Research projects
Current projects
- Diversity and evolution of Lactarius & Lactifluus (Russulales) in West Africa and the socio-economic value of useful wild mushrooms in Guinea.
Gbamon Konomou
promotor: Annemieke Verbeken, co-promotor: Nourou Soulemane Yorou (University of Parakou, Benin) - Mitigation of climate change effects on indigenous trees by mycorrhizal symbiosis in Sudanian woodlands: exploring fungi on root tips along a drought gradient in Benin
Clément Teteli
promotor: Annemieke Verbeken, co-promotor: Nourou Soulemane Yorou (University of Parakou, Benin)
- Truffle Tales: Insights into Paedomorphism as the Evolutionary Driver of Truffle-Like Fungi (FWO-Meise)(2024-2028)
Lowie Tondeleir
promotor: Annemieke Verbeken, co-promotors: Mario Amalfi, Jorinde Nuytinck - A spot on the Beech: Fungal community patterns within & among Fagus woody debris (FWO-INBO)(2020-2024)
Glen Dierickx
promotor: Annemieke Verbeken, co-promotor: Kris Vandekerkhove - Contrasting patterns in the milkcap genera Lactarius and Lactifluus
Bobby Sulistyo
promotor: Annemieke Verbeken - Spotting a fungal parasite on a globally invasive ladybug: explaining the global distribution and possible use as a biocontrol
Michiel de Groot
promotor: Danny Haelewaters (UGent), Mieke Verbeken (UGent), Dirk Maes (INBO), Tim Adriaens (INBO) - Beetlehangers.org
Michiel de Groot - project Luca Borgato
Luca Borgato - VLIR project Mycoblitz in Benin: A lab in a backpack
Annemieke Verbeken
Previous projects
- Laboulbeniales fungi associated with ectoparasitic bat flies (2020-2023)
dr. Danny Haelewaters
promotor: Annemieke Verbeken - Mycoparasitism and the evolution of Basidiomycota (2019-2023)
dr. Nathan Schoutteten
promotor: Annemieke Verbeken - A revision of the European black and white russulas
dr. Ruben De Lange - Ectomycorrhizal networks in African miombo woodlands: composition and influence of different land use practices
dr. Eske De Crop - The fungal herbarium of Ghent University: a valuable source of information hidden in boxes
dr. Eske De Crop - Filling the gaps: completing the Lactifluus phylogeny by assessment of its biodiversity in the Neotropics and forming a bridge between taxonomists and environmental ecologists
Lynn Delgat - Molecular phylogenetic biodiversity assessment of tropical African ectomycorrhizal fungi, with an emphasis on Russulaceae
dr. Eske De Crop - Diversity and phylogeny of Lactarius subgenus Russularia in South-East Asia
Komsit Wisitrassameewong