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1 Matthew E. Smith Curriculum Vitae

Matthew E. Smith, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Plant Pathology & Curator of the UF Fungal Herbarium (FLAS) University of Florida 2517 Fifield Hall Gainesville FL 32611-0680 Phone: +1.352.273.2837 Email: [email protected] Web: http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/faculty/matthew-e-smith/ EDUCATION 2006 Ph.D. – Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California at Davis 1997 B.S. – Biological Sciences, University of California at Davis FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2017 u University of Florida Term Professorship Award (2017–2020)

2017 u SEC Travel Grant [$1930]

2016 u Alexopoulos Prize, Mycological Society of America [$1000]

2015 u University of Florida Excellence Award for Assistant Professors [$5000]

2012 u American Phytopathological Society travel award – Providence, RI [$500]

2012 u FESIN – N. America Mycoflora workshop grant – New Haven, CT [$900]

2010 u Duke Preparing Future Faculty Program – Duke University

2010 u FESIN Metagenomics Scholarship – Scotland, UK [$2,000]

2007–2009 u Farlow Postdoctoral Fellowship – Harvard University [$80,000]

2006 u North American Truffling Society – Student Scholarship [$1,000]

2005 u Mycological Society of America – Best Student Presentation [$1,000]

2003 u San Francisco Mycological Society – Student Scholarship [$500]

2001, 2002 u Sonoma Mycological Association – Student Scholarship [$500]

GRANTS 2017 u University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences OSBS seed grant: “DNA

barcoding the macrofungi of Ordway-Swisher: documenting biodiversity and building herbarium resources for the iconic fungi of north Florida ecosystems” PI: Smith ME. co-PI: Richter BS, Healy RA. [$48,356]


2016 u National Science Foundation Grant, Systematics and Biodiversity Science Cluster: “Ambrosia beetles and fungi: a comprehensive global survey of an increasingly important symbiosis” PI: Hulcr J. co-PI: Smith ME. [$668,983] DEB-556283

2016 u CSP Community Sequencing Project, Joint Genome Institute, US Dept. of Energy:

“Genomics of the early diverging lineages of fungi and their transition to terrestrial, plant-based ecologies”. Funded Proposal 1978

2015 u National Science Foundation Grant, Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections

(ADBC): “Digitization TCN: Collaborative: The Microfungi Collections Consortium: A Networked Approach to Digitizing Small Fungi with Large Impacts on the Function and Health of Ecosystems” PI: Smith ME, Co-PIs: Brewer M, Kluse J. [$201,681] DBI-1502763

2015 u National Science Foundation Grant, Genealogy of Life Cluster: “The Zygomycetes

Genealogy of Life (ZyGoLife) – the conundrum of Kingdom Fungi” PI: James TY, co-PI: Smith ME. [$690,389] BIO-1441715

2015 u National Peanut Board, Southeastern Peanut Research Initiative – “Increasing our

understanding of the population diversity of Sclerotium rolfsii, the white mold pathogen, in Southeastern peanut production areas” (PI: Dufault N, Co-PI: Smith ME) [$9,517]

2015 u University of Florida, Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL) Minigrant – “NATL Lichen

Biodiversity Survey”, co-advisor for Barry Kaminsky (MS Student, Biology) [$500] 2014 u National Science Foundation Grant, Systematics and Biodiversity Science Cluster:

“Symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi in southern South America – macroecology and evolutionary history from community to landscape scale” PI: Smith ME, co-PI: Matheny PB. [$450,239] DEB-1354802

2014 u Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE): “Propagation of

the edible Pecan Truffle (Tuber lyonii) in pecan nurseries” PI: Smith ME, Collaborator: Tim Brenneman [$14,978]

2013 u University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Early Career Grant:

“Elucidating the Biology and Ecology of the Pecan Truffle (Tuber lyonii) in Pecan Orchards of Florida and nearby Southeastern States.” PI: Smith ME. [$42,032]

2012 u University of Florida, Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL) Minigrant – “Documenting

the common macrofungi of the NATL reserve”, advisor for student consortium [$500] 2012 u Instructional Improvement Grant from University of Florida College of Agricultural and

Life Sciences: “Modernizing the Infrastructure for Hands-On Laboratory Education in Plant Pathology“ – Matthew E. Smith (PI), Brantlee Richter (co-PI) [$10,000]

2011–2013 u National Science Foundation Grant to Advance Digitization of Biological Collections

(ADBC): “The Macrofungi Collection Consortium: Unlocking a Biodiversity Resource for Understanding Biotic Interactions, Nutrient Cycling and Human Affairs.” Principle Investigator Barbara Theirs at NYBG with collaborators at 35 fungal herbaria (Co-PI, N. Cellinese; senior personnel, M.E. Smith) [$31,428]


2009–2011 u National Science Foundation Grant: “Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity of the Guiana Shield, South America (#0816695)” with co-author T. Henkel (California State University at Humboldt). PI for administrative purposes – R. Vilgalys (Duke University) [$580,000]

2007–2009 u Farlow Postdoctoral Research Grant – Harvard University [$10,000] 2006 u AH & HV Smith Research Fund – Mycological Society of America [$1,000] 2003 u Forest Ecology Research Award – Mycological Society of America [$1,000] PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 89) Benny GL, Smith ME (2018) Notes on Syncephalis (Zoopgales, Zoopagomycota) from the Farlow Herbarium with the description of a new species, Syncephalis aethiopica. Mycologia. <Accepted Manuscript> 88) Alvarez-Manjarrez J, Garibay-Orijel R, Smith ME. (2017) Caryophyllales are the main hosts of a unique set of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Neotropical dry forest. Mycorrhiza. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-017-0807-7 87) Healy RA, Horner HT, Bonito GM, McLaughlin DJ, Smith ME (2017) An ultrastructural study of spore wall development and septal pores in species of the Pachyphlodes (Pezizaceae, Pezizales) lineage, with a description of the new species Pachyphlodes annagardnerae. Mycological Progress. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-017-1348-3 88) Kuhar F, Smith ME, Mujic A(p), Truong C(p), Nouhra E. (2017) A systematic overview of Descolea (Agaricales) in the Nothofagaceae forests of Patagonia. Fungal Biology. 121(10): 876-889 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2017.06.006 87) Chuang S-C, Ho H-M, Tsai J-L, Reynolds N, Smith ME, Benny GL, Chien C-Y (2017) Preliminary phylogeny of Coemansia (Kickxellales) with the description of four new species from Taiwan. Mycologia. <Online Early> https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2017.1401892 86) Ge Z-W, Brenneman T, Bonito G, Smith ME. (2017) Soil pH and mineral nutrients strongly influence truffles and other ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with commercial pecans (Carya illinoinensis). Plant and Soil. 418(1-2): 493-505. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3312-z 85) Desirò A, Rimington W, Jacob A, Vande Pol N, Smith ME, Trappe JM, Bidartondo MI, Bonito G (2017) Multigene phylogeny of Endogonales, an early diverging lineage of fungi associated with plants. IMA Fungus. 8(2): 245–257. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.02.03 84) Healy RH, Donald Pfister, Alija B. Mujic, Daniela Torres, Eduardo Nouhra, Guiliana Furci, Smith ME. (2017) Pseudotricharina lanigera, a new species from the Patagonian region of Argentina. Ascomycetes.org 9(4):135-138. 83) Truong C, Kuhar F, Kaplan Z, Smith ME. (2017) Out of Gondwana: Southern temperate Amanita lineages and the description of the first sequestrate species from the Americas. Fungal Biology 121(8): 638-651. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.04.006.


