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Rytas J. Vilgalys
Professor of Biology
Biology
fungi@duke.edu
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Room 346, Biological Sciences Building, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
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Awards & Honors
Distinguished Mycologist Award
National
Mycological Society of America
· 2014
American Academy of Microbiology Fellow
National
American Society for Microbiology
· 2012
AAAS Fellow
Scholarly Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
· 2003
MSA Fellows
National
Mycological Society of America
· 2002
Alexopoulos Prize
National
Mycological Society of America
· 1995
In the News
Published November 29, 2022
Rediscovering Connections to the Land ... And to Each Other
Published March 1, 2021
Slow-Growing Microbes Give Southern Peat a Carbon Storage Advantage
Published January 22, 2020
Fungal diversity and its relationship to the future of forests
Published August 6, 2014
Rainy, cloudy weather triggers a boom of mushrooms
Published December 1, 2011
NEW FUNGI NAMED AFTER DUKE BIOLOGY PROFESSOR
Published October 1, 2006
THE EVOLUTION OF OUR FUNGI RELATIVES
