Fungal Ecology, Ectomycorrhizae, and Biodiversity
Working group leader:Ursula Peintner
Team:
- Lesley Huymann (PhD candidate)
- Markus Neurauter (PhD candidate)
- Sophie Szedlacsek (PhD candidate)
- Bettina Schneidhofer (TA)
Bachelor's and Master's students:
Research area
- Soil fungal communities in the Alpine environment
- Interactions of fungi in snow-covered soil
- Fungal mutualistic associations (mycorrhiza, endophytes)
- Phylogeny and Systematics of Basidiomycota
- Ethnomycology and applied mycology
Current projects
- Mortierellaceae Functional Diversity in Alpine Ecosystems (MOFALE)
- Microbial Interaction in Snow-Covered Soil MICINSNOW (FWF)
- The Hidden Potential of South American Dermocyboid Cortinarii [POSADEC] (WEAVE)
- Unleashing the hiddenpotential of anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigiomycota)
- DNA-based fungal diversity in the Taro Valley