1:30 PM: Wolfe, Benjamin^*,1, Weishampel, Peter², Klironomos, John¹, ¹ University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada² University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Interactive effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and water table on experimental wetland plant communities.

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1:50 PM: Sirulnik, Abby^*,1, Lewis, James¹, Tuininga, Amy ¹, Johnson, Jacqui¹, ¹ Louis Calder Biological Field Station, Armonk, NY, Soil conditions, host community, and infestations of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) affects ectomycorrhizal diversity in eastern temperate forests.

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2:10 PM: Phillips, Richard^*,1, Fahey, Timothy¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, Tree species and mycorrhizal associations influence the magnitude of rhizosphere effects.

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2:30 PM: Lilleskov, Erik^*,1, Fahey, Timothy², ¹ USDA Forest Service, Houghton, MI, USA² Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Is sporocarp stoichiometry a window into ectomycorrhizal fungal community functional diversity?

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2:50 PM: Klugh, Katrina^*,1, Cumming, Jonathan¹, ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, Organic acid exudation by mycorrhizal Andropogon virginicus L. (broomsedge) roots in response to aluminum.

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3:20 PM: Kennedy, Peter^*,1, Bruns, Thomas^{1, 2}, ¹ 321 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, 94720² , Priority effects determine the outcome of ectomycorrhizal competition between two Rhizopogon species colonizing Pinus muricata seedlings.

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3:40 PM: Brown, Nick^*,1, Fu, Shenzhan², Yao, Yi-Jian², Lewis, Rhodri¹, Bass, David¹, Watkinson, Sarah¹, ¹ University of Oxford, Oxford, UK² Institute of Mycology, Beijing, China, Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees change their mycorrhizal flora as they age.

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4:00 PM: Avolio, Meghan¹, Tuininga, Amy¹, Lewis, James¹, Marchese, M¹, ¹ Fordham University, Armonk, NY, USA, Nitrogen form affects ectomycorrhizal fungal colonization and growth.

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4:20 PM: Ji, Baoming^*,1, Doherty, Jennifer ¹, Bentivenga, Stephen ², Casper, Brenda¹, ¹ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA² University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with the same grasses in Eastern serpentine grasslands and Midwestern prairies.

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4:40 PM: Tordoff, George^*,1, Boddy, Lynne¹, Jones, Thomas¹, Chamberlain, Paul², Black, Helaina², ¹ Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK² Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster, Lancaster, UK, Effects of grazing Collembola on morphology and nitrogen flux in mycelia of saprotrophic basidiomycete fungi.

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