RESEARCH (on going, long-term research projects in mycology laboratory)

• phenology (life span of individual basidiomes; length of fruiting season) of various basidiomes in northern California.
• Fungal flora of the Redwood National Park: 18 permanent plots representing a variety of ecoystems have been established in the Redwood National Park and a species list of fungi found in each of these plots is brought up-to-date each season since Fall, 1993.
• Fungal flora of the Galbreath Ranch (HSU-owned) found in Mendocino County.
• Agaricales of California: continuation of publishing the flora of the Agaricales of California. Next family to be covered--the Pluteaceae.
• Odors and Tastes in Macromycetes and their function in the life strategies of basidiomes: Dr. William Wood is the major investigator in this study which has identified the chemicals responsible for many of the odors of fleshy fungi. Dr. Wood is presently preparing various hypotheses regarding the function of these odors. (wfw2@axe.humboldt.edu)
• Systematics of the Entolomataceae.

graduate students and their research

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