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