Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

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Research group

Spanish

Taxonomy and Fungal Ecology

Academic Unit: Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

Colombian Ministry of Science

B

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Natural sciences

Subarea

Biological sciences

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Strategic Focus

To contribute to knowledge on Colombia’s microbiota by studying different ecosystems, especially unexplored ones, from the perspective of mycology. Thus, we seek to produce information related to Colombia’s microbiota taxonomy, biology, ecology (including periodicity, frequency, and fluctuations), uses, geographical distribution, among others. The information obtained is used to raise awareness in society with regard to the role played by fungi in the health, maintenance, sustainability, and conservation of various ecosystems.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Fungal Conservation.
Ethnomycology.
Fungal ecology.
Mycorrhizae.
Macrofungi taxonomy.
Systematics.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Ana Esperanza Franco Molano, PhD

City University of New York.

Postdoc.

New York Botanical Garden.

Coordinator's Email

ana.franco@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

International Mycological Association.
Mycological Society of America.
Latin American Mycological Association.
New York Botanical Garden.
School of Biology, Universidad de Costa Rica (Mycology).

Multi-disciplinary Institute of Vegetal Biology (Mycology), CONICET [ National Council of Technical and Scientific Research of Argentina].
Biology Program, Faculty of Basic Sciences and GINMUA (Research Group on Mycology) Group.
Research Group on Pharmaceutical Sciences, ICIF-CES.
Research Group on Biology, CES.
Mycology and Phytopathology Laboratory, Universidad Los Andes, LAMFU.

Highlighted Projects

“Phylogenetic relationships from the interaction between the Cordyceps entomopathogenic fungus and the Insecta Class in the Colombian Amazon”.

Key Research Findings

South American Cordyceps s. l. (Hypocreales, Ascomycota): First assessment of species diversity in Argentina ISSN: 0029-5035. DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2017/0434
Ectomycorrhizal fungi diversity in a white sand forest in western Amazonia ISSN: 1754-5048. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2017.10.003
In Colombia the Eurasian fungus Amanita muscaria is expanding its range into tropical Quercus humboldtii forests". Mycologia 111 (5): 1 - 14, 2019, DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2019.1636608
Ectomycorrhizal fungi diversity in a white sand forest in western Amazonia. Fungal Ecology 31: .9-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2017.10.003
Defining the phylogenetic position of Amanita species from Andean Colombia. Mycologia 109: 261-276, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2017.1309631

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Determination of fungi (macro- and micro-fungi).
Training and courses on macro-fungi taxonomy.
Strain obtaining and macro-fungi culture courses.
Macro-fungi mycelium production.
Provision of the necessary information for the implementation of sustainability and preservation programs and projects.
Support to various groups in the determination of fungi they use in their research projects.