82) Smith ME, Henkel TW, Williams GC, Aime MC, Fremier AK, Vilgalys R (2017) Investigating niche partitioning of ectomycorrhizal fungi in specialized rooting zones of the monodominant leguminous tree Dicymbe corymbosa. New Phytologist 215(1): 443-453 doi: 10.1111/nph.14570 81) Lazarus KL, Benny GL, Ho H-M, Smith ME (2017) Phylogenetic systematics of Syncephalis (Zoopagales, Zoopagomycotina), a genus of ubiquitous mycoparasites. Mycologia 109(2) :333-349. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2017.1307005. 80) Renolds NK Smith ME, Tretter ED, Gause J, Heeney D, Cafaro MJ, Smith JF, Novak SJ, Bourland WA, White MM (2017) Resolving relationships at the animal-fungal divergence: A molecular phylogenetic study of the protist trichomycetes (Ichthyosporea, Eccrinida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 447-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.007 79) Truong C, Mujic AB, Healy R, Kuhar F, Furci G, Torres D, Niskanen T, Sandoval-Leiva PA, Fernández N, Escobar JM, Moretto A, Palfner G, Pfister D, Nourha E, Swenie R, Sánchez-García M, Matheny PB, Smith ME. (2017) How to know the fungi: combining field inventories and DNA-barcoding to document fungal diversity. New Phytologist. 214(3) :913-919. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14509 78) Orihara T, Smith ME. (2017) Unique phylogenetic position of the African truffle-like fungus Octaviania ivoryana (Boletaceae, Boletales) and the proposal of a new genus, Afrocastellanoa. Mycologia. 108(2): 323-332. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2017.1301750doi/full/10.1080/00275514.2017.1301750 77) Kumar LM, Smith ME, Nouhra ER, Orihara T, Pfister DH, McLaughlin DJ, Healy RA (2017) A molecular and morphological re-examination of the generic limits of truffles in the Tarzetta-Geopyxis lineage - Paurocotylis, Hydnocystis, and Densocarpa. Fungal Biology. 121(3) :264–284. DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.12.004. 76) Sulzbacher MA, Grebnec T, Cabral TS, Gianchi AJ, Goto BT, Smith ME, Baseia IG. (2016) Restingomyces, a new sequestrate genus from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest that is phylogenetically related to early-diverging taxa in Trappeaceae (Phallales). Mycologia 108(5):954-966. doi: 10.3852/15-265 75) Benny GL, Ho H-M, Lazarus KL, Smith ME (2016) Five new species of the obligate mycoparasite Syncephalis (Zoopagales, Zoopagomycotina) from soil. Mycologia doi: 10.3852/15-073 74) Sánchez-García M, Henkel TW, Aime MC, Smith ME, Matheny PB (2016) Guyanagarika, a new ectomycorrhizal genus in the Agaricales from the Neotropics. Fungal Biology. 120(12): 1540–1553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2016.08.005 73) Spatafora JW, Chang Y, Benny GL, Lazarus K, Smith ME, Berbee ML, Bonito G, Corradi N, Grigoriev I, Gryganskyi A, James TY, O’Donnell K, Roberson RW, Taylor TN, Uehling J, Vilgalys R, White MM, Stajich JE (2016) A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data. Mycologia. 108(5): 1028–1046. DOI: 10.3852/16-042. 72) Healy RA, Zurier H, Bonito G, Smith ME, Pfister DH (2016) Mycorrhizal detection of native and non-native truffles in a historic arboretum and the discovery of a new North American species, Tuber arnoldianum sp. nov. Mycorrhiza. 26(7):781-92. DOI 10.1007/s00572-016-0713-4 71) Obase K, Douhan GW, Matsuda Y, Smith ME (2016) Revisiting phylogenetic diversity and cryptic species of Cenococcum geophilum sensu lato. Mycorrhiza. 26:529–540. DOI10.1007/s00572-016-0690-7


70) Orihara T, Lebel T, Ge Z-W, Smith ME, Maekawa N (2016) Evolutionary history of the sequestrate genus Rossbeevera (Boletaceae) reveals a new genus Turmalinea and highlights the utility of ITS minisatellite-like insertions for molecular identification. Persoonia 37: 173–198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/003158516X691212 69) Grupe AC, Vasco-Palacios AM, Smith ME, Boekhout T, Henkel TW (2016) Sarcodon in the Neotropics II: four new species from Colombia and a key to the regional species. Mycologia. 108(4): 791-805. doi:10.3852/15-254 68) Alvarado P, Cabero J, Moreno G, Bratek Z, Van Vooren N, Kaounas V, Konstantinidis G, Agnello C, Merényi Z., Trappe JM, Smith ME (2016) Phylogenetic overview of the genus Genea (Pezizales, Ascomycota) with an emphasis on European taxa. Mycologia. 108: 441-456 doi:10.3852/15-199 67) Henkel TW, Obase K, Husbands DR, Uehling JK, Bonito G, Aime MC, Smith ME (2016) Binderoboletus segoi gen. et sp. nov., Guyanaporus albipodus gen. et sp. nov., Singerocomus rubriflavus gen. et sp. nov., and a new combination for Xerocomus inundabilis. Mycologia 108: 157-173. 66) Healy RH, Tocci G, Conde AP, Smith ME (2015) Fun with the discomycetes: revisiting collections of Korf’s anamorphic Pezizales and Thaxter’s New England truffles leads to a connection between forms and the description of two new truffle species: Pachyphlodes pfisteri and P. nemoralis. Ascomycete.org. 7(6): 357–366. 65) Smith ME, Amses KR, Elliott TD, Aime MC, Obase K, Henkel TW (2015) Sequestrate fungi from Guyana I. Jimtrappea guyanensis gen. et sp. nov., Castellanea pakaraimophila gen. et sp. nov., and Costatisporia azurescens gen. et sp. nov. (Boletaceae, Boletales). IMA Fungus. 6(2): 297–317 doi:10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.03 64) Obase K, Douhan GW, Matsuda Y, Smith ME (2015) Cladophialophora floridana and Cladophialophora tortuosa, new species isolated from sclerotia of Cenococcum geophilum in forest soils of Florida, USA. Mycoscience. DOI: 10.1016/j.myc.2015.07.005 63) Grupe AC, Baker AD, Uehling JK, Smith ME, Baroni T, Lodge DJ (2015) Sarcodon in the Neotropics I: new species from Guyana, Puerto Rico and Belize. Mycologia. 107(3):591-606 doi:10.3852/14-185 62) Kneal R, Smith ME (2015) Artomyces nothofagi sp. nov. – a new clavarioid fungus from Chilean Nothofagus forest. Mycotaxon. 130 (3): 653–660. doi:10.5248/130.653 61) Trappe MJ, Smith ME, Hobbie EA (2015) Exploring the phylogenetic affiliations and the trophic mode of Sedecula pulvinata (Sedeculaceae). Mycologia. 107: 688–696. DOI: 10.3852/14-110 60) Sharma K, Goss EM, Dickstein ER, Smith ME, Johnson J, Southwick F, van Bruggen AHC (2014) Exserohilum rostratum: characterization of a cross-kingdom pathogen of plants and humans. PLOS One. 9(10): e108691 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108691 59) Tedersoo L, Bahram M, Põlme S, Kõljalg U, Yorou NS, Wijesundera R, Ruiz LV, Vasco-Palacios AM, Thu PQ, Suija A, Smith ME, Sharp C, Saluveer E, Saitta A, Rosas M, Riit T, Ratkowsky D, Pritsch K, Põldmaa K, Piepenbring M, Phosri C, Peterson M, Parts K, Pärtel K, Otsing E, Nouhra E, Njouonkou AL, Nilsson RH, Morgado LN, Mayor J, May TW, Majuakim L, Lodge DJ, Lee SS, Larsson K-H, Kohout P, Hosaka K, Hiiesalu I, Henkel TW, Harend H, Guo L-D, Greslebin A, Grelet G, Geml J, Gates G, Dunstan W, Dunk C, Drenkhan R, Dearnaley J, Kesel AD, Dang T, Chen X, Buegger F, Brearley


