Underground Explorers

Our project will contribute to map several under-sampled areas, ecosystems and habitats in Bulgaria, which are also major biodiversity hotspots and conservation sites within Europe. We will provide essential mycorrhizal biodiversity reference data points, while potentially identifying new mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots. The local impact will be tremendous as mycorrhizal research in Bulgaria is underdeveloped. We will establish new research directions and build state-of-the-art expertise, especially in molecular ecology.