Project:

Mushroom Phylogeny and the Ability of Mushrooms to Synthesize Glucose from Cellulose

Students:

Kaila Gagne, Devin D'Agostino

School:

Westhampton Beach HS, Suffolk

Mentors:

Frank Diehl

Abstract:

Through the use of photogenic trees we hope to isolate the ability of mushrooms to synthesize glucose to be used in cellulosic ethanol production.

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