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News from Anna Dumitriu

I visited the lab at Cranfield University and have been introduced to mycotoxin producing fungi: Aspergillus, Alternaria, Claviceps, Fusarium and Penicillium. I've collected lots of materials and we went on a field trip and collected some ergot growing on wheat. 

Programme (Times are British Summer Time)

Session 1

09:00 - Webinar starts

09:05 - Aquatic fungi, Sally Fryar, Australia

09:35 - What is the world distribution of wood decay by fungi? Implications for climate change,

Yu Fukasawa, Japan

10:05 - Two decades of lichen research in Thailand, Ek Sangvichien, Thailand

10:35 - Fungi diversity and importance in Benin Republic, Bernice Bancole, Benin

11:05 - Questions and discussion

12:05 - Introduction to 'The Future is Fungi Award', Susanne Gløersen

12:15 - End of session

Session 2

13:00 - Webinar starts

13:05 - Africa's mushrooms: their cultural and socioeconomic significance towards the continent's sustainable development, Nailoke Pauline Kadhila, Namibia

13:35 - Mapping underground mycorrhizal networks, Bethan Manley, UK and USA

14:05 - Fungal technologies for a sustainable future, David Andrew Quist, Norway

14:35 - Polar mycology, Kevin Newsham, UK

15:05 - Questions and discussion

16:05 - End of session

Session 3

16:30 - Webinar starts

16:35 - Tropical mycology: good, bad and beautiful, D Jean Lodge, USA

17:05 - The biology behind the Zombie-ant fungi, Joâo Araújo, New York Botanical Gardens, USA

17:35 - Don't forget about the single cells: Yeast ecology in forest environments, Primrose Boynton, Wheaton College, USA

18:05 - Fungal diseases of food plants, Silvia Restrepo, Colombia

18:35 - Questions and discussion

19:35 - Introduction to 'The Future is Fungi Award', Susanne Gløersen

19:45 - End of session

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