FQ, Bonito G, Anslan S, Abell S, Abarenkov K (2014) Global diversity and geography of soil fungi. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1256688 58) Obase K, Douhan GW, Matsuda Y, Smith ME (2014) Culturable fungal biota growing within Cenococcum sclerotia in forest soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 90: 708-717. DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12428 57) Smith ME, Henkel TW, Rollins JA (2014) How many fungi make sclerotia? Fungal Ecology. 13: 211-220. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2014.08.010 56) Trierveiler-Pereira L, Smith ME, Trappe JM, Nouhra E. (2014) Hypogeous fungi from Patagonian Nothofagus forests: Cystangium (Russulaceae, Basidiomycota). Mycologia. 107: 90-103. doi: 10.3852/13-302 55) Ge Z-W, Yang ZL, Pfister DH, Carbone M, Tolgor B, Smith ME. (2014) Multigene molecular phylogeny and biogeographic diversification of the Earth Tongue fungi in the family Cudoniaceae (Rhytismatales, Ascomycota). PLOS One. 9(8): e103457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103457 54) Alvarado P, Cabero J, Moreno G, Bratek Z, Van Vooren N, Kaounas V, Konstantinidis G, Agnello C, Merényi Z. Smith ME (2014) Species diversity of Genea (Ascomycota, Pezizales) in Europe. Ascomycetes.org. 6(3): 41-51. 53) Smith ME (2014) A new hypogeous Peziza species that forms ectomycorrhizas with Quercus in California. North American Fungi. 9(4): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2509/naf2014.009.004 52) Talbot JM, Bruns TD, Taylor J, Smith DP, Branco S, Glassman SI, Erlandson S, Vilgalys R, Liao S, Smith ME, Peay KG (2014) Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 111(17): 6341–6346 doi:10.1073/pnas.1402584111 51) Sharma K, Merritt JL, Palmateer A, Goss E, Smith ME, Schubert T, Johnson RS, van Bruggen AHC (2014) Isolation, characterization, and management of Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose on Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana). HortScience. 49:453-459. 50) Er HL, Hendricks K, Goss EM, Smith ME, Schubert TS, Roberts PD, van Bruggen AHC (2014) Isolation and biological characterization of Guignardia species from citrus in Florida. Journal of Plant Pathology. 96: 43-55. 49) Lodge DJ, Padamsee M, Matheny PB, Aime MC, Cantrell SA, Boertmann D, Kovalenko A, Vizzini A, Dentinger B, Kirk P, Ainsworth M, Moncalvo J-M, Vilgalys R, Larsson E, Lücking R, Griffith G, Smith ME, Norvell LL, Desjardin DE, Redhead SA, Ovrebo CL, Lickey E, Ercole E, Hughes KW, Courtecuisse R, Young, A, Binder M, Minnis A, Lindner DL, Ortiz-Santana B, Haight J, Læssøe T, Baroni TJ, Geml J, Hattori T. (2014) Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). Fungal Diversity. 64: 1-99. DOI 10.1007/s13225-013-0259-0 48) Tedersoo L, Smith ME (2013) Lineages of ectomycorrhizal fungi revisited: Foraging strategies and novel lineages revealed by sequences from belowground. Fungal Biology Reviews. 27: 83-99. doi:10.1016/j.fbr.2013.09.001.


47) Smith ME, Gryganskyi A, Bonito G, Nouhra E, Moreno-Arroyo B, Benny G (2013) Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Modicella reveals an independent evolutionary origin of sporocarp-forming fungi in the Mortierellales. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 61: 61-68. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2013.10.001 46) Kõljalg U, Nilsson RH, Abarenkov K, Tedersoo L, Taylor AFS, Bahram M, Bates ST, Bruns TD, Bengtsson-Palme J, Callaghan TM, Douglas B, Drenkhan T, Eberhardt U, Dueñas M, Grebenc T, Griffith GW, Hartmann M, Kirk PM, Kohout P, Larsson E, Lindahl BD, Lücking R, Martín MP, Matheny PB, Nguygen NH, Niskanen T, Oja J, Peay KG, Peintner U, Peterson M, Põldmaa K, Saag L, Schüßler A, Scott JA, Senés C, Smith ME, Suija A, Taylor DL, Telleria MT, Weiss M, Larsson K-H (2013) Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi. Molecular Ecology. 22: 5271-5277 doi:10.1111/mec.12481 45) Smith ME, Schell KJ, Castellano MA, Trappe JM (2013) The enigmantic truffle Fevansia aurantiaca is an ectomycorrhizal member of the Albatrellus lineage. Mycorrhiza. 23: 663-668. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-013-0502-2 44) Sheppard BJ, McGrath E, Giuffrida M, Craft S, Kung CY, Smith ME (2013) First report of the wood decay fungus Inonotus tropicalis (Basidiomycota) from a dog with a granulomatous mediastinal mass. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 25: 566-572. doi: 10.1177/1040638713499341 43) Henkel TW, Husbands D, Bonito GM, Vilgalys R, Smith ME. (2013) New species of Xerocomus (Boletales) from the Guiana Shield, with notes on their mycorrhizal status and fruiting occurrence. Mycologia. 105: 422–435. DOI: 10.3852/12-146 42) Smith ME, Henkel TW, Uehling JK, Fremier AK, Clarke HD, Vilgalys R. (2013) Ectomycorrhizal fungal community in a tropical forest dominated by the Neotropical Dipterocarp, Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea. PLoS ONE. 8(1): e55160. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055160 41) Bonito G, Smith ME, Nowak M, Healy RA, Guevara G, Cazares E, Kinoshita A, Nouhra E, Dominguez L, Tedersoo L, Murat C, Wang Y, Baldomero AM, Pfister DH, Nara K, Zambonelli A, Trappe JM, Vilgalys R (2013) Historical biogeography and diversification of truffles in the Tuberaceae and their newly identified Southern Hemisphere sister lineage. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052765 40) Healy RA, Smith ME, Bonito GM, Pfister DH, Ge Z-W, Guevara GG, Stafford K, Kumar L, Lee T, Hobart C, Trappe J, Vilgalys R, McLaughlin DJ. (2013) High diversity and widespread occurrence of asexual states in ectomycorrhizal Pezizales. Molecular Ecology. 22: 1717-1732. doi:10.1111/mec.12135 39) Ge Z-W, Smith ME. (2013) Phylogenetic analysis of rDNA sequences indicates that the sequestrate Amogaster viridiglebus is derived from within the agaricoid genus Lepiota (Agaricaceae). Mycological Progress. 12: 151-155. doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0841-y 38) Uehling JK, Henkel TW, Aime MC, Vilgalys R, Smith ME. (2012) New species and distribution records for Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) from the Guiana Shield, with a key to the lowland neotropical taxa. Fungal Biology. 116: 1263-74. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2012.09.004 37) Matheny PB, Aime MC, Smith ME, Henkel TW (2012) New species and reports of Inocybe (Agaricales) from Guyana. Kurtziana. 37: 23-39. 36) Gryganski AP, Humber RA, Smith ME, Hodge K, Huang B, Voigt K, Vilgalys R. (2013) Phylogenetic lineages in Entomophthoromycota. Persoonia. 65: 682-94 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.026


