Research areas

• Environmental Mycology (Mycorrhiza research, Soil Fungal Communities and their interactions)

• Seasonal Dynamics of Fungal Communities in Arctic / Alpine Habitats

• Basidiomycota (Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Ecology)

• Ethnomycology and Medicinal Fungi

Teaching

• Biodiversity of Fungi and Fungi-Like Protists (Seminar and Practical Course)

• Food-Borne Fungi

• Introduction into the Systematics of Microorganisms

• Systematics and Evolution

• Function and Use of Fungi in Habitats

• Live Mycology - Recognizing and Identifying Fungi in their Habitats

• Interdisciplinary Excursion to a Habitat

• Symbiosis