LIU Peigui, Professor of Mycology and leader to the Research Group of Systematics & Resources of Higher & Marco-fungi. Major research interests include 1) Taxonomy, phylogenetics, evolution, and biogeography of selected genera or group of macro-higher fungi in China and adjacent regions, with especially emphasis on the Truffle (a genus Tuber (an ectomycorrhizal genus in the Pezizales (Ascomycota), Hypocrea, Hypocrealla (Ascomycota), Cantharellus, Matsutake-group, Suillus (Basidiomycota) etc.; 2) Population genetics and mycogeography of selected important fungi for ecological, conservational, evolutionary and economical significance, such as the Tuber indicum-complex, T.aestivum-conplex and so on; and 3) Investigation and confirming on the mycorrhizal combination of the truffles with their host plants, mycorrhizal synthesis and artificial mycorrhizal seedlings breeding, as well establishing the truffle plantation and sustainable utilization.

E-mail: pgliu@mail.kib.ac.cn