Mycorrhizal fungi form symbiotic relationships that are vital to nutrient and water acquisition by plants, with many mycorrhizal fungi requiring animal-mediated dispersal. Primary mycophagists often have relatively small home ranges, meaning fungal dispersal distances can be relatively short. However, fungal spores can be incidentally consumed and dispersed when a predator or scavenger eats mycophagous prey. These secondary co...

12The University of MD Extension (UME) has been very effective in teaching forest landowners concepts and principles of forest management through seminars, workshops and field days. After evaluating these techniques and recognizing people learn differently, new delivery methods were developed. UME developed a landowner based forestry correspondence course in two formats, first a traditional paper then a web based version. Thes...