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Micology, Phylogeny
Colombia

Biography

Biologist. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Master in Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Pampa. Professor at the Universidad de Cundinamarca. Experience in ethnomycology, taxonomy and molecular phylogenetic studies of Basidiomycetes. Participated in the development of research projects to carry out biodiversity inventories and document the use of wild edible mushrooms by rural communities in the department of Boyacá (Traditional uses).

Researcher, Line Uses and knowledge of fungi in the Northeastern Andes of the Research Group Biología para la Conservación – Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Active member of the Colombian Association of Micology (ASCOLMIC) and Coordinator of the Ethnomycology Node. Junior Researcher (IJ) recognized by the Ministerio de Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de Colombia (MINCIENCIAS).

Activities

Employment (3)

Universidad de Cundinamarca: Ubaté, Cundinamarca, CO

2023-04-21 to 2023-06-02 | Docente Ocasional Tiempo completo (Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Programa de Zootecnia )
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Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon

Universidad Santo Tomás: Chiquinquirá, Boyacá, CO

2023-03-11 to 2023-05-13 | Docente catedrático (Facultad de Ciencias Básicas)
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Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon

Universidad Santo Tomás: Chiquinquirá, Boyacá, CO

2022-09-09 to 2022-11-22 | Docente catedrático (Facultad de Ciencias Básicas)
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Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon

Education and qualifications (2)

Universidade Federal do Pampa: Sao Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, BR

2015-05-04 to 2017-05-17 | Magister en Ciencias Biológicas (Programa de Postgraduación en Ciencias Biológicas)
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Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon

Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia: Tunja, Boyacá, CO

2007-06-01 to 2012-06-12 | Biólogo (Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela de Biología)
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Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon

Professional activities (2)

Grupo de Investigación Biología para la Conservación: Tunja, Boyacá, CO

Investigador Asociado (Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Escuela de Biología)
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Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon

Asociación Colombiana de Micología : Bogotá, D.C., Bogotá, D.C., CO

Nuevo socio
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Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon

Works (9)

Antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of water‐soluble crude polysaccharides from two edible mushroom species of Ramaria

ChemistrySelect
2024-02-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Tatiana Muñoz‐Castiblanco; Lucía Santa Maria de la Parra; Rocio Peña‐Cañón; Kelly Muñoz‐Losada; Juan Camilo Mejía‐Giraldo; Ignacio E. León; Miguel Ángel Puertas‐Mejía
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Importancia Cultural de Hongos Silvestres Comestibles en cuatro municipios de Boyacá (Colombia).

Ciencia en Desarrollo
2023-07-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañón; Yeina Milena Niño Fernandez; Luis Enao Mejía
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Anticancer and Antioxidant Activity of Water-Soluble Polysaccharides from Ganoderma aff. australe against Human Osteosarcoma Cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022-11-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Tatiana Muñoz-Castiblanco; Lucía Santa Maria de la Parra; Rocio Peña-Cañón; Juan Mejía-Giraldo; Ignacio León; Miguel Puertas-Mejía
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EFECTO DE BORDE EN LA DIVERSIDAD Y COLONIZACIÓN DE ECTOMICORRIZAS DE Quercus humboldtii (FAGACEAE) EN ARCABUCO- BOYACÁ-COLOMBIA

Acta Biológica Colombiana
2022-03-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Catalina Blanco Vargas; Natalia Vargas Estupiñán; Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañón
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Madre Monte Natural Conservation Area in the Colombian Andes as Model for Preservation of Fungi in Quercus humboldtii Forests

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Jair Putzke; Luis Guillermo Henao Mejía; Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañón; Yeina Milena Niño Fernández; Teodoro Chivatá Bedoya
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New citations to the agaricobiota (Fungi - Basidiomycota) in oak forests of the Northeastern Andes of Colombia

Hoehnea
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Jair Putzke; Luis Guillermo Henao Mejía; Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañón; Yeina Milena Niño Fernández; Teodoro Chivatá Bedoya
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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Three Endolichenic Isolates of <i>Xylaria</i> (Xylariaceae), from <i>Cladonia curta</i> Ahti & Marcelli (Cladoniaceae)

Plants
2019-10 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon; Margeli Pereira de Albuquerque; Rodrigo Paidano Alves; Antonio Batista Pereira; Filipe Victoria
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First Record of Juncaceicola as Endophytic Fungi Associated with Deschampsia antarctica Desv.

Diversity
2018-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Guilherme De Andrade; Ehidy Cañón; Rodrigo Alves; Daniela Schmitz; Adriano Schünemann; Margéli De Albuquerque; Jair Putzke; Antônio Pereira; Filipe De Carvalho Victoria
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Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Chloroplast and Mitochondria Genomes from the Antarctic Polytrichaceae Species Polytrichum juniperinum and Polytrichum strictum

Diversity
2018-08-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Karine Elise Janner De Freitas; Geferson Fernando Metz; Ehidy Rocio Peña Cañon; Luiz Fernando Wurdig Roesch; Antonio Batista Pereira; Filipe Carvalho Victoria
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