35) Uehling JK, Henkel TW, Vilgalys R, Smith ME. (2012) Membranomyces species are common ectomycorrhizal symbionts in Northern Hemisphere forests. Mycorrhiza. 22: 577-581. doi:10.1007/s00572-012-0457-8 34) Orihara T, Smith ME, Ge Z-W. (2012) Rossbeevera yunnanensis (Boletaceae, Boletales), a new sequestrate species from southern China. Mycotaxon. 120: 139-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.5248/120.139 33) Gryganski AP, Humber RA, Smith ME, Miadlikovska J, Wu S, Voigt K, Walter G, Anishchenko IM, Vilgalys R. (2012) Molecular Phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65: 682-94. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.026 32) Kennedy PG, Matheny PB, Henkel TW, Uehling JK, Smith ME, Ryberg M. (2012) Scaling up: examining the macroecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Ecology. 21: 4151–4154. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05703.x 31) Tedersoo L, Bahram M, Toots M, Diédhiou AG, Henkel TW, Kjøller R, Morris MH, Nara K, Nouhra E, Peay KG, Põlme S, Ryberg M, Smith ME, Kõljalg U. 2012. Towards global patterns in the diversity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Ecology. 21: 4160-4170 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05602.x 30) Castellano MA, Henkel TW, Miller SL, Smith ME, Aime MC. (2012) New Elaphomyces species (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from Guyana. Mycologia. 104: 1244-1249 doi:10.3852/12-061 29) Orihara T, Smith ME, Shimomura N, Iwase K, Maekawa N. (2012) Diversity and systematics of the sequestrate genus Octaviania in Japan: two new subgenera and eleven new species. Persoonia. 28: 85–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/003158512X650121 28) Bonito GM, Smith ME, Brenneman T, Vilgalys R. (2012) Assessing ectomycorrhizal fungal spore banks of truffle producing soils with pecan seedling trap-plants. Plant and Soil. 356: 357–366. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1127-5 27) Hodkinson BP, Uehling JK, Smith ME (2012) Lepidostroma vilgalysii, a new basidiolichen from the New World. Mycological Progress. 11: 827-833. doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0800-z 26) Travadon R, Smith ME, Fujiyoshi P, Douhan GW, Rizzo DM, Baumgartner K (2012) Inferring dispersal patterns of the generalist root fungus Armillaria mellea. New Phytologist. 193: 959–969 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04015.x 25) Ge Z-W, Smith ME, Zhang Q, Yang ZL (2012) Two species of the Asian endemic genus Keteleeria form ectomycorrhizas with diverse fungal symbionts in southwestern China. Mycorrhiza. 22:403–408. DOI 10.1007/s00572-011-0411-1 24) Henkel TW, Aime MC, Chin MML, Miller SL, Vilgalys R, Smith ME (2012) Ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarp diversity and discovery of new taxa in Dicymbe monodominant forests of the Guiana Shield. Biodiversity and Conservation. 21: 2195–2220. DOI 10.1007/s10531-011-0166-1 23) Uehling JK, Henkel TW, Aime MC, Vilgalys R, Smith ME. (2012) New species of Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) with resupinate and effused basidiomata from the Guiana Shield. Mycologia. 103: 883–94. doi:10.3852/11-130


22) Smith ME, Henkel TW, Aime MC, Fremier AK, Vilgalys R. (2011) Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and community structure on three co-occurring leguminous canopy tree species in a Neotropical rainforest. New Phytologist. 192: 699–712. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03844.x. 21) Henkel TW, Aime MC, Uehling JK, Smith ME. (2011) New species and distribution records of Clavulina (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) from the Guiana Shield. Mycologia 103: 883–894. doi: 10.3852/10-355. 20) Lantieri A, Pfister DH, Smith ME. (2011) A new species of Ruhlandiella (Pezizaceae) from Italy. Mycological Progress doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0766-x 19) Smith ME, Schmull M. (2011) Tropical truffles: English translation and critical review of F. von Höhnel’s truffles from Java. Mycological Progress. 10: 249-260. DOI: 10.1007/s11557-010-0694-1 18) Gryganskyi AP, Litvintseva AP, Lee SC, Smith ME, Bonito GM, Porter TM, Anishchenko IM, Vilgalys R, Heitman J. (2010) Structure, function, and phylogeny of the mating locus in the Rhizopus oryzae complex. PLoS ONE. 5(12): e15273. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015273 17) Henkel TW, Aime MA, Smith ME. (2010) Guyanagaster, a new wood-decaying sequestrate genus related to Armillaria (Agaricales) from the Guiana Shield. American Journal of Botany. 97: 1474–1484. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1000097. 16) Hynes MM, Smith ME, Bledsoe CS, Zasoski RJ. (2010) Molecular survey of ectomycorrhizal hyphae in a Quercus-Pinus woodland. Mycorrhiza. 20: 265-274. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-009-0281-y 15) Tedersoo L, May TW, Smith ME. (2010) Ectomycorrhizal lifestyle in fungi: global diversity, distribution, and evolution of phylogenetic lineages. Mycorrhiza. 20: 217-263. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-009-0274-x 14) Smith ME, Pfister DH. (2009) Tuberculate ectomycorrhizae of angiosperms: the interaction between Boletus rubropunctus and Quercus species in the USA and Mexico. American Journal of Botany. 96: 1665–1675. doi: 10.3732/ajb.0900058. 13) Morris MH, Perez-Perez MA, Smith ME, Bledsoe CS. (2009) Influence of host species on ectomycorrhizal communities associated with two co-occurring Quercus species in a tropical cloud forest. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 69: 274–287. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00704.x. 12) Smith ME, Healy RH. (2009) Otidea subterranea sp. nov.: Otidea goes below ground. Mycological Research. 113: 858–866. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2009.04.006 11) Smith ME, Douhan GW, Fremier AK, Rizzo DM. (2009) Are true multihost fungi the exception or the rule? Dominant ectomycorrhizal fungi on Pinus sabiniana differ from those on co-occurring Quercus species. New Phytologist. 182: 295–299. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02801.x 10) Smith ME, Jaffee BJ. (2009) PCR primers with enhanced specificity for nematode-trapping fungi (Orbiliales). Microbial Ecology. 58: 117–128. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9453-0 9) Morris MH, Smith ME, Perez-Perez MA, Bledsoe CS. (2008) Multiple species of ectomycorrhizal fungi are frequently detected on individual oak root tips in a tropical cloud forest. Mycorrhiza. 18: 375–383. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-008-0186-1


8) Douhan GW, Smith ME, Huryn K, Westbrook A, Beerli P, Fisher A. (2008) Multigene analysis suggests ecological speciation in the fungal pathogen Claviceps purpurea. Molecular Ecology. 17: 2276–2286. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03753.x 7) Morris MH, Smith ME, Rizzo DM, Rejmánek M, Bledsoe CS. (2008) Contrasting ectomycorrhizal fungal communities on the roots of co-occurring oaks (Quercus spp.) in a California woodland. New Phytologist. 178:167–176. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02348.x. 6) Smith ME, Douhan GW, Rizzo DM. (2007) Intra-specific and intra-sporocarp ITS variation of ectomycorrhizal fungi as assessed by rDNA sequencing of sporocarps and pooled ectomycorrhizal roots from a Quercus woodland. Mycorrhiza. 18: 15–22. DOI: 10.1007/s00572-007-0148-z 5) Smith ME, Douhan GW, Rizzo DM. (2007) Ectomycorrhizal community structure in a xeric Quercus woodland based on rDNA sequence analysis of sporocarps and pooled roots. New Phytologist. 174: 847–863. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02040.x 4) Smith ME. (2007) NATS truffle and truffle-like fungi 15: Genea balsleyi sp. nov., a new hypogeous ascomycete from New Jersey. Mycotaxon. 99: 239–244. 3) Smith ME, Trappe JM, Rizzo DM, Miller SL (2006) Gymnomyces xerophilus sp. nov. (sequestrate Russulaceae), an ectomycorrhizal associate of Quercus in California. Mycological Research. 100: 575-582. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2006.03.001 2) Smith ME, Trappe JM, Rizzo DM. (2006) Genea, Genabea and Gilkeya gen. nov.: ascomata and ectomycorrhiza formation in a Quercus woodland. Mycologia. 98: 699–716. doi: 10.3852/mycologia.98.5.699 1) Smith ME, Rizzo DM, Trappe JM. (2005) NATS truffle and truffle-like fungi 11. Hymenogaster raphanodorus sp. nov. (Cortinariaceae). Mycotaxon. 93: 241–246. INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS Obase K, Douhan GW, Matsuda Y, Smith ME (2017) Progress and challenges in understanding the biology, diversity, and biogeography of Cenococcum geophilum In: Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis (Tedersoo, L. Ed.). pp. 299-317. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-56363-3_14 Tedersoo L, Smith ME (2017) Ectomycorrhizal fungal lineages: new groups and identification in high-throughput sequencing studies. In: Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis (Tedersoo, L. Ed.). pp. 125-142. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56363-3_6 Healy RH, Bonito GM, Smith ME (2016) A brief overview of the systematics, taxonomy, and ecology of the Tuber rufum clade. In: True Truffles (Tuber) in the World - Soil Ecology, Systematics, and Biochemistry (Zambonelli, Iotti, & Murat, Eds.). Springer Press, Soil Biology Series. pp. 125-136. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31436-5_8 Bonito GM, Smith ME (2016) General systematic position of the truffles: Evolutionary theories. In: True Truffles (Tuber) in the World - Soil Ecology, Systematics, and Biochemistry (Zambonelli, Iotti, & Murat, Eds.). Springer Press, Soil Biology Series. pp. 3-18. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31436-5_1


