June 18, 2018: Several members of the research group (Carlos Lado, Arturo Estrada, Iván García-Cunchillos and Italo Treviño) have sampled the Andes of Peru, especially the headwaters of the river Marañón, searching for Myxomycetes. We are sure that among the many samples collected after two intense sampling weeks, new and surprising species are awaiting discovery.
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An article with exciting new data on biodiversity of myxomycetes has been just published!
January 12, 2015: “Myxomycete diversity of the Patagonian Steppe and bordering areas in Argentina” has just been published in the [...]
Members of our team participated in “Protist 2014”
August 3, 2014: “Protist 2014”, a joint meeting of the International Society of Protistologists (ISOP) and the International Society [...]
Myxomycetes on the slopes of Mount Huascarán, the highest mountain in the Tropics
June 13, 2014: The MYXOTROPIC research team has just returned from an expedition to Peru to collect and analyze samples [...]