Expertise and research interests

Ecology of Grassland Fungi

Fungal Taxonomy and DNA barcoding

Aerobiology

Cacao Pathology

Silage Microbiology

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Responsibilities within IBERS and elsewhere

Head of the Microbiology Group within IBERS

Curator of the IBERS Herbarium/Fungarium, the university's official biorepository

Member of the editorial boards for journals Fungal Ecology and Plant Pathology.

Member of the Conservation Committee of the Mycological Society of America and a past member of the Council of the British Mycological Society.

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