Mycological Technical Committee members

Chair: Jerry Hassinger (Pennsylvania Game Commission, retired; PABS Past President)

  • Alden Dirks, PhD (Philadelphia Mycology Club)
  • Barbora Batokova (Carnegie Mellon University; Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club; author of Hunting Mushrooms: How to Safely Identify, Forage and Cook Wild Fungi, 2024)
  • Robin Eng (Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry) 
  • Hannah Huber (Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry)
  • Richard Jacob, PhD (Matrix Science;  Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club)
  • Patricia Kaishian, PhD (New York State Museum)
  • Marion Kyde, PhD (consultant; Delaware River Greenway Partnership)
  • Roger Latham, PhD (Continental Conservation; PABS Past President)

  • Sarah Meiss, PhD (PennWest University, California) 
  • Barrie Overton, PhD (Lock Haven University)
  • John Plischke III (recipient of prestigious awards within the mycological community)
  • Ella Serpell (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
  • Scott Stoleson, PhD (U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station, Irvine)
  • Garrett Taylor (Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club)
  • Dave Wasilewski (Luzerne County Community College, retired)
  • Pete Woods (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh)

Cooperators:

  • Greg Podniesinski, PhD (Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources)

Ex officio:

  • Rebecca Bowen (Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry)
  • Brady Porter, PhD (Duquesne University; PABS Past President)
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