Phys.org, Technology Networks cite Longcore contribution to fungi research
In an article about a study exploring the evolutionary history of the often-overlooked lineage of chytrid, Phys.org and Technology Networks cited the contributions of Joyce Longcore, co-author of the study and associate research professor at the University of Maine. Longcore’s research has previously shown that one infamous species of chytrids has caused massive amphibian die-offs and extinctions. Phys.org also reported that paper relied heavily on the University of Michigan’s fungi culture collection that Simmons established before coming to Purdue earlier this year; about half of the 1,200 fungi isolates that the Michigan collection comprises came from Longcore’s laboratory at the University of Maine.