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Saturday, June 7th

Saturday, June 7th
10:00 am to 5:30 pm · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session M1: Meeting: MSA Council Meeting
Presiding: Joey Spatafore, Oregon State University
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June 7th 10:00 amMSA Council Meeting
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Conference Wide

Monday, June 9th

Monday, June 9th
8:30 am to 10:00 am · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session 1: Contributed Papers: Ecology/Pathology I
Presiding: Donald M. Walker, The University of Findlay
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1001June 9th 8:30 amA metagenomics approach to the top-down effect; red-backed salamander effects on fungal communities in Midwestern upland deciduous forests
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Ecology/PathologyPaperWalker, Donald M.; Lawrence, Brandy R.; Graham, Sean P.; Wooten, Jessica.454 pyrosequencing
Plethodon cinereus
Metagenomics
1002June 9th 8:45 amBiodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in spent and fresh cutting fluids polluted soils by a white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.)Fr.Kumm
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Ecology/PathologyPaperAdenipekun, Dr.Clementina Oyinkansola; Ipeaiyeda, Dr Ayodele R; Egbewale , Samson O..Biodegradation
PAHS
white-rot fungus
polluted soils
1003June 9th 9:00 amDispersal ecology of endophytic Xylariaceae in subtropical Taiwan: a test of the Foraging Ascomycete Hypothesis
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Ecology/PathologyPaperVandegrift, Roo; Thomas, Daniel; Ju, Yu-Ming; Carroll, George; Roy, Bitty.Foraging Ascomycte Hypothesis
Xylariaceae
dispersal
endophytes
biodiversity
1004June 9th 9:15 amNutritional sources for the trichomycete fungus Harpella melusinae
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Ecology/PathologyPaperBeard, Charles E.trichomycetes
symbiosis
Diptera
aquatic
1005June 9th 9:30 amSeed associated fungi: mutualists and pathogens, and their potential impact on seed recruitment and community composition.
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Ecology/PathologyPaperTobias, Terri; Sinsabaugh, Robert; Suding, Katharine; Farrer, Emily; Porras-Alfaro, Andrea.
1006June 9th 9:45 amPredicting the realized niche by modeling fungal competitive ability
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Ecology/PathologyPaperMaynard, Daniel S.; Crowther, Thomas W.; Leonard, Kenneth E.; Bradford, Mark A.Competition
Realized niche
Fundamental niche
traits
R*
Microevolution
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Monday, June 9th
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session 5: Contributed Papers: Ecology/Pathology II
Presiding: Aaron David, University of Minnesota
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5001June 9th 1:00 pmDisentangling drivers of root endophyte communities in beach grasses
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Ecology/PathologyPaperDavid, Aaron; May, Georgiana; Seabloom , Eric.root endophyte
community assembly
dispersal
dune
beachgrass
5002June 9th 1:15 pmApplication of the Alternative Host Hypothesis Elucidates Potential Virulence Genes in Pseudogymnoascus destructans
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Ecology/PathologyPaperSmyth, Christopher; Schlesinger, Sara; Overton, Barrie ; Butchkoski, Calvin.
5003June 9th 1:30 pmDetoxification of nitric oxide by Fusarium verticillioides is linked to denitrification
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Ecology/PathologyPaperBalwin, Thomas; Glenn, Anthony.Dissimilatory nitrate reductase
Dissimilatory nitrite reductase
P450 nitric oxide reductase
Flavohemoglobin
5004June 9th 1:45 pmEffect of crop rotation and baiting temperature on the diversity of Oomycetes associated with root diseases of soybean
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Ecology/PathologyPaperRojas, Alejandro; Urrea, Keiddy; Rothrock, C.S.; Chilvers, Martin; Rupe, John.Oomycetes
Root pathogens
biodiversity
5005June 9th 2:00 pmEffect of medicinal plants extracts on growth of  Collectotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc. Isolated from Carica papaya
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Ecology/PathologyPaperAdongbede, Erute Magdalene; Egboduku, Wisdom Ogenevwogaga.Anthracnose
Antimicrobial activity
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Medicinal plants
Monday, June 9th
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session SY2: Symposium: Exploring the environmental side of the disease triangle in animal pathogens
Presiding: Andrew N. Miller, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois; Hannah T. Reynolds, The Ohio State University
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SY2001June 9th 3:00 pmAnother fungal pathogen threatening conservation: epidemiology of ophidiomyces in free-ranging snakes
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Exploring the environmental side of the disease triangle in animal pathogensSymposiumAllender, Matthew; Bunick, David; Maddox, Carol.
SY2002June 9th 3:30 pmBacterially-mediated contact-independent antagonism of fungal diseases of bats and honeybees
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Exploring the environmental side of the disease triangle in animal pathogensSymposiumCornelison, Christopher T.disease
Colony Collapse Disorder
Pseudogymnoascus destructans
White-nose Syndrome
Rhodococcus rhodochrous
volatile organic compounds
biological control
SY2003June 9th 4:00 pmThe diabetic foot ulcer microbiome: association with clinical factors and outcomes
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Exploring the environmental side of the disease triangle in animal pathogensSymposiumHodkinson, Brendan P.; Gardner, Sue E.; Tyldsley, Amanda S.; Boudhar, Sanaa; Margolis, David J.; Grice, Elizabeth A..medical
disease
community structure
Illumina
biomarkers
SY2004June 9th 4:30 pmBiotic and Abiotic Factors Influencing the Environmental Persistence and Growth of Pseudogymnoascus destructans
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Exploring the environmental side of the disease triangle in animal pathogensSymposiumRaudabaugh, Daniel; Miller, Andrew N.environmental pH
substrate chemistry
host-associated microbiota
water availability
SY2005June 9th 5:00 pmEnvironmental influences on bat colony persistence in White-nose Syndrome
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Exploring the environmental side of the disease triangle in animal pathogensSymposiumReynolds, Hannah T.; Ingersoll, Tom; Barton, Hazel A.Pseudogymnoascus destructans
disease
White-nose Syndrome
ecological model

