Special Interest Group Meeting

Geomycology

Organiser

Dr. Anna Rosling, Dept. Forest Mycology and Pathology. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Geomycology includes the activities of fungi in alteration and weathering of rocks and minerals, soil formation, the transformation and accumulation of metals, organic matter decomposition, and nutrient and element cycling.

A key attribute that enables fungi to survive in extreme sub-aerial environments is the ability to form mutualistic symbioses with algae and/or cyanobacteria in lichens, or mycorrhizal symbioses with plant roots.

The session will address the biogeochemical importance of fungi in key areas such as organic and inorganic transformations, nutrient and element cycling, rock and mineral transformations, bioweathering, mycogenic mineral formation, fungal-clay interactions, and metal-fungal interactions.

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