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Ectomycorrhizal system of Suillus variegatus on Pinus sylvestris

Krigged map of the relative abundance of Cortinarius mycorrhizas in a 20m x 20m area of Scots pine

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles for partial fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences from Bastias et al., 2006

Sporocarps of Amanita regalis growing in mixed forest in central Sweden

Piloderma fallax ectomycorrhizas and extraradical mycelium on Pinus sylvestris

Relationship between genet distribution of sporocarps and ectomycorrhizas of Suillus pictus from Hirose et al., 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 10 December

1700h

Registration

   
1800h–
2000h
Reception & Posters
   

Thursday 11 December

0845h

Welcome – Marc-André Selosse & Ian Alexander

 

Session 1 Individuals

Chair: I Alexander

 

 

0900h

The genetics and life cycle of Tuber magnatum

 

Andrea Rubini, Rubini, Plant Genetics Institute, Italy

   

1000h

Lessons learned from Armillaria

 

James Anderson, University of Toronto, Canada

   
1100h Coffee

 

 

1130h

Resource allocation in mycelial systems

 

Mark Fricker, University of Oxford, UK

 

 

1230h Posters (odd numbers)
   

1330h

Lunch

 

 

 

Session 2 Populations

Chair: Marc-André Selosse

 

 

1430h

Gene flow and cryptic species in ectomycorrhizal fungi

 

Greg Douhan, University of California, USA

 

 

1530h

Population genetics of Rhizopogon

 

Annette Kretzer, State University of New York, USA

 

 

1630h Coffee
   
1700h The biogeography of ectomycorrhizal fungal species
  Andy Taylor, The Macaulay Institute, UK
   
  Symposium Dinner, Domaine de Verchant

 

Friday 12 December

 

Session 3 Communities
Chair: Roger Koide

 

 

0900h

Community assembly in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities

 

Peter Kennedy, Lewis and Clark College, USA

 

 

1000h

Host effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal community composition

 

Kazuhide Nara, The University of Tokyo, Japan

   
1100h Coffee

 

 

1130h

Functional diversity in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities

 

Jean Garbaye, INRA-Nancy, France

 

 

1230h Posters (even numbers)
   

1330h

Lunch

 

Session 4 Conclusions

Chair: David J Read

 

 

1430h

Overview & Final discussion

 

Tom Bruns, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    

1600h

Meeting close & Depart

   
   
  Mycorrhizal ecology logo produced by APPS. Illustrations: Ectomycorrhizal system of Suillus variegatus on Pinus sylvestris courtesy of Andy Taylor. Krigged map of the relative abundance of Cortinarius mycorrhizas in a 20m x 20m area of Scots pine courtesy of Brian Pickles. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles for partial fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences from Bastias et al., 2006. Sporocarps of Amanita regalis growing in mixed forest in central Sweden courtesy of Andy Taylor. Piloderma fallax ectomycorrhizas and extraradical mycelium on Pinus sylvestris courtesy of Andy Taylor. Relationship between genet distribution of sporocarps and ectomycorrhizas of Suillus pictus from Hirose et al., 2004.