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SUMMARY:Advantages of travelling by tube - explorations of fungal networks
  - Professor Lynne Boddy\, Cardiff University
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract The majority of fungi spend the majority of their liv
 es as mycelia - a system of interconnecting tubes. Mycelia of some saprotr
 ophic wood decay basidiomycetes form extensive\, long-lived systems\, rami
 fying through forest floor soil and litter. They are effective dispersal s
 tructures\, and operate foraging strategies enabling capture of resources 
 patchily and sparsely distributed in space and time. Their main resource c
 apture strategies are: (1) 'sit and wait'\, whereby a large mycelial netwo
 rk waits for resources to land on it\; (2) 'seek and find' where the mycel
 ium grows out of a resource in active search for new resources\; and (3) m
 ost commonly both (1) and (2) simultaneously. Mycelial networks respond dr
 amatically to encounter with new resources\, and are remodelled continuous
 ly. Their success lies in this ability to remodel\, and in their network a
 rchitecture\, both of which vary between species and environmental conditi
 ons. This talk will take you on a journey through soil\, introducing you t
 o the dramatic ways in which saprotrophic cord-forming basidiomycetes resp
 ond to new resources and to interactions with the abiotic and biotic envir
 onment\, by remodeling mycelial architecture and taking up and translocati
 ng nutrients. \n\nhttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/research/biodiversity/sta
 ff/lb.html
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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