Pennsylvania Biological Survey

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Just out—a book by the PABS Mycological Technical Committee:

The Importance of Fungi

Mycological Technical Committee

Chair: Jerry Hassinger (Pennsylvania Game Commission, retired; PABS Past President)

Barbora Batokova (Carnegie Mellon University; Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club; author of Hunting Mushrooms: How to Safely Identify, Forage and Cook Wild Fungi, 2024)

Stephen Bucklin (Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy)

Alden Dirks, PhD (Philadelphia Mycology Club)

Hannah Huber (Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry)

Richard Jacob, PhD (Matrix Science;  Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club)

Marion Kyde, PhD (consultant; Delaware River Greenway Partnership)

Ashley Laman (self-employed educator)

Roger Latham, PhD (Continental Conservation; PABS Past President)

James Lendemer, PhD (New York State Museum)

Sarah Meiss, PhD (PennWest University, California)

Barrie Overton, PhD (Lock Haven University)

John Plischke III (recipient of prestigious awards within the mycological community)

Ella Serpell (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

Scott Stoleson, PhD (U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station, Irvine)

Garrett Taylor (Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club)

Dave Wasilewski (Luzerne County Community College, retired)

Pete Woods (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh)

Cooperator:

Greg Podniesinski, PhD (Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources)

Ex officio:

Rebecca Bowen (Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry)

Elizabeth Crisfield, PhD (ClearWater Conservancy; PABS President)

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