Invasive species cause many problems, but are also tools to explore controls on the distributions of species. Biologists have a limited understanding of the impacts of mutualism and symbiosis on the establishment and spread of introduced species. We are exploring the interactions of symbiosis and invasion biology using the death cap mushroom Amanita phalloides as a model. Our work has also involved us in conservation, which is a rapidly developing focus for research with microbes. Our interdisciplinary approach to conservation aims to facilitate dialogue among the diverse stakeholders who care about fungi.

Vargas- Estupian N., S. Goncalves, A.E. Franco-Molano, S. Restrepo, A. Pringle. 2019. In Colombia the Eurasian fungus Amanita muscaria is expanding its range into native, tropical Quercus humboldtii forests. Mycologia 111:758-771.

Morrison, E.W., A. Pringle, L.T.A. van Diepen, A.S. Grandy, J.M. Melillo, S.D. Frey. 2019. Warming alters fungal communities and litter chemistry with implications for soil carbon stocks. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry 132:120-130.

Barron E.S., C. Sthultz, D. Hurley, A. Pringle. 2015. Names matter: Interdisciplinary research on taxonomy and nomenclature for ecosystem management. Progress in Physical Geography 39: 640-660.

Wolfe BE, A Pringle. 2011. Geographically structured host specificity is caused by the range expansions and host shifts of a symbiotic fungus. The ISME Journal 4:745-755 [download]

Pringle A, E Barron, K Sartor and J Wares. 2011. Fungi and the Anthropocene: Biodiversity discovery in an epoch of loss. Fungal Ecology 2: 121-123
[download | link to TOC for Fungal Ecology special issue on fungal conservation]

Pringle A., R.I. Adams, H.B. Cross, T.D. Bruns. 2009. The ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita phalloides was introduced and is expanding its range on the West Coast of North America. Molecular Ecology 18:817-833.

Vellinga E.C., B.E. Wolfe, A. Pringle. 2009. Global patterns of ectomycorrhizal introductions. New Phytologist. 181:960-973.[download]

Pringle, A, EC Vellinga. 2006. Last chance to know? Using literature to explore the biogeography of and invasion biology of the death cap mushroom Amanita phalloides (Vaill. Ex Fr. :Fr) Link. Biological Invasions 8: 1131-1144 [download]