Benny GL, Smith ME, Kirk PM, Tretter ED, White MM. (2016) Challenges and future perspectives in the systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina. In: Biology of Microfungi (D-W Li, ed.) Springer Press. pp. 65-126. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_5 Smith ME, Bonito GM (2012) The systematics and ecology of edible ectomycorrhizal fungi. In: Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms (Zambonelli & Bonito, Eds.). Springer Press, Soil Biology Series 34. pp. 17-39. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-33823-6_2 NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Loyd AL, Smith JA, Richter BS, Blanchette RA, Smith ME. (2017) The Laccate Ganoderma of the Southeastern United States: A Cosmopolitan and Important Genus of Wood Decay Fungi. (EDIS PP333). Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp333 Grupe AC, Brenneman T, Bonito G, Smith ME. (2016) The Pecan Truffle (Tuber lyonii): a gourmet truffle native to the Southeastern USA. (EDIS PP330). Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp330. Espinoza L, Smith ME. (2016) The Green-Spore Poison Parasol Mushroom, Chlorophyllum molybdites. (EDIS PP324). Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp324 Smith ME, Bonito GM, Sharma J, Long J, Davis-Long B, Brenneman T (2012) Pecan truffles (Tuber lyonii) – what we know and what we need to know. Georgia Pecan Magazine (trade publication for Southeastern pecan growers). Spring 2012 issue. pp. 52-58. <http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/faculty/smith/Smith_%20et_%20al_2012_Pecan_Truffle_B&W.pdf> Sharma J, Trela BC, Wang S, Smith ME, Bonito GM (2012) Pecan truffle (Tuber lyonii) in Texas. Pecan South Magazine (trade publication for Texas pecan growers). December 2012 Issue. pp. 16-24. Smith ME. (2009) Following the rake of Roland Thaxter – unearthing the hypogeous fungi of South America. Friends of the Farlow Newsletter – Spring 2009. PDF: http://www.huh.harvard.edu/collections/fof/newsletters/S09.pdf WEBSITES Henkel TW, Smith ME. (2009–present) Macrofungi of the Guiana Shield. http://www.tropicalfungi.org Mujic AB, Smith ME. (2014–present) Fungi of Patagonian Nothofagus Forests. http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/nothofagus_fungi/ POPULAR PRESS AND PRESS RELEASES Florida Museum of Natural History Article. December 2016. “Two new fungi phyla considered ‘discovery of a lifetime’ ” https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/science/two-new-fungi-phyla-considered-discovery-of-a-lifetime/


UF-IFAS Press Release. October 2015. “UF/IFAS researcher discovers new species of fungi.” https://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2015/10/ufifas-researcher-discovers-new-species-of-fungi/ UF-IFAS Press Release. September 2015. “UF Researchers helping in the fight for healthier environments with fungi.” https://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2015/09/uf-researchers-helping-in-the-fight-for-healthier-environments-with-fungi/ Henry C. May 2015. “Fungus Among Us: The Magic of Mushrooms” Our Town (High Springs-Alachua Edition). pgs. 92-95. Anderson M (2014) “UF/IFAS team part of NSF effort to study least understood, oldest fungi” (http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2014/09/ufifas-team-part-of-nsf-effort-to-study-least-understood-oldest-fungi/) Wilmoth KM (2014) “UF/IFAS researcher helps to unravel mysteries of fungi biodiversity” (http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2014/12/ufifas-researcher-helps-to-unravel-mysteries-of-fungi-biodiversity/) Shivers D. Sept-Oct 2014. “A Special Hunt” Southwest Georgia Living. pgs. 84-88 Nordlie T (2013) “Florida expert: Keep pets, livestock away from false parasol mushrooms” (http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2013/05/florida-expert-keep-pets-livestock-away-from-false-parasol-mushrooms/) Wang G. 3 Sept 2013. “Truffles abound in Southeast, researchers find” The Duke Chronicle. (http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/09/03/truffles-abound-southeast-researchers-find) Frazen J. 16 Aug 2013. “American Pecan Truffle May Be Coming to a Plate Near You, By Way of Extremely Cute Courier” Scientific American Blog. (http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2013/08/16/american-pecan-truffle-may-be-coming-to-a-plate-near-you-by-way-of-extremely-cute-courier/. )

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2011–present Assistant Professor – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida. 2011–present Curator of Fungal Herbarium – Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of

Florida Herbarium (FLAS). 2009–2011 Postdoctoral Research Associate – Department of Biology, Duke University.

Collaborators: Dr. Rytas Vilgalys (Duke University) and Terry Henkel (California State University at Humboldt).

2007–2009 Farlow Postdoctoral Fellowship – Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University. Systematics

and ecology of hypogeous and ectomycorrhizal fungi. Collaborator: Dr. Donald Pfister. 2006–2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate – Department of Nematology, UC Davis. Ecology

and molecular detection of nematode-destroying fungi and oomycetes. Collaborator: Dr. Bruce Jaffee.

2000–2006 Doctoral Student Researcher – Ecology Graduate Group & Department of Plant

Pathology, UC Davis. Ecological, metagenomic, and phylogenetic studies of ectomycorrhizal fungi in oak woodlands. Advisor: Dr. David M. Rizzo.


1999–2000 Post Graduate Research Associate – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Ecology of plant–herbivore and plant–pathogen interactions in lowland tropical rainforest. Advisors: Dr. Phyllis D. Coley and Dr. Thomas Kursar (University of Utah).

1998–1999 Post Graduate Research Associate – Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis.

Ecology, epidemiology and population biology of forest, vineyard, and orchard plant pathogens in California. Advisor: Dr. David M. Rizzo.

Winter 1998 Research Assistant – Proyecto Jaguar Cariblanco, Corcovado National Park, Costa

Rica. Studies of predator–prey dynamics between jaguars and white-lipped peccaries in lowland tropical forests. Advisor: Dr. Eduardo Carrillo (Wildlife Conservation Society).

Summer 1997 Undergraduate Research Associate – University of California Bodega Marine

Laboratory. Studies of trophic interactions between nematodes, fungi, and soil invertebrates. Advisor: Dr. Donald Strong (UC Davis).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012–present Instructor – Fungal Biology PLP 4653C/PLP 6656C, University of Florida. 6 contact

hours per week (including 2 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week). Each Fall. 2016 Guest Instructor – Fungal Biology, Harvard University (OEB 54). Main instructor, Dr.

Donald Pfister. Guest lecture and lab on mycorrhizae and mycorrhizal fungi. 2016 Co-Instructor – In-service training for UF IFAS Extension personnel and Florida state

government employees on “Molds and Mildews in the Home Environment.” 2016 Co-Instructor – Plant Pathology Graduate Student Organization Workshop for

Microscopy and Photography. 2013–present Instructor – Debate Colloquium for Plant Pathology Graduate Students, University of

Florida. 1 contact hour per week, taught in Spring during every other year. 2010–2011 Preparing Future Faculty Program – Duke University. Participation in teaching IDEAS

workshops, site visits to partner universities, and teaching participation and mentoring with Dr. Antonio Izzo (Elon University). Included guest lectures for course in Microbiology.

2010 Postdoctoral Mentor – Howard Hughes Precollege Summer Biological Sciences

Program, Duke University. Mentored high school student Katherine Stafford. View Ms. Stafford’s blog at: http://howardhughes.trinity.duke.edu/blogs/kas74%40duke.edu

2010 Guest Instructor – Microbial Ecology and Evolution (BIO211L), Duke University.

Assisted instructor Dr. Rytas Vilgalys. 2009 Instructor – Hypogeous Fungi of North America, Humboldt Field Research Institute at

Eagle Hill, Maine [credits through University of Maine].