Tuesday, June 10th

Tuesday, June 10th
8:30 am to 10:15 am · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session 8: Contributed Papers: Systematics II
Presiding: Cathy Cripps, Montana State University
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8001June 10th 8:30 amSystematics and biogeography of Lactarius in the Rocky Mountain alpine zone
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SystematicsPaperBarge, Edward; Cripps, Cathy.arctic-alpine
ectomycorrhizal
Russulaceae
Taxonomy
multi-gene phylogeny
intercontinental conspecificity
8002June 10th 8:45 amInocybe leiocephala Stuntz, a species with an intercontinental distribution range mainly in arctic, alpine and subalpine habitats – disentangling the I. leiocephala–subbrunnea-catalaunica compl
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SystematicsPaperLarsson, Ellen; Cripps, Cathy; Vauras, Jukka.ISAM9
Taxonomy
morphological species complex
molecular phylogenetics
8003June 10th 9:00 amHyphally Inclined: Septins and the Search for an Ancient Morphogenetic Toolkit for Hyphal Growth
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SystematicsPaperDee, Jaclyn M.; Chang, Ying; Sekimoto, Satoshi; Berbee, Mary L. .septin
evolution
hyphae
Gonapodya prolifera
chytrid
zygomycete
early-diverging fungi
morphogenetic toolkit
comparative genomics
8004June 10th 9:15 amLost in translation: challenges of transferring information from phylogenies into taxonomy
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SystematicsPaperGazis, Romina; Rees, Jonathan; Ree, Rick; Smith, Stephen; Hibbett, David.Taxonomy
phylogeny
Open Tree of Life
8005June 10th 9:30 amRecent advances in and current opportunities for Gut Fungi research with reflections on the Trichomycetes
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SystematicsPaperWhite, Merlin.Systematics
Kickxellomycotina
symbiosis
Tuesday, June 10th
10:30 am to 12:00 pm · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session 11: Contributed Papers: Ecology/Pathology V
Presiding: Lotus A. Lofgren, University of Minnesota
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11001June 10th 10:30 amFusarium Inhabitants of Asymptomatic Wild Grasses
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Ecology/PathologyPaperLofgren, Lotus A.; Lasin, Praphapan; Roelfs, Alan; Corby Kistler, H..Fusarium
mycotoxins
secondary metabolites 
wild grasses 
11002June 10th 10:45 amBiogeography and biodiversity assessment of macrofungi of Moorea, French Polynesia
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Ecology/PathologyPaperOsmundson, Todd; Bergemann, Sarah; Garbelotto, Matteo.
11003June 10th 11:00 amThe effects of mercury on fungal phylloplane communities
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Ecology/PathologyPaperMalcolm, Katalin; Dighton, John; Barkay, Tamar.phylloplane
epiphytic
mercury
heavy metal
11004June 10th 11:15 amHost tree diversity as drivers of ectomycorrhizal richness
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Ecology/PathologyPaperNguyen, Nhu H.; Williams, Laura; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Gravel, Dominique; Meisser, Christian; Paquette, Alain; Reiche, Peter; Kennedy, Peter G..host-associated microbiota
Ectomycorrhizae
biodiversity
11005June 10th 11:30 amConifers and Chemistry: fungal endophytes of Canada’s Acadian forest
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Ecology/PathologyPaperWalker, Allison K.; Tanney, Joey; Frasz, Samantha L; Sumarah, Mark W. ; Richardson, Susan N; Nsiama, Tienabe ; Hirooka, Yuuri; Walker, Donald M.; Seifert, Keith; Miller, J David.endophytes
conifer
forest ecology
spruce budworm
qPCR
griseofulvin
Ophiognomonia acadiensis
Phialocephala scopiformis
Lophodermium nitens
Xylaria
Tuesday, June 10th
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session SY5: Symposium: Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to host and environment
Presiding: Richard Wilson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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SY5001June 10th 1:00 pmUBL1 of Fusarium verticillioides links the N-end rule pathway to extracellular sensing and plant pathogenesis
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to host and environmentSymposiumRidenour, John; Smith, Jonathon; Hirsch, Robert; Horevaj, Peter; Kim, Hun; Sharma, Sandeep; Bluhm, Burton.fumonisin
maize ear rot
amylolysis
E3 ubiquitin ligase
N-end rule pathway
SY5002June 10th 1:30 pmGATA-dependent glutaminolysis drives appressorium formation by the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to host and environmentSymposiumMarroquin-Guzman, Margarita R.; Wilson, Richard.Magnaporthe oryzae
GATA factor
Nitrogen metabolism
Appressoria
SY5003June 10th 2:00 pmGenetic Regulation of Oxalate Metabolism in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to host and environmentSymposiumLiang, Xiaofei; Liberti, Daniele; Li, Moyi; Kim, Young-Tae; Hutchens, Andrew; Wilson, Ron; Rollins, Jeffrey.Oxalic acid
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Pathogenicity
Metabolism
June 10th 2:30 pmBreak
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to host and environment
SY5005June 10th 3:00 pmTwo distinct mechanisms of Magnaporthe oryzae effector secretion for biotrophic invasion of rice
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to host and environmentSymposiumGIRALDO, MARTHA C.; Dagdas, Yasin; Gupta, Yogesh; Mentlak, Thomas; Yi, Mihwa; Martinez-Rocha, Ana Lilia; Saitoh, Hiromasa; Terauchi, Ryohei; Talbot, Nicholas J.; Valent, Barbara.Effector
Secretion mechanisms
fungal plant pathogen
SY5006June 10th 3:30 pmTranscriptional regulation of NADP-GDH in Aspergillus nidulans: A key step in the nitrogen assimilation pathway
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptation to host and environmentSymposiumDownes, Damien; Davis, Meryl; Wong, Koon Ho; Hynes, Michael; Todd, Richard.Nitrogen metabolism
Leucine biosynthesis
Zn(II)2Cys6
Zinc finger
Transcriptional regulation

