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In this episode we talk about the botany of the Philippines (influenced by a remarkable tectonic setting), volcanic activity, ultramafic soil, "ant-plants" like Myrmecodia (Rubiaceae), Dipterocarpaceae, cloud forests and lowland rainforest) , the psychedelic lichen #Dictyonema , as well as Yucca Pollination on the other side of the globe in East Texas with Adam Black, a botanist and researcher with Bartlett Arboretum.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5634537/advertisement
Today on Mushroom Hour we are host to the distinguished Dr. Kabir Peay – head of Stanford University's Peay Lab. Dr. Peay completed a master's degree at the Yale School of Forestry and Environment Science (F&ES) in 2003 and obtained a PhD in 2008 from UC Berkeley's Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) in Matteo Garbelotto's lab. He completed postdoctoral training at UC Berkeley in the Dept. of Plant & Microbial Biology with Tom Bruns, and at Stanford in the Dept. of Biology with Tadashi Fukami. He was an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota from 2011-2012 before coming to Stanford in 2012 to join the Dept. of Biology in his current position. The Peay lab studies the ecological processes that structure natural communities and the links between community structure and the cycling of nutrients and energy through ecosystems - focusing on fungi! Much of the research focuses on plant-fungal root associations, better known as mycorrhizas, which constitute one of the most pervasive mutualisms in terrestrial ecosystems. By integrating their lines of research, they hope to weave together a 'roots-to-biomes' understanding of plant-microbe symbiosis. TOPICS COVERED: A Love of Nature, Inspiration in the East From Environmental Consulting into Ecological Understanding Discovering Fungal Symbioses Defining Ecology & Community Assembly Understanding Scale in Community Ecology Embracing Fungi in All of Their Ecological Roles Facultative Capacities of Fungi Mycorrhizal Lessons in Community Ecology Broadening Ecological Perspectives Beyond Purely Competitive Frameworks MISSPs & Mediating Mycorrhizal Interactions Fungal Biogeography Ecological Succession & Stages of Community Assembly Future of Mycorrhizal Research Mapping Fungal Genes to Ecological Functions EPISODE RESOURCES: Peay Lab Academic Website: https://mykophile.stanford.edu/ Dr. Peay Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=E6GRsP4AAAAJ&hl=en Dipterocarpaceae - tree family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipterocarpaceae Chytrids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chytridiomycota Pinus ponderosa (tree species): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_ponderosa Suilllus pungens (fungus species): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_pungens
Megan Barstow is the Conservation Officer at Botanic Gardens Conservation International. She began her career as a Global Tree Search Intern, compiling species lists of trees and their country-level distributions towards the publication of BGCI's GlobalTreeSearch Database before moving into a role as a Conservation Officer within BGCI. This new role led to her producing International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Assessments for a variety of tree species including, Global Timber Species and assessments for species protected under CITES, which is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals. Also in her role at BGCI Megan works closely with partners in the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Malaysia to complete the Global Tree Assessment. She is also an IUCN Red List Trainer. Her special interest is to make assessments for the plant family Dipterocarpaceae which contains high valued trees for timber in Asia. Her work contributed to the State of the World's Trees report, for which she jointly led the communications of the report. Megan studied at the University of Bath in biology and her placement year was spent at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantatrilliontrees/support
How fungi use nutrients in the forest, and how these are transported through the fungus.
Transcript -- How fungi use nutrients in the forest, and how these are transported through the fungus.
An experiment on growing dipterocarps with the help of fungi, and how this has been done in Malaysia.
Transcript -- An experiment on growing dipterocarps with the help of fungi, and how this has been done in Malaysia.
A land reclamation project that involves planting acacia mangium to establish suitable conditions to grow dipterocarps.
Transcript -- A land reclamation project that involves planting acacia mangium to establish suitable conditions to grow dipterocarps.
How fungi use nutrients in the forest, and how these are transported through the fungus.
Transcript -- How fungi use nutrients in the forest, and how these are transported through the fungus.
An experiment on growing dipterocarps with the help of fungi, and how this has been done in Malaysia.
Transcript -- An experiment on growing dipterocarps with the help of fungi, and how this has been done in Malaysia.
A land reclamation project that involves planting acacia mangium to establish suitable conditions to grow dipterocarps.
Transcript -- A land reclamation project that involves planting acacia mangium to establish suitable conditions to grow dipterocarps.