GRADUATE STUDENTS in the mycology laboratory (as of September, 1997); click on names for the web pages of the students).

• Sarah Bergemann (sarahb@uwyo.edu)
• Econiche identification for Cantharellus cibarius and Boletus edulis at Patrick's Point State Park; continuation of studies began in 1992 on the phenology and ecology of fungi commercially harvested fungi. Sarah graduate in May, 1998 and is presently working towards her Ph.D. at the University of Wyoming in the laboratory of Steve Miller.
• Marcos Cabrera (mjc5@axe.humboldt.edu)
  • Marcos will study the systematics in the genus Gymnopilus in California. He plans on comparing morphological species, biological species, and phylogenetic species.
• Brian Crain (bpc3@axe.humboldt.edu)
• Scott Davison (sad7@axe.humboldt.edu)
  • Wood-decaying Basidiomycetes found in the Russian Peak Wilderness areas located in the eastern slopes of the Klamath mountains.
• Wilfred Franklin (waf1@axe.humboldt.edu)
• Jeanne McFarland (jrm2@axe.humboldt.edu)
  • Ecology of ROD (Record of Decision) fungi in southern Humboldt. County. She is presently writing her thesis..
• Cheri Sanville (cjs13@axe.humboldt.edu)
  • Cheri is studying the ecology of riparian fung in a Sitka spruce dominated ecosystem. She has three different plots, one in Patrick's Point State Park, one in Big Lagoon Environmental Study Area, and one in Prairie Creek State Park.
• Mark Steiger (abies@sisqtel.net)
  • Thesis: Ecology of the montane chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius and Cantharellus subalbidus). May, 1997. Mark is presently working in the Klamath National Forest near Klamath Falls, Oregon.
• Cynthia Willis (archer@humboldt1.edu)
  • Investigation of the volatile compounds found in the monokaryotic mycelium of various species of Pleurotus. She has finished her research and is writing her thesis. Presently, she has entered the medical program at the George Washington University where she is working towards her M. D. degree.

Long-term research projects in mycology laboratory

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