A. Elizabeth Arnold

Assistant Professor; Curator, Gilbertson Mycological Herbarium

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Research Interests

I'm an evolutionary ecologist broadly interested in the evolution of plant-fungal symbioses. I use classic microbiological methods, ecological sampling techniques, molecular tools, and the robust framework of phylogenetic biology to understand fungal biodiversity, the ecological roles and evolutionary importance of cryptic microfungi, and the evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across the fungal tree of life. I am especially interested in tropical mycology, with a focus on fungal endophytes of tropical trees.

Selected Publications

Feldman TS, O'Brien HO, Arnold AE. May 2008. Moths that Vector a Plant Pathogen also Transport Endophytic Fungi and Mycoparasitic Antagonists. Microb Ecol,2008 May 20;

Hoffman M, Arnold AE. Mar 2008. Geographic locality and host identity shape fungal endophyte communities in cupressaceous trees. Mycol Res, 112:331-44

Kithsiri Wijeratne EM, Paranagama PA, Marron MT, Gunatilaka M, Arnold AE, Gunatilaka AAL. Feb 2008. Sesquiterpene quinones and related metabolites from Phyllosticta spinarum, a fungal strain endophytic in Platycladus orientalis of the Sonoran Desert. J Nat Prod, 71:218-22