This site focuses on faculty and students from Oregon State University, Department of Forest Science.  We have had a long colaboration with the PNW Forest Mycology Team.  However, the Mycology Team came to and end with the retirement of Randy Molina in January, 2007.  We are actively pursuing research on the effects of various forest management approaches on ectomycorrhizal fungi in an ecosystem context. The development of protocols for conserving and monitoring biological diversity of forest fungi is another important area of concentration. We are also conducting research and developing monitoring protocols for commercially harvested forest mushrooms. Our group has particular expertise with those fungi that produce hypogeous sporocarps (truffles). About a dozen mycological field studies are in place or planned throughout the Pacific Northwest region. The integrated research and extended perspective offered by our studies will produce information on long term interactions between mycorrhizal fungi, wild edible mushrooms, sustainable ecosystem productivity, and forest management practices. 

OSU Forest Mycology Personnel

James Trappe, Professor (retired) and Guru

Daniel Luoma, Assistant Professor

Joyce Eberhart, Senior Faculty Research Assistant

David Pilz, Affiliate Faculty

Matt Trappe, Faculty Research Assistant

Former Team Members

Nancy Weber, (Courtesy)

Efren Cazares, (Courtesy)

Michael Amaranthus

Eric Danell, Visiting Professor (Uppsala University)

Wes Colgan III, Assistant Professor (Louisiana Tech University)

Tom Horton, Assistant Professor (SUNY, Syracuse)

Ari Jumppomen, Assistant Professor (Kansas State University)

Teresa Lebel, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Thom O'Dell, The Remediators

Laura Dominguez, Adjunct Professor (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)

Francisco Camacho, Post-Doctoral Associate (UC Riverside)

Charles Lefevre, Ph.D.

Edwardo Nouhra, Ph.D.  (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)

Susie Dunham, Ph.D. (Oregon State University)

Kei Fugimura, M.S., Graduate Student (UNBC) 

Kathy Jacobs, M.S. (Kathy Jacobs Design & Marketing)

Kristen Whitbeck, M.S.

Admir Giachini, Ph.D.

Orie Kolaczkowski, M.S.
 
Kelly Collins, Ph.D.

Survey & Manage Fungi Resources

Edible Forest Mushrooms: an online poster

Effects of Young Stand Thinning on Chanterelles:   an online poster

A Regional Research and Monitoring Program for Commercially - Harvested Edible Forest Mushrooms:   an online poster

SilviShrooms:   an online poster

Bibliography

Databases
 

• FSL Mycology Research Herbarium - Search the Database of over 28,000 Fungi.

• MYCOLIT - Search a Mycorrhiza Literature Database

• TAXLIT - Search a Sequestrate Fungus Taxonomic Literature Database

• Web Sites of Related Interest
• The International Mycorrhiza Society
• NATS (North American Truffling Society)
• The Root Biology and Mycorrhiza Research Group (University of Guelph)
• The Bruns Lab (UC Berkeley)
• Soil Ecology and Restoration Group (San Diego State University
• Cantharellus Research Group (Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sci., Uppsala)
• The Miller Lab (University of Wyoming)
  
• The British Columbia Ectomycorrhizal Research Network (BCERN).  A web site for ectomycorrhizal research in British Columbia and home for the on-line version of  A Manual of Concise Descriptions of North American Ectomycorrhizae
• Fungal and Soil Ecology Lab (University of Guelph)
• Mycorrhiza Research (University of Western Sydney, Nepean)
• MycorWeb Forest Microbiology Unit (INRA), Champenoux, France
• Online Mycorrhiza Information Exchange (University of Tennessee)
• International Culture Collection of VA Mycorrhizal Fungi: INVAM
• The University of Michigan Fungus Type Collection (MICH)
• The Cornell Center for Fungal Biology
• Tom Volk's Fungi (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
• ICOM6
  
• ICOM5
  
• ICOM4
• ICOM3 (no link)
• ICOM2: the Second International Conference on Mycorrhizae
• ICOM1: the First International Conference on Mycorrhizae
  
• Treasures from the Kindom of Fungi
• Take a trip through LichenLand (Oregon State University)
• Michael Wood's Mycological Museum
• USDA Forest Service Home Page
• Glossary of Soil Microbiology Terms (David Sylvia)
• Mycologue Publications
• Mycorrhizae at the Microbe Zoo (Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University).

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