2008 Instructor – Biology Research Methods and Scientific Writing (BIOS E-200), Harvard University Extension School, Master of Liberal Arts program.

2003, 2006 Teaching Assistant – Mushrooms, Molds, and Society (SAS 30), UC Davis. 2003, 2006 Co-Instructor – Field Identification of Mushrooms (PLP 135), UC Davis. 2005 Graduate Student Mentor – Partnership of for Plant Genomics Education Summer

Internship Program, UC Davis. 2001, 2004 Teaching Assistant – Introductory Mycology (PLP 148), UC Davis. 2002 Instructor – Interdisciplinary Summer Field Course on Tropical Ecology and Sustainable

Agriculture in Panama (IAD162), UC Davis. 2002 Teaching Assistant – Advanced Mushroom Taxonomy (PLP 185), UC Davis. MEMBERSHIP, SERVICE, & COMMUNITY OUTREACH 2017–present u American Association for the Advancement of Science (member). 2013–present u Academic Editor, PLOS One 2001–present u Member of the Mycological Society of America 2013–present u Advisor for the UF Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL) macrofungi survey website: http://natl.ifas.ufl.edu/biota/fungi.php 2013–2014 u Member of the Florida Native Plant Society, Payne’s Prairie Chapter 2009–present u Education Committee, Mycological Society of America. 2000–present u National Center for Science Education. 2012–present u Member of the UF Natural Area Teaching Laboratory (NATL) advisory committee 2012–present u Biodiversity Committee, Mycological Society of America. 2012–present u Faculty Liason for the UF Plant Pathology Graduate Student Association 2009–2011 u Biology group leader for Forest View Elementary School (Durham, NC) 2009–2012 u Botanical Society of America (member).


SELECTED INVITED TALKS 2017 u The biology of a native North American truffle – the Pecan Truffle (Tuber lyonii).

University of Tennessee, Nov. 2017. 2016 u A Historical Perspective on Florida Fungi and the University of Florida Fungal

Herbarium. UF Department of Plant Pathology. October 2016. 2016 u Fungi – they are not just weird plants! Florida Native Plant Society, Payne’s Prairie

Chapter, Gainesville, Florida. April 2016. 2016 u Perspectives on the cultivation of a native North American truffle – the Pecan Truffle

(Tuber lyonii). Harvard University, Harvard Herbaria Seminar. April 2016 2016 u Updates on the Biology of the Pecan Truffle. Mycology Symposium at 2016 meeting

of Georgia Association of Plant Pathologists. Mar. 2016 (for layperson audience). 2016 u Fungal Biology for Gardeners. Alachua County Master Gardeners Meeting. Mar.

2016 2016 u The Biology of Truffles. Science Café for the Florida Museum of Natural HIstory.

Feb. 2016 (for layperson audience). 2016 u Ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Guiana Shield: A molecular perspective.

Florida Museum of Natural HIstory. Jan. 2016 2015 u Perspectives on the cultivation of a native North American truffle – the Pecan Truffle

(Tuber lyonii). Purdue University, Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology. Oct. 2015 2015 u Molecular ecology of ectomycorrhizal Pezizales (Ascomycota). Universidad Nacional

del Comahue Bariloche, Argentina. (Mini-symposium on Ectomycorrhizal fungi in southern South America).

2015 u Ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Guiana Shield: A molecular perspective.

1. Clemson University, Plant Pathology Seminar (Clemson, SC). March 2015. 2. South Carolina Upstate Mycological Club (Clemson, SC). March 2015. 3. Mushroom Club of Georgia (Atlanta, GA). March 2015.

2015 u What’s Growing? Fungi in Florida’s Urban Landscapes. 2015 Jacksonville

Landscape Show, Jacksonville FL, USA (Seminar sponsored by the Florida Nursery, Growers, and Landscape Association - FNGLA)

2015 u Perspectives on the cultivation of a native North American truffle – the Pecan Truffle

(Tuber lyonii). 2015 Oregon Truffle Festival, Eugene, OR, USA (Truffle Grower’s Forum)


2014 u Ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Guiana Shield: A molecular perspective. 2014 Latin American Mycological Society Meeting, Medelin, Colombia (Symposium: Ectomycorrhizal of Neotropical Habitats)

2014 u Molecular ecology of ectomycorrhizal Pezizales (Ascomycota). 2014 Latin American

Mycological Society Meeting, Medelin, Colombia (Symposium: Systematics of Ascomycota)

2014 u Ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Guiana Shield: A molecular perspective.

1. California State University at Humboldt, Dept. of Biology. February 2014. 2. Middle Tennessee State University, Dept. of Biology. October 2014. 3. Gulf States Mycological Winter Foray. December 2014.

2013 u Exploring the ecology and biogeography of ectomycorrhizal fungi in legume-dominated forests of Guyana. 1. University of Arkansas, Dept of Biology. September 2013. 2. UF Ft. Lauderdale Research and Extension Center. September 2013.

2013 u The Biology of Truffle Fungi and our local gem, the Pecan Truffle. Florida Native

Plant Society, Payne’s Prairie Chapter, Gainesville, Florida. March 2013. 2013 u Fungus Among Us – Knowing the diversity and ecology of fungi. Invited presentation

for the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Science Café lecture series. Gainesville FL. Jan. 2013.

2012 u Metagenomics in fungal community ecology – combining new and old technologies to

maximize our understanding of complex fungal communities. 2012 meeting of the American Phytopathology Society (APS) – invited speaker for special session “Exploring the Micropolis: Sampling, Identifying, and Analyzing the Diversity of Microbial Communities”

2012 u Ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi of the Guiana Shield.

1. Louisiana State University, Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology. March 2012 2. University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation. April 2012 3. University of Florida, Tropical Research and Extension Center. May 2012 4. University of Georgia, Dept of Plant Pathology. Oct 2012

2012 u Fungi toxic or pathogenic to animals. University of Florida Veterinary Pathology

group 2010 u Boletes in the rainforest? Ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi of the Guiana Shield.

Annual Lecture for Friends of the Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University 2009, 2010 u Life on roots and in soil – Fungal evolution and ecology below ground. City College of

New York, Clark University, Kunming Institute of Botany, (China), Willamette University, University of Florida.

2009, 2010 u Tuberculate ectomycorrhizae of angiosperms – ecological and evolutionary

implications. Harvard University Herbaria, UNC Asheville.


2008 u Hypogeous fungi of California's oak woodlands. North American Truffling Society (Corvallis, OR)

2006, 2007 u Diversity and spatiotemporal dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungi with Quercus douglasii

in xeric California woodlands. Harvard University, CSU Chico, UC Riverside, Duke University, University of Arizona.

2005 u Phylogenetic and functional diversity in the Boletales. Davis Mycological Society. 2002, 2003 u Disease dynamics of Armillaria root disease in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco Mycological Society, Sonoma Mycological Association. 2000 u Diversity and seasonality of understory Lepidopteran herbivores of Barro Colorado

Island. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama). 1999 u Armillaria root disease in California vineyards. University of California Extension –

Grape Growers Forum (Santa Maria, CA). SELECTED PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2016 u Guyanagarika, a new ectomycorrhizal genus in the Agaricales from the Neotropics.

2016 Mycologica Society of America. (Sánchez-García & Smith et al., Poster presentation by M. Sánchez-García).

2016 u Phylogenetic systematics of Syncephalis, a genus of ubiquitous mycoparasites. 2016

Mycologica Society of America. (Lazarus & Smith et al., Oral presentation by K. Lazarus).

2016 u Two of the most common mycorrhizal symbionts of pecan (Carya illinoinensis) are

undescribed Tuber species. 2016 Mycologica Society of America. (Grupe & Smith et al., Poster by AC Grupe).

