1:30 PM

Kennedy, Peter*,1, Bergemann, Sarah2, Bruns, Thomas 1, 1 Universtiy of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States2 Universtiy of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Competition for root colonization between ectomycorrhizal fungi and its effects on plant growth and survival.

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1:50 PM

Sthutlz, Christopher *,1, Gehring, Catherine1, 2, Whitham, Thomas 1, 2, 1 Nothern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ2 Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research, Flagstaff, AZ, Drought and herbivore-mediated changes in ectomycorrhizal abundance and community composition on a dominant tree.

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2:10 PM

Andrew, Carrie*,1, Lilleskov, Erik1, 2, 1 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI2 USDA - Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Houghton, MI, Biomass and communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi are affected by elevated CO2 and O3 during three growing seasons.

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2:30 PM

Hubert, Nathaniel*,1, Gehring, Catherine1, Haskins, Kristin1, 1 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, Ectomycorrhizal host diversity promotes ectomycorrhizal diversity.

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2:50 PM

Ji, Baoming*,1, Casper, Brenda1, Bentivenga, Stephen2, 1 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA2 University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, Negative plant/soil feedback and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in grasslands.

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3:10 PM

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3:20 PM

Aldrich-Wolfe, Laura*,1, Simpson, Nicholas1, Walker, John2, Trowbridge, Justin1, Barbare, Holly1, Jumpponen, Ari1, 1 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS2 Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of arctic tundra differ in their ability to use different sources of nitrogen.

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3:40 PM

Lucas, Richard*,1, Casper, Brenda1, 1 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Ectomycorrhizal community structure and ecosystem functioning across a natural N deposition gradient.

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4:00 PM

Hausmann, Natasha Teutsch*,1, Dawson, Todd 1, Bruns, Thomas1, 1 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Can low levels of root colonization support a viable arbuscular mycorrhizal community? Evidence from a California grassland.

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4:20 PM

Cowden, Charles*,1, Peterson, Chris1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, EctoComm: a simulation of ectomycorrhizal community dynamics in forests.

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4:40 PM

Sharma, Jyotsna*,1, Ishida, Maria1, Yadon, Vernal2, 1 University of Florida, Quincy, Quincy, FL2 Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA, Mycorrhizal ecology of Piperia yadonii, a federally endangered orchid.

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