Dr. Rachel Koch

I am a 👩🏼‍🔬! I study 🍄 using 🧫and 🧬. Reach out to me! She/her/hers

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

@dhaelewa @FerencBathori @MyrmTeam @SciReports This looks so cool! I can’t wait to take a read!!!!

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

I’m happy to announce new work with @numberthree on the putative mycoparasitic interaction between Armillaria and Entoloma abortivum that was just published in mSystems! Thank you @BenLemmond for providing the best photos of this system I’ve ever seen!

[Josh Herr @number_three]

I neglected to announce that our study on #mushrooms that parasitize other mushrooms is out in @mSystemsJ. I've wanted to study this particular interaction for over 20 years and I was so happy @guyanagaster was on board! https://t.co/PYwBVPfN3z

[Truffle Smith Lab @TruffleSmithLAB]

Hello Mycophiles, our lab is looking for samples of Marasmius vagus. Spread the word!

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

Really really nice work!!! 🍄🍄🍄 the updated framework for thinking about these issues is really valuable!

[Lotus Lofgren @LotusLofgren]

Excited to be a part of this great collection of reviews for the @CurrentBiology special issue on biodiversity along with mentor @hyphaltip: “Fungal biodiversity and conservation mycology in light of new technology, big data, and changing attitudes”

https://t.co/MpMMas7gll

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

Congratulations @karlsenayala on your first first-author paper!!! And I’m so excited for all of the work yet to come from your PhD!!!

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Extremely proud of Elena @karlsenayala for publishing her first first-author article in which she describes a new genus and species of 🍄#fungi #truffle! Excited that the specimens were collected through the Plant Clinic👏! @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @MSAStudents @TruffleSmithLAB

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

Awwwww ⁦@BlaiseJumbam⁩! You have no idea how this brightened my day to see your smile and read your story!!! Great piece!!!! Check it out everyone and see the important work he’s doing!!! 😁😁😁 https://t.co/OwI25SNzBn

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

@FungaLoyd @FungalDreamTeam YES! That would be awesome! Yay, thank you for remembering! If there are either mushrooms, those would be neat too!

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

Hey #mycofam! I am working on a project regarding the #mycoparasite Entoloma abortivum. Does anyone have an photos where the entoloma and armillaria mushrooms, as well as the carpophoroids, are all together that you’d be willing to share? I will be so thankful for any assistance!

[Elena Karlsen-Ayala @karlsenayala]

Super excited for Rachel's talk today titled "Fungal symbiosis in the tropics: understanding how interactions with plants, birds, and termites shape the evolution and diversity of fungi" 🍄🌳 @guyanagaster @UFTropical @UFPlantPath

[Norio Takeshita @NTfungalcell]

Fungi Olympic

Let's find hope.
#Olympics2021

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

Very deserving!!!! Bravo @BlaiseJumbam!!! #MSA2021 Aime Lab cleaning up!!! But seriously, great job 👏🏻!!!

[Blaise Jumbam, Ph.D. @BlaiseJumbam]

And this landed me the Best Graduate Student Poster Award @MSA2021 @BSA2021 conference. Many thanks to all who contributed to this accomplishment that fits well with the Best Teacher's Award that my advisor received at the same event. AimeLaber forever.

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

My Baby Ruth!!!

[Graciela Godoy-Lutz @GodoyLutz]

Miss Ruthie is so cute and sweet......with a quintessential Corgi behind......@dogcelebration @fourmeows @Maggarooo @AntonChanels @SjCattledog

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

Yes! What a great way to kick off #MSA2021! Thank you to all of our speakers!!!

[Allison Walker @FungalDreamTeam]

Great talks in #MSA2021 Mycology: Ecology & Conservation session today #Botany2021 @ScienceIsMetal @annabazzicalupo @guyanagaster @sigridjakob Greg Mueller, Cedric Muniania, Hannah Dea, Marcos Sepulveda @MSAFungi @MSAStudents @FungalDivSurvey

[Archie Lab @ArchieLab]

Using over 16,000 fecal samples 🐵, we found microbiome heritability is widespread in the @AmboseliBaboons. These longitudinal data may explain why heritability is more pervasive in baboons than in humans.

Check out our latest work in @ScienceMagazine: https://t.co/chmvmDrAaV

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

@kasson_wvu @NickRajtar @forestmycology @FungiwithBengi @retronek @wvudavis @beetle_mom @HosannaDB @lovettbr @FungaLoyd Cool!!! I’m so excited! I think this is such a cool symbiosis!

[Laszlo G. Nagy @laszlognagy]

What a lifestyle among mushroom-forming fungi! Congrats @guyanagaster Cathie Aime et al.

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

@kasson_wvu @NickRajtar @forestmycology @FungiwithBengi @retronek @wvudavis @beetle_mom @HosannaDB @lovettbr @FungaLoyd A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Thank you for checking! If you need a home for that collection or want to do some follow up on that Armillaria species let me know! I’d be happy to help! Too cool!

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

@kasson_wvu @NickRajtar @forestmycology @FungiwithBengi @retronek @wvudavis @beetle_mom @HosannaDB @lovettbr @FungaLoyd COOL!!!! Armillaria hyphae live inside the sclerotia! In a study on that interaction in FUSE in 2019, it looks like the Armillaria with a Wynnea collection from WV represents a new species, so could be fun to further investigate!

[Tatsuya Nobori @nobolly]

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the reproductive structures of a basidiomycete fungus | Current Biol https://t.co/ZQx6Xd3HOI

[Josh Herr @number_three]

Excited to announce that @guyanagaster's newest paper on Guyanagaster is out today in @CurrentBiology https://t.co/ClJ89E2wYl

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

@adamd_gerard Thank you!!! 😊 I hope you’re doing well…. I miss seeing you around!!!

[Dr. Rachel Koch @guyanagaster]

So so excited that my paper on the biology of #Guyanagaster is finally published. https://t.co/jPXGkp0bnW We show that this fungus harbors active nitrogen-fixing bacteria within its sporocarps, which results in an increased nitrogen content of its tissues.