2016 u A preliminary molecular view of the mycoparasite genus Piptocephalis

(Zoopaginomycotina). 2016 Mycologica Society of America. (Reynolds & Smith et al., poster presentation by N. Reynolds).

2016 u The phylogeny and trophic mode of Trappeindia himalayensis. Annual Meeting of the

Mycologica Society of America. (Mujic & Smith et al, poster presentation by M. E. Smith).

2016 u A new sequestrate Amanita species from Nothofagus forests in Patagonia. 2016

Mycologica Society of America. (Truong & Smith et al, poster presentation by M. E. Smith).

2016 u Ectomycorrhizal community dynamics of Pinaceae invasions in Patagonian

Nothofagus forests. 2016 Mycologica Society of America. (Mujic & Smith et al, poster presentation by A. Mujic).


2016 u Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and soil enzymes across elevation gradients in Nothofagus pumilio forest. 2016 Mycologica Society of America. (Truong & Smith et al, oral presentation by C. Truong).

2016 u Are sequestrate taxa evolutionary dead-ends? Assessing evolution and diversification

of sequestrate Cortinarius. 2016 Mycologica Society of America. (Harrower et al., Oral presentation by E. Harrower).

2016 u Global Diversity of Gyroporus (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Boletales). 2016

Mycologica Society of America. (Davoodian et al., Oral presentation by N. Davoodian). 2016 u A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-

scale data. 2016 Mycologica Society of America. (Spatafora et al., Oral presentation by J. Spatafora).

2016 u You can't hide your lichenize: Infidelity in the Leptogium cyanescens species complex

and its associated Nostoc. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America. (Kaminsky B, Smith ME, McDaniel S., Oral presentation by Kaminsky B).

2016 u Genotypic diversity of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum at a soil

core scale. Annual Meeting of the Japanese Forest Society. (Obase K & Smith ME et al.; poster presentation by Obase K).

2016 u How do ectomycorrhizal fungi and soil enzymes respond to altitude in Nothofagus

pumilio forest? VIIII Southern Connection Congress, Punta Arenas, Chile, Jan. 2016 (Truong C & Smith ME et al.; oral presentation by C. Truong).

2016 u New mycorrhizal species of “truffle-like” Amanita (Basidiomycota) associated with

Nothofagus. VIIII Southern Connection Congress, Punta Arenas, Chile, Jan. 2016 (Kaplan Z, Truong C, Kuhar F, Smith ME; poster presentation by C. Truong).

2016 u Phylogenetic placement of Octaviania purpurea. University of Florida’s Student

Science Training Program (SSTP) (Kristol, Mujic, and Smith - Poster and Oral Presentation by Jason Kristol).

2015 u Elucidating biological complexity in pecan truffles (Tuber lyonii) and managed orchards

of Pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) in the Southeastern USA 2015 International Conference on Mycorrhizas (ICOM8). Flagstaff, AZ, USA

2015 u Cladophialophora floridana and Cladophialophora tortuosa, novel species growing

within sclerotia of Cenococcum geophilum in forest soils of Florida, USA. 2015 Mycological Society of Japan. (Obase K, Douhan G, Matsuda Y, Smith ME; poster presentation by K. Obase).

2015 u Phylogenomics of zygomycete fungi: impacts on a phylogenetic classification of

Kingdom Fungi. 2015 Mycological Society of America. (Spatafora JW, Stajich JE, Benny GL, Berbee M, Bonito GM, Corradi N, Grigoriev IV, Gryganskyi A, James TY, Kuo A, Lazarus K, O'Donnell K, Roberson RW, Smith ME, Taylor TN, Uehling J, Vilgalys R, White MM; oral presentation by J. Spatafora).


2015 u Anamorph-teleomorph connections in the Pezizales: new knowledge, old names, and modern concept. The Second International Workshop on Ascomycete Systematics. Amsterdam, Netherlands (Healy R, Pfister D, Smith ME, Bonito G; oral presentation by R. Healy).

2014 u Molecular systematics of the Tuber lyonii species complex. 2014 Mycological

Society of America. (Reitman & Smith, et al., poster presentation). 2014 u Systematics and ecology of Syncephalis, a genus of ubiquitous mycoparasites. 2014

Mycological Society of America. (Lazarus, Smith & Benny, poster presentation). 2014 u Culturable fungal biota growing on Cenococcum sclerotia in forest soil. 2014

Mycological Society of America (Obase & Smith, et al., poster presentation). 2014 u Exploring the phylogenetic affiliations and the trophic mode of Sedecula pulvinata

(Sedeculaceae). 2014 Mycological Society of America (Trappe, Smith & Hobbie, poster presentation).

2014 u How many fungi make sclerotia? 2014 Mycological Society of America (Smith,

Henkel, & Rollin, poster presentation). 2014 u Sarcodon in the Neotropics: new species from Guyana, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and

Belize). 2014 Latin American Mycological Society Meeting, Medelin, Colombia. (Grupe & Smith, et al., poster).

2013 u Unique phylogenetic position of an African sequestrate fungus, Octaviania ivoryana,

within Boletaceae (Boletales, Agaricomycotina) (Orihara & Smith, oral presentation). 2013 Asian Mycological Congress.

2013 u High diversity and widespread occurrence of asexual states in ectomycorrhizal

Pezizales (Smith et al., oral presentation). 2013 Global Truffleculture Meeting in Teruel, Spain. March 2013.

2013 u Pecan truffles: cultivating a new commodity (Smith et al., Poster). 2013 Global

Truffleculture Meeting in Teruel, Spain. March 2013. 2013 u Phylogeography and diversification of the Tuberaceae & their Southern Hemisphere

lineage (Bonito & Smith et al., poster) 2013 Global Truffleculture Meeting in Teruel, Spain. March 2013.

2013 u Molecular and morphological diversity of the ectomycorrhizal fungal genus Clavulina

from the Guiana Shield region (Uehling & Smith et al., Poster) 2013 International Biogeography Society

2013 u Pecan truffles: cultivating a new commodity (Brenneman & Smith et al., Poster). 2013

Southern Division meeting of the American Phytopathology Society (APS) 2012 u Ectomycorrhizal fungal community in a forest dominated by the Neotropical

dipterocarp, Pakaraimea dipterocarpaceae. (Smith et al., presented by Henkel) 2012 Mycological Society of America


2012 u Phylogeography and diversification of the Tuberaceae & their Southern Hemisphere lineage (Bonito & Smith et al., poster) 2012 Mycological Society of America

2012 u Molecular Phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota. (Gryganski et al., poster) 2012

Mycological Society of America 2012 u Ectomycorrhizal ascomycetes from the Guiana Shield: Elaphomyces and

Pseudotulostoma revisited. (oral presentation by T. Henkel) 2012 Mycological Society of America

2012 u What is a cup fungus doing hanging from a truffle tree? The case of the

/pachyphloeus-scabropezia lineage (poster with R. Healy et al.) 2012 Mycological Society of America

2012 u Membranomyces species are common ectomycorrhizal symbionts on a wide range of

hosts in Northern Hemisphere forests. (poster with J. Uehling et al.) 2012 Mycological Society of America

2011 u Do different “microhabitats” on Dicymbe corymbosa (Fabaceae) trees harbor distinct

communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi? (oral presentation by T. Henkel) 7th Latin American Mycological Congress, July 2011.

2011 u Clonal and sexual dispersal of Armillaria mellea in an ornamental landscape (oral

presentation by R. Travadon) 2011 American Phytopathological Society (APS)-International Plant Protection Congress (IPPC) Joint Meeting

2011 u Molecular phylogeny of Leccinum-related sequestrate fungi (Boletaceae) and

variability of minisatellite-like insertions within the rDNA ITS region (with T. Orihara) Asian Mycological Congress (Incheon, Korea).

2010 u Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and community structure on three co-occurring

leguminous tree species in the Guiana Shield (poster) 9th International Mycological Congress (Edinburgh, Scotland).

2010 u Sequestrate ectomycorrhizal fungi from Dicymbe forests of the Guiana Shield (poster) Mycological Society of America.