Wednesday, June 11th

Wednesday, June 11th
10:30 am to 12:00 pm · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session 14: Contributed Papers: Systematics IV
Presiding: Yuuri Hirooka, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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14001June 11th 10:30 amA proposal for a new family in the Onygenales for the genus Spiromastix
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SystematicsPaperHirooka, Yuuri; Tanney, Joey; Nguyen, Hai; Seifert, Keith.Taxonomy
A new family
Onygenaceae
Keratin degradation
Asexual state
14002June 11th 10:45 amMolecular systematics of Geoglossomycetes: genus and species concepts
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SystematicsPaperHustad, Vincent Patrick; Miller, Andrew N.Earth tongues
Phylogenetics
Cryptic species
New species
14003June 11th 11:00 amThe genus Pluteus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) in North America, how close are we to a continental Mycoflora?
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SystematicsPaperJusto, Alfredo; Hibbett, David.Pluteus
North America
Mycoflora
Phylogenetic systematics
biodiversity
biogeography
14004June 11th 11:15 amFruiting Body Shape in Gomphales and Clarification of Ramaria
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SystematicsPaperKnudson, Alicia; Hibbett, David.Gomphales
Ramaria
Fruiting Body Transitions
14005June 11th 11:30 amEvolution and phylogeography of the Cortinarius violaceus group in Australasia and the Americas
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SystematicsPaperHarrower, Emma; Matheny, Brandon.
Wednesday, June 11th
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm · Room 103 AB/Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
Session SY8: Symposium: Sequence-based Identification of Fungi
Presiding: David M. Geiser, Penn State Univ; Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University
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SY8001June 11th 1:00 pmChallenges and opportunities in sequence-based identification and classification of fungi
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Sequence-based Identification of FungiSymposiumHibbett, David S..Systematics
bioinformatics
nomenclatures
phylogenetic species
SY8002June 11th 1:30 pmPractice makes…  progress.  Successes and challenges in sequence-based species recognition, taxonomy and identification in Fusarium
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Sequence-based Identification of FungiSymposiumGeiser, David M..databases
NGS (next-generation sequencing)
MLST (multilocus sequence typing)
SY8003June 11th 2:00 pmAt species crossroads
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Sequence-based Identification of FungiSymposiumKõljalg, Urmas; Abarenkov, Kessy; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Larsson, Henrik.ITS
phylogenetic species
species hypothesis
June 11th 2:30 pmBreak
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Sequence-based Identification of Fungi
SY8005June 11th 3:00 pmRDP Classifier: ITS and LSU Automated Fungal Identification
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Sequence-based Identification of FungiSymposiumPorras-Alfaro, Andrea; Liu, Kuan-Liang ; Xie , Gary; Cole, James R.; Kuske, Cheryl R.RDP Classifier
ITS rRNA
LSU rRNA
Automated Classification
SY8006June 11th 3:30 pmMaarjAM Database: Sequence-based identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
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Sequence-based Identification of FungiSymposiumOpik, Maarja.mycorrhizal fungi

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