Dr. Merlin White joined the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at Boise State University in 2007 after earning a Ph.D. in Botany (Mycology) from the University of Kansas. Dr. White's research aims to understand the unique association of obligate endosymbionts (“gut fungi”), which can be found worldwide, attached variously to the digestive tract of their (non-predaceous) arthropod hosts. His research has taken him throughout the United States and Canada, and as far afield as Mexico and Norway.
Articles
A New Species of Ephemerellomyces from North America Highlights Its Morphological Plasticity and Possible Intergeneric Similarities with Other Harpellales (with Prasanna Kandel), Fungal Biology (2012)
During routine bioprospecting efforts in southern Idaho, we recovered a new species, Ephemerellomyces kandelii from...
Extended Studies of Baltomyces Styrax in Idaho and Expanded Distribution of This Isopod Gut Fungus in the USA (with Sarah J. Oman), Mycologia (2012)
Trichomycetes or gut fungi are currently considered to be an ecological group consisting of...
New Species and First Records of Trichomycetes from Immature Aquatic Insects in Idaho (with Molly E. Bench), Mycologia (2012)
Trichomycetes, or gut fungi, are currently recognized as an ecological group of fungi and...
Klastostachys, a New Genus of Harpellales in Chironomidae Larvae (with Robert W. Lichtwardt and Marvin C. Williams), Mycologia (2011)
Klastostachys reflexa, a new genus and species combination in the Harpellales, is established herein based...
Typification of Smittium, an Important Genus in the Taxonomy of Harpellales (with Robert W. Lichtwardt), Mycologia (2011)
The Harpellales genus Smittium is based on a type species, S. arvernense, which was described...
Books
The Trichomycetes: Fungal Associates of Arthropods (with Robert W. Lichtwardt and Matías J. Cafaro) (2001)
Contributions to Books
Freshwater Trichomycetes and Their Arthropod Hosts (with R. W. Lichtwardt and M. J. Cafaro), Freshwater Mycology (2003)
Freshwater fungi are diverse in numbers, taxonomic groups and ecological roles, but they have been...
Taxonomy and Systematics of Trichomycetes – Past, Present, and Future (with Matias J. Cafaro and Alexandra M. Gottlieb), Trichomycetes and Other Fungal Groups: Robert W. Lichtwardt Commemoration Volume (2001)
The book has been divided into two parts. Part I comprises review chapters on trichomycetes...