Sibling scientists and their dog hunt for Oregon’s hidden truffle biodiversity
BIOLOGY - College of Arts and Sciences biology PhD student Heather Dawson and her sister Hillary Dawson and dog Rye are cataloging some of Oregon's truffles, which may be affected by warming temperatures and the increasing magnitude of wildfire season. The team's catalog contains more than 50 genera, or broad categories, of truffles since he began searching in 2020. The sisters’ latest data, published in a 2024 paper in the journal Ecology and Evolution.