Primary Recipient

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$329,404.00

Award Date

7/30/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Saprotrophic fungi are the primary agents of leaf litter decomposition in forest ecosystems. Fungal communities develop on millions of senescent leaves each