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                            ​Research

  • Research how to remediate toxins in or around your home, business, or farm
  • Gather  statistically sound data on remediation practices
  • Share findings with stakeholders
Current and past research projects 
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"Mycorrhizal Banks to Enhance Vegetable Yield and Reduce Water Quality Impairment by Mitigating Excessive Soil Phosphorus."
Our second field season is starting soon. Homegrown inoculant is stored, soon to be gifted to Diggers' Mirth to apply it. Here is our recently released guide on how to grow endemic mycorrhizae! Phase 2 of testing the endemic inoculum vs commercial vs none in the field begins next moon! Read about our findings from year 1 here. And to read more about the study see this page.


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Mycorrhizally Enhanced Phytoremediation of Phosphorus (P) by Riparian Buffer Vegetation: a Mesocosm Study of Uptake and Leaching at UVM Greenhouse, 2021-2022.  We investigate phosphorus plant efficiency and leaching in mesocosms with two riparian species, Black Willow and Red Osier Dogwood (Salix niger, Cornus sericea) grown with and without mycorrhizae, in low and high phosphorus soil. Data includes leachate P, plant uptake P, Mehlich-3 P, microbial functional community, and mycorrhizal counts. Soil is from two organic farms at the Intervale (one high & one low in P​). Read more here  Read our peer reviewed published findings: Effects of mycorrhizae, plants, and soils on phosphorus leaching and plant uptake: Lessons learned from a mesocosm study   https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10263

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.Mycoremediation of Phosphorus in Agricultural Runoff Harnessing Mycorrhizal-Plant Associations  at Shelburne Farms. 2019-2023. This ecological restoration project aims to facilitate the recovery of a degraded riparian buffer between a farm and its watershed basin.  Listen to this Marvin Science recording about 3 years of data. 
Read more here on our peer reviewed published  data from the first two years of this study:  The effects of mycorrhizae on phosphorus mitigation & pollinator habitat restoration within riparian buffers on unceded land. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.13671     and here is more on another pate of our website.
​A Field trip will be offered in April via EagleHill NE Natural History Conference

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Colchester Mycoremediation Pilot Project (4/19-6/20)
This project aimed to remediate both E.coli and phosphorus from a degraded tributary through saprophytic mycofiltration of logs, socks, and riparian buffer plantings; comparing treatments with and without mycorrhizal fungi.

​THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED. FINAL REPORT IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
​Read more about the project here



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EPSCOR BREE: Mycoremediation Pilot for Watershed Restoration 2018 - 2019.
Objectives were to:
  • Assess how King/Queen Stropharia (Stropharia rugoso-annulata) fungi form mycelial mats.
  • Gather quantitative data to determine if Stropharia rugoso-annulata (SRA) mycelial mats reduce CFU’s of E. coli in dairy effluent slurry. 
  • Determine if mycelial mats of SRA affect nutrient cycling. 
A link to our research findings.
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We found:
- Stropharia rugoso-amnulata did reduce E.coli #'s
- Both direct contact with SRA mats & enzyme exudates reduced E. coli #s
- Mycelial mats potentially mineralize and release Phosphorus
- Mycelial mats were potential nursery sites for other microbes
More lab research is needed before we would apply them to local hot spots.

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