. ^ Our Impact, Fungi Foundation
  14. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Cortinarius chlorosplendidus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
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