Primary Recipient

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$260,000.00

Award Date

8/17/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Neotropical forests harbor high biodiversity, including fungi. Plant-mutualistic ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi, however, are widely thought to be underrepresented in the neotropics. In contrast to temperate and boreal forests where EM fungi are nearly ubiqui