Research & Results

Diversity, host specificity and evolutionary trends of lichenicolous fungi in the tropical Andes: an innovative study on symbiotic organisms in the global centre of biodiversity

Funding
National Science Centre, grant "SONATA"
Number
2013/11/D/NZ8/03274
Duration
2014–2019
Leader
Dr. Adam Flakus
A dense forest of trees with trunks heavily overgrown with epiphytes and flat crowns resembling mushroom caps

Yungas high mountain rainforests on the northeastern slope of the Bolivian Andes (Carrasco National Park).
Photo: A. Flakus.