Smyth Mycology

Coastal and Marine Mycology

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Three Week Field Course: July 21st – August 9th 2025 – Chincoteague Bay Field Station

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Hunting for Mycoplankton
Kayaking Swan’s Gut
Exploring the salt marsh.
Collecting marine sponges!
Compound scope image of a sexual structure (Cleistothecium) squashed to reveal ascospores.
Dissecting scope images of ascomycotan sexual structures on saltmarsh cordgrass.
Dissecting scope images of ascomycotan sexual structures on saltmarsh cordgrass.
Ascospores (sexual spores) of a marine fungus found on salt marsh cordgrass.
Students working to isolate fungi from marine sponges collected from the Chincoteague Bay.