2010 u Phylogenetic analysis of the truffle genus Hydnocystis including a new species from

Minnesota (with R. Healy) Mycological Society of America. 2010 u Truffles of the Nothofagus forests of Chile and Argentina. (oral presentation) VI

Southern Connection Congress (Bariloche, Argentina) (poster) Joint meeting of Mycological Society of America & Botanical Society of America.

2009 u Otidea subterranea: Otidea goes below ground. (poster) Joint meeting of

Mycological Society of America & Botanical Society of America. 2009 u Boletaceae of the Central Guiana Shield. (poster) Joint meeting of Mycological

Society of America & Botanical Society of America.


2008 u Tuberculate ectomycorrhizae – not just for conifers anymore. (oral presentation) Mycological Society of America.

2006 u Persistence and stability of ECM fungal community structure on roots of Quercus. (oral

presentation) Joint meeting of Mycological Society of America and American Phytopathology Society.

2006 u Genea, Genabea and Gilkeya gen. nov.: Ascomata and ECM formation in a Quercus

woodland. (poster) Joint meeting of Mycological Society of America and American Phytopathology Society.

2005 u Dismantling the disconnect between ECM fungal fruiting bodies and root tips –

inconspicuous taxa are dominant and diverse in an oak woodland. (oral presentation) Mycological Society of America.

2003 u Testing rDNA primers for detection of EM fungi on roots of Quercus douglasii: Do

different primers reveal different species? (poster) Fourth International Conference of Mycorrhiza (Montreal, Canada).

SELECTED GUEST LECTURES FOR ACADEMIC COURSES 2011 u Introduction to population genetics and the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium principle [for

undergraduate Evolution course]. University of the Pacific (Stockton, California). 2010 u Lectures on Symbioses and Industrial and Food Microbiology (BIO103). Duke

University. 2010 u Overview of phylogenetic and ecological diversity in the ascomycete fungi (BIO220L).

Duke University. 2010 u Biogeography and ecology of ectomycorrhizal Fungi in the Americas. Microbial

Ecology and Evolution (BIO211L). Duke University. 2007,2008 u Environmental sampling of microbes – connections between genes and species.

Biology of Fungi (OEB 54). Harvard University. 2007 u Biology and ecology of nematode-destroying fungi. Advanced Mycology (PLP 220).

UC Riverside. 2006, 2007 u Fungal Symbioses: Lichens and Mycorrhizal Fungi. Mushrooms, Molds, and Society

(SAS30). UC Davis. 2005 u Using molecular tools to detect fungal diversity. Mycorrhizal Symbioses (SS209). UC

Davis. 2005 u Molecular Phylogenetics of fungi. Fungal Biochemistry and Biotechnology (PLP 130).

UC Davis.


STUDENT AND POSTDOCTORAL MENTORING General mentoring: 2004-2007 Melissa Morris (UC Davis, PhD) – ECM ecology in oak woodlands 2006 Karyn Huryn (UC Davis, BS) – spatial dynamics of Armillaria 2007 Andrea Westbrooke (UC Davis, BS) – phylogeny of Claviceps 2007 Carlos Guitierrez (UC Davis, BS) – ecology of ECM fungi on seedlings 2009 Meagan Hynes (UC Davis, PhD) – molecular ecology of hyphae in soil 2008-2011 Roseanne Healy (U Minn, PhD) – ecology of asexual reproduction in Pezizales 2010 Katherine Stafford (Duke, high school intern) – ecology of ECM Pezizales 2010-2012 Jessie Uehling (HSU, MS) – molecular systematics of Clavulina [Jessie’s “Molecular Bootcamp” video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x35AQwcvvjc] 2012 Karlee Schell (UF SSTP internship) – phylogeny of Fevansia aurantiaca 2012 Eddie Yee (UF, undergrad intern) – molecular ID of fungal veterinary diseases 2013 Natasha Rosenbach (high school intern) – Molecular studies of Syncephalis 2013-2015 Zach Kaplan (UF, undergrad intern) – Molecular phylogenetics of truffle fungi 2014 Kristy Kim (UF SSTP internship) – phylogeny of Trappeindia 2014 Arthur Grupe (HSU, MS) – molecular systematics of Sarcodon 2014 Galileo Zen (high school intern) – Syncephalis systematics, herbarium 2016 Jason Kristol (UF SSTP internship) – Systematics of Octaviania purpurea 2016 Gabriel Somarriba (UF undergraduate) – Biology of Septobasidium DPM committee member for: 2013 Lisbeth Espinosa Lizano (UF, DPM student) – DPM student committee 2013 Nicole Casuso (UF, DPM student) – DPM student committee 2014 Daniel Mancero-Castillo (UF, DPM student) – DPM student committee 2014 Morgan Conn (UF, DPM student) – DPM student committee MS committee member for: 2012-2013 Sonja Mullerin (UF Forestry) – Diplodia corticola host range studies 2012-2013 Craig Bateman (UF Forestry) – fungi of the ambrosia beetle symbiosis 2013-2015 Maxwell Reitman (UF PLP) – Systematics and Ecology of Tuber lyonii 2013-2015 Prasert Stavornvisit (UF PLP) – committee member 2013-2016 Barry Kaminsky (UF Biology) – Leptogium symbioses and populations 2013-2016 Katy Lazarus (UF PLP) – Systematics and ecology of zygomycetes 2014-2016 Claudia Paez (UF Forestry) – ecology of Diplodia pinea PhD committee member for: 2011-2014 Alina Campbell (UF PLP) – Laurel Wilt in Florida Ambrosia Beetles 2012-2016 Andy Crowl (UF Biology) – Evolution and Biogeography of Campanulaceae 2012-2017 Iwan Molgo (UF Biology) – Systematics of Callisia 2014 Patricia Soria (UF PLP) – Biology of Sclerotium rolfsii 2015 Arthur Grupe (UF PLP) – Systematics and Ecology of Tuber lyonii 2016 Nicole Reynolds (UF PLP) – Biology of mycoparasitic Zoopagaes 2015 Manal Aboajela (UF Food Science) – Aflatoxin treatment with pulsed light 2016 Andrew Lloyd (UF PLP) – Systematics and Ecology of Ganoderma in Florida


2016 Andre Naranjo (UF Biology) – Evolution of Narrow Endemics for Conservation Postdoctoral Advisor for: 2012-2013 Zaiwei Ge (UF PLP, Postdoc) – ECM fungal communities of pecans 2013-2015 Keisuke Obase (UF PLP, Postdoc) – Cenococcum geophilum biology 2015-present Camille Truong (UF PLP, Postdoc) – Nothofagus ectomycorrhizal fungi 2015-present Alija Mujic (UF PLP, Postdoc) – Nothofagus ectomycorrhizal fungi 2015-2016 Rosanne Healy (UF PLP, Postdoc) – truffle systematics 2016-present Adriana Corrales (UF PLP, Postdoc) – Ectomycorrhizas in Juglandaceae INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015–2017 u Annual UF Fungi Expedition – Chile and Argentina 2012 u UF, Harvard, CONICET and Harvard Fungi Expedition – Chile and Argentina 2010 u Ectomycorrhizal Fungi of Keteleeria (Pinaceae) – Yunnan, China. 2009, 2010 u Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in the Guiana Shield – Guyana. 2008 u Harvard University Fungi Expedition – Chile. 2007 u Duke University Truffle Expedition – Mexico. 2002 u UC Davis Interdisciplinary Field Course – Panama. 1999–2000 u Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute – Panama. 1998 u Proyecto Jaguar Cariblanco Research Project – Costa Rica. PEER REVIEWS – JOURNALS & FUNDING AGENCIES (LAST 5 YEARS) National Science Foundation (Biotic Surveys and Inventories Panel) National Geographic Society (Research and Exploration Committee) American Journal of Botany Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology) Applied and Environmental Microbiology Biological Control Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Letters Darwinia European Journal of Plant Pathology Evolutionary Bioinformatics Fungal Biology Fungal Ecology HortTechnology International Journal of Wildland Fire


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