Photo: Curator, Julian Miller Mycological Herbarium Contact Info DeborahJean.Lodge@uga.edu Dr. Lodge gathers data on fungal phylogeny that can be applied to biogeography to gain a better understanding of their relatedness to other species, whether related species share similar ecological roles, and how fungi (including invasive species and pathogens) spread and evolve.She is always looking for new or emerging forest disease problems caused by fungi. She is also interested in the fate of soil carbon derived from different fungal decomposition processes (how much is lost to the atmosphere as CO2 or stored, the form, and the function/value to forest productivity), especially in light of their responses to regional and global change. Other Affiliations: Department of Plant Biology Education Education: Ph.D. Botany/Ecology, North Carolina State University, 1985 Research Research Interests: Areas of expertise: fungal ecology, nutrient cycling, forest pathology, beneficial fungal symbionts, fungal biogeography, macrofungal evolution, systematics of Hygrophoraceae & Mycenaceae, infectious plant disease ecology Selected Publications Selected Publications: Bibbo, S, Lodge, DJ. 2022. A preconditioning paradox: contrasting effects of initial phyllosphere and early leaf decomposer microfungi on subsequent colonization by leaf decomposing non‐unit‐restricted Basidiomycetes. J. Fungi 2022, 8, 903. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8090903. Lodge DJ, Van Beusekom AE, González G, Sánchez‐Julia M, Stankavich S. 2022. Disturbance reduces fungal white-rot litter mat cover in a wet subtropical forest. Ecosphere 13: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3936 Koch RA, Jean Lodge D, Sourell S, Nakasone K, McCoy AG, Catherine Aime. 2018. Tying up loose threads: revised taxonomy and phylogeny of an avian-dispersed Neotropical rhizomorph-forming fungus. Mycological Progress 17(9):989-998 Sep 2018. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-018-1411-8. Lodge, D.J, Winter, D., González, G., Clum, N. 2016. Effects of hurricane-felled tree trunks on soil carbon, nitrogen, microbial biomass, and root length in a wet tropical forest. Forests 7, 264. 10.3390/f7110264. Lodge D.J., Padamsee, M., Matheny, P.B., Aime, M.C., Cantrell, S.A., Boertmann, D., Kovalenko, A., Vizzini, A., Dentinger, B.T.M., Kirk, P.M., Ainsworth, A.M., Moncalvo, J.-M., Vilgalys, R., Larsson, E., Lücking, R., Griffith, G.W., Smith, M.E., Norvell, L.L., Desjardin, D.E., Redhead, S.A., Ovrebo, C.L., Lickey, E.B., Ercole, E., Hughes, K.W., Courtecuisse, R., Young, A., Binder, M., Minnis, A.M., Lindner, D.L., Ortiz-Santana, B., Haight, J., Læssøe, T., Baroni, T.J., Geml, J., Hattori, T. 2014. Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). Fungal Diversity 64:1-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13225-013-0259-0.
