Friday, April 17th at 6:30pm
Pier 57 Oyster Classroom
25 11th Avenue, NYC

Smuts, Mildews, and Leaf Spots: Fungal Plant Pathogens of New York City

Following his talk on rust fungi for the Mycoconsortium, Andrew returns to explore other charismatic groups of plant pathogens found across New York City. The city hosts a rich diversity of native and introduced plants, and with them comes a dazzling array of plant diseases, each with its own unique life cycle and history.

This lecture highlights major groups including smuts, false smuts, powdery mildews, downy mildews, ergots, Botrytis and Monilinia molds, parasitic Dothideomycetes, and more.

Andrew Cannon is an artist and amateur mycologist based in New York City. A member of the New York Mycological Society since 2015, he serves as the Society’s archivist. Since 2023, he has focused on researching the history and diversity of plant pathogenic fungi in North America, particularly rusts, smuts, and mildews.