The fungi that feed plants – Understanding the fungal community supporting the mycoheterotrophic wintergreens
Jess is a student at UC Denver and the Denver Botanic Gardens, graduating with a Masters in Biology this coming fall. Jess first started working with fungi in plant pathology labs during her undergraduate career. She is continuing to research plant-fungal relationships (now where fungi aren’t the bad guys), focusing on the fungal diversity associated with mycoheterotrophic plants.
This presentation will be an introduction to mycoheterotrophy and what we currently understand about this fascinating plant-fungal relationship, as well as preliminary results from Jess’s masters thesis.
Meeting Schedule:
7:00 – 7:30 Socializing, show and tell, and hangout time
7:30 – 9:00 Presentation
Zoom Stream:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89591461031?pwd=doNDPUTfMaBVMB17ETaFRniKXogBzT.1