Category: Fungal Ecology
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2022 Update
The lab here at Cardiff have been busy working away on a number of projects surrounding the fungal communities that exist within oak trees in the UK (primarily Quercus robur). Our current PhD student Rich Wright has been exploring this topic in great detail alongside a team of undergraduate students, via slice experiments and core…
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Beech heart rot research: autumn update
We are now well into mushroom season. These, and other fungal fruiting structures, are often described as like apples on a tree. This analogy is due to the fact that mushrooms bear the reproductive propagules that are subsequently dispersed through the local environment and sometimes farther afield. But unlike apples, mushrooms do not contain seed.…
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Research Trip – Washington, USA
Jade O’Leary Wood decay is brought about by a community of fungi which interact antagonistically with each other, causing the community composition to change. My PhD project explores the interactions of fungi when they are in competition for a wood resource, and the implications of those interactions to wood decay. In March 2016, I travelled…
Fungal Ecology at Cardiff 