Previous projects

• Contrasting evolutionary patterns in two sister genera of macrofungi: Lactarius and Lactifluus
• Diversity and phylogeny of Lactarius subgenus Russularia in South-East Asia
• Ectomycorrhizal networks in African miombo woodlands: composition and influence of different land use practices
• Filling the gaps: completing the Lactifluus phylogeny by assessment of its biodiversity in the Neotropics and forming a bridge between taxonomists and environmental ecologists
• Molecular phylogenetic biodiversity assessment of tropical African ectomycorrhizal fungi, with an emphasis on Russulaceae
• Systematics and phylogeography of Lactarius subgenus Plinthogalus
• The fishy milk caps (Lactifluus volemus sensu lato), cryptic species with a long and pandemic history
• The fungal herbarium of Ghent University: a valuable source of information hidden in boxes