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The International Collection of (Vesicular) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
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INVAM Curator and Director of Operation

  • James Bever, Peggy Schultz

Associate Curators

  • Terra Lubin and Elizabeth Koziol 

 

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  • Kansas Biological Survey

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  • Division of Biological Infrastructure, National Science Foundation
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