Great Smoky Mountains National Park
All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory

Fungi

Taxonomy Team 3
Team Coordinator:
David Porter
University of Georgia
porter@dogwood.botany.uga.edu

Members:
Agarics (Entolomataceae) and other macrofungi Dr. Tim Baroni SUNY@ Cortland, Dept. Biology
Cortland, NY (MSA, NAMA)
baronitj@Cortland.edu
Macrofungi Robert Barbour Asheville Mushroom Club
Fletcher NC (*, NAMA)
ruralite@aol.com
Zygomycetes (Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhizae, Glomerales) Dr. Stephen Bentivenga University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh, WI (MSA)
bentiven@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
Water moulds (Oomycetes) and protostelids Dr. Rick Bortnick Delaware Valley College
Doylestown, PA (*, NAMA)
rnb@fast.net
Forest preservation & biodiversity Anathea L. Brooks World Bank Conservancy
(*, MSA, NAMA)
lab42@earthlink.net, abrooks@worldbank.org
Endophytic ascomycetes Dr. George Carroll University of Oregon (1999 MSA President)
Eugene, OR
gcarroll@oregon.uoregon.edu
Macrofungi Pam Coleman Kennett Square PA (NAMA) .
Agarics (Tricholomataceae) and other macrofungi Dr. Dennis Desjardin San Francisco SU, Dept. Biology
San Francisco, CA (MSA, NAMA)
ded@sfsu.edu
Lichens Dr. Jonathan Dey Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL
jdey@titan.iwu.edu
Agarics (Mycena) and other macrofungi Ernest & Valerie Emmett Scotland, GREAT BRITAIN (MSA) E-cubed@netcomuk.co.uk
Hypogeous Basidiomycetes Dr. Robert Fogel University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
rfogel@umich.edu
Macrofungi Dr. Glen J. Freeman Lambertville, NJ (*, NAMA) agpfree@ag.state.nj.us
Macrofungi Jim Goldsmith Marion, NC (*, NAMA) mykogym@aol.com
Aphyllophorales (polypores and resupinates) Dr. Larry Grand North Carolina State U grand@unity.ncsu.edu
Ascomycetes (soil/pathogenic microfungi) Dr. Richard Hanlin University of Georgia (professor)
Dept. Plant Pathology, Athens, GA
rhanlin@imap.arches.uga.edu
Lichens Dr. Richard Harris NY Botanical Garden , Bronx, NY bbuck@nybg.org
Macrofungi Whitney Hitchcock Asheville Mushroom Club (*) .
Entomopaths & Laboulbeniales Dr. Kathie Hodge Cornell University
Ithica, NY (MSA)
kh11@cornell.edu
Macrofungi Stephanie & Bob Isner Asheville Mushroom Club
Asheville, NC (*)
.
Basidiomycetes (Agarics -- Tricholomataceae) Dr. James E. Johnson Duke University decay@acpub.duke.edu
Tree canopy Macrofungi and Myxomycetes Harold W. Keller Central Missouri State U haroldkeller@hotmail.com ,
keller@cmsu1.cmsu.edu
. Nancy Keohane USDI-NPS, Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Gatlinburg, TN (*)
Nancy_Keohane@nps.gov
Macrofungi Margaret Kosko Asheville Mushroom Club
Asheville, NC (*)
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Agarics (Entolomataceae) and other macrofungi Dr. Dave Largent Humboldt SU , Dept. Bio. Sci.
Arcata, CA (MSA, NAMA)
dll2@axe.humboldt.edu
Pyrenomycetes Dr. Rosalind Lowen New York Botanical Gardens rlowen@nybg.org
Macrofungi Hank Mashburn Pittsburg, PA (*, MSA, NAMA) hhm01@ibm.net
Agarics (Strophariaceae) and other macrofungi Dr. Coleman McCleneghan Appalachian SU , Dept. Biology
Boone, NC (*, MSA, NAMA)
mccleneghanc@appstate.edu
Agarics (Lactarius), Cantharelloids (Clavariadelphus) and other macrofungi Dr. Andy Methven Eastern Illinois University , Dept. Biol. Sci.
Charleston, IL (MSA, NAMA)
cfasm@eiu.edu agarics
Macrofungi Joe Miller NAMA Executive Secretary, West Virginia Myc Assn Charleston, WV brightcloud@mciworld.com
Agarics, Gasteromycetes and other macrofungi Dr. Orson K. Miller Jr. Virginia Polytech Inst. (1999 MSA Vice President)
Blacksburg, VA (NAMA)
OrsonK@cs.com, ormiller@vt.edu
Russulales (hypo & epi) and other macrofungi Dr. Steve Miller University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY (MSA, NAMA)
fungi@uwyo.edu
Macrofungi Susan Mitchell Asheville Mushroom Club(Transect Co-Coordinator)
Pisgah Forest, NC (*, NAMA)
