Smyth Mycology

Coastal and Marine Mycology is back for a second year!  This is a summer field course for undergraduate students at the Chincoteague Bay Field Station. This summer it will run from...

I will be teaching Coastal and Marine Mycology, a summer field course for undergraduate students, at the Chincoteague Bay Field Station this summer, from June 30th – July 19th. Registration is...

When you work with fungi, it’s hard to ignore just how prevalent they are in our lives. Bread, beer, cheese, wine, and even the “good” fungi that help our crops grow, show...

If you’ve been following along with my “Sea turtle egg fusariosis” campaign for the last 2 weeks, you’ve heard a lot about Fusarium infecting sea turtle eggs. But, what is Fusarium exactly? We...

51% funded! What an exciting first week-and-a-half it has been! I’ve been overwhelmed by the support thus far, thank you to all those who have donated and shared information about my project…....

As I began planning this project, one of the most challenging questions I faced was “how am I going to choose where to sample?”. As it turns out, picking a state was easy. 90% of the...

Check out the first lab note from my experiment.com campaign here.