Ep. 200: Mycorrhizal Community Assembly, Soil Carbon and Fungal Necromass (feat. Dr. Peter Kennedy)

GUEST:   

• https://cbs.umn.edu/directory/peter-kennedy   
• https://cbs.umn.edu/kennedy-lab   

MENTIONS:   

• https://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/people/tom-bruns   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizopogon   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_sibiricus   
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26365785/   

MUSHROOM HOUR:   

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com   
• https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast   
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour   

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   

TOPICS COVERED:   

• PNW Mushroom Foraging & Panama Research   
• Community Assembly of Mycorrhizal Fungi   
• Fungi as Rulebreakers   
• Latitudinal Gradient of Diversity & Tree Density   
• Deterministic vs Stochastic Assembly      
• Seed Banks & Spore Banks    
• Saprotrophs vs Decomposers    
• Gadgil Effect - Impact of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Soil Carbon Cycling    
• Ushering in Next Generation of Ecologists & Scientists   
• Fungal Necromass    
• Ancient Carbon Made of Microbes – Especially Fungi!   
• Melanin and Decomposition of Dead Mycelium