Sachem@CITCOM.net
Ecology, Macrofungi Dr. Jack Murphey Deep Springs College
CA (via Dyer NV) (MSA, NAMA)
wiephy@deepsprings.edu
Wood-decay Basidiomycetes (Corticiaceae) Dr. Karen Nakasone USDA-FS Forest Pathology Lab
Madison, WI (MSA)
Nakasone_Karen_K/fpl@fs.fed.us
Agarics (Cortinariaceae, omphalinoids), Cantharellus and other macrofungi Dr. Lorelei Norvell President, PNW Mycology Service
Portland, OR (1998-2000 MSA Newsletter Editor, NAMA, *)
lorelei@teleport.com
Macrofungi Steve Peek Asheville Mushroom Club
Alexander, NC (*, NAMA)
speek@ioa.com
Agarics, Cantharellales and other macrofungi Dr. Ronald H. Petersen University of Tennessee, Dept. Botany
(Curator, Fungal Herbarium) Knoxville, TN
(1994 MSA Pres, NAMA)
repete@utk.edu
Agarics (Tricholomataceae) and other macrofungi Dr. Scott Redhead Curator, Canadian National Mycological Herbarium, Agriculture Canada
Ottawa, Ontario CANADA (ITIS Fungal Costeward, MSA, NAMA)
redheads@em.agr.ca
Macrofungi Theresa Rey President Asheville Mushroom Club
Canton, NC (Transect Co-Coordinator, NAMA, *)
mycotee@aol.com
Ascomycetes Dr. Amy Y. Rossman Director/Curator USDA Syst Bot/Myc Lab
Beltsville, MD (ITIS Fungal Costeward, 1995 MSA Pres)
AmyR@nt.ars-grin.gov
Fungal molecular biologist (Yeasts) Thomas Rude Duke University Medical Center, Research Scientist
Durham, NC
rude0001@acpub.duke.edu
Macrofungi Ted Stalk Carleton College, student
Northfield, MN
salkt@carleton.edu
Ascomycetes (Hypocreales, Fusarium) Dr. Gary Samuels Research Scientist Syst USDA Syst Bot/Myc Lab
Beltsville, MD (MSA)
Garys@nt.ars-grin.gov
Nematophagous Basidiomycetes (Holarctic plant parasites -- rusts, smuts) Dr. Markus Scholler Purdue University
Curator, Arthur & Kriebel Herbaria, Dept Botany & Plant Path
West Lafayette, IN (MSA)
scholler@microbio1.biologie.uni-greifswald.de
Ascomycetes (microfungi: Freshwater, Marine, Fungi Imperfecti) Dr. Carol Shearer University of Illinois
Urbana, IL (MSA)
carolshe@uiuc.edu
Macrofungi, Photography Gerald & Sandy Sheine NAMA (1998 Knighton Award)
Pound Ridge, NY
Gsheine@aol.com
Molecular evolution, Entomopathogens (Cordyceps) Dr. Joey Spatafora Oregon State University, Dept of Botany & Plant Path
Corvallis, OR (MSA)
spatafoj@bcc.orst.edu
(has donated laboratory for transect sorting area) Dr. Douglas Staiger Chairman, Natural Resources Div, Haywood Community College, NC (*) .
Macrofungi and Myxomycetes Allein Stanley President, NAMA
Statesville, NC (*, MSA)
astanley@i-america.net
MYXOMYCETE TWIG Coordinator (Protostelids) Dr. Steven Stephenson Fairmont State College
Fairmont, WV (MSA)
sstephenson@mail.fscwv.edu
Lepiotaceae Dr. Walt Sundberg Southern Illinois U sundberg@plant.siu.edu
Agarics (Pleurotoids --Hohenbuehelia & Resupinatus) and other macrofungi Dr. Greg Thorn University of Wyoming
Laramine, WY (MSA)
thorn@uwyo.edu
Agarics (Amanita) and other macrofungi Dr. Rodham E., Mary, Sarah Tulloss Director, Amanita-Bear Consulting
Roosevelt, NJ (*, MSA, NAMA)
ret@pluto.njcc.com
Lepiota Else Vellinga U of California vellinga@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Aphyllophorales (polypores and resupinates) Caroline Vernia North Carolina State U .
Biosystematics, Agarics and other macrofungi Dr. Rytas Vilgalys Duke University, Botany Department
Durham, NC (MSA)
fungi@duke.edu
Wood decay fungi (Polypores, Armillaria) Dr. Thomas Volk University of Wisconsin, Dept. Biology
La Crosse, WI (MSA, NAMA)
volk_tj@mail.uwlax.edu
Macrofungi, Photography Laura Weishaupt Kisatchie Mushrooms
Kintnersville, PA (*, NAMA)
lgw@fast.net
Macrofungi Sean Westmore Appalachian State University
Boone, NC (*)
antedon@boone.net
Macrofungi Pete Whelihan Asheville Mushroom Club
Asheville, NC (*, NAMA)
Jackieihan@aol.com

(NAMA = North American Mycological Association)
(MSA = Mycological Society of America)
(* = Butterflies of the Soil Transect Volunteer or Researcher)

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