Contact
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Department Biologie I
Systematische Botanik und Mykologie
Menzinger Str. 67
80638 München
Department Biologie I
Systematische Botanik und Mykologie
Menzinger Str. 67
80638 München
Room:
34, ground floor
Phone:
+49 89 17861-234
Fax:
+49 89 172638
Email:
reinhard.agerer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Research interests
- Systematic Mycology
- Mycorrhiza
Research Priorities
- Anatomy of ectomycorrhizae with emphasis on function systematics
- Systematics of cyphellaceous fungi and their relation to fungi with different organisation types of fruitbodies
- Niche occupation by ectomycorrhizae and space occupation by their mycelia
Current Projects
- Mycorrhizal anatomy of ectomycorrhizal genera of Pezizomycetes (Ascomycota) and Agaricomycetes (Basidiomycota)
- Distribution of ectomycorrhizae in an altitudinal transect in the Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald in its dependence on climatic and edaphic factors
- Distribution of exploration types of ectomycorrhizae in natural soils
- Taxonomical studies on the relationships Cyphellopsis, Maireina, Tomentella (Agaricomycetes)
- Corticioid and thelephoroid fungi of West Africa
Publications
Taxonomy and systematics
Ecology
Anatomy of ectomycorrhizae
Reviews and methods