


The Atlantic Root Symbiosis Lab investigates plant-fungal relationships in undisturbed and managed ecosystems. This includes mycorrhizal symbioses, fungal endophytes and yeasts.
Lab News
April 9, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Adele Bunbury-Blanchette, who successfully defended their thesis titled “Yeast communities of Nova Scotia: characterization and implications for winemaking”
April 17, 2023
Amanda Griffin wins Luella K. Weresub Award (Canadian Botanical Association) for the best student publication in mycology in a previous year. Griffin, A., Kernaghan, G. 2022. Ericoid mycorrhizal colonization and associated fungal communities along a wetland gradient in the Acadian forest of Eastern Canada. Fungal Ecology 56. doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2021.101138
June 15, 2022
Article published featuring summer intern Yaseen Ginnab