Ep. 200: Mycorrhizal Community Assembly, Soil Carbon and Fungal Necromass (feat. Dr. Peter Kennedy)

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