The Pacific Northwest Mycology Service provides consulting services and
field surveys pertaining to mycological opportunities and problems primarily
in the Pacific Northwest. The company