Our main research involves collecting, describing and photographing mushrooms (Agaricales, Russulales and Boletales) from western North America, with special emphasis on brown-spored ectomycorrhizal fungi and the genera Cortinarius and Inocybe. We are interested in documenting diversity and distribution of these interesting organisms and studying relationships below the genus level. Most of our research is on-going and long-term.
Taxonomy, ecology, distribution, and succession of macrofungi in conifer forests
Monographic studies of Cortinarius
Monographic studies of Inocybe
Agaric taxonomy and systematics, species diversity and richness
Conservation of fungi including working as members of the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team (FEMAT), USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Key Council Workshops on Cortinarius
Databasing fungal herbarium using Biota, The Biodiversity Database Manager
Concentrated efforts in the following additional geographic localities for systematic studies of Cortinarius:
Costa Rica - in collaboration with Roy Halling (NYBG) and Greg Mueller (Field Museum)
Amazon Basin - in collaboration with Terry Hinkle, graduate student at Duke University
Rocky Mountains - in collaboration with Meinhard Moser (Innsbruck) and Brad Kropp (Utah).
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