Fungal Communication and the Formation of Hyphal Networks

Hyphal interconnected networks is a hallmark of the growth habit of filamentous ascomycete and basidiomycete species. Glass has been working on the mechanisms of how fungi form an interconnected hyphal network and in understanding the benefits (nutrient translocation, organelle translocation, colony interactions, developmental coordination) that are associated with network formation.

Speaker: Louise Glass, PhD, professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley