Fungi Decomposition Rates in Relation to Growth Rate and Moisture Tolerance

Presentation Year

2021

College or Department

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

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Researchers found that fungi that grow faster tend to be less resistant to changes in temperature and moisture. Exploring the relationship between a fungus’s growth rate and moisture tolerance, our team used a system of differential equations to model the decomposition rates of woody material by different fungi to understand how decomposition would be affected when the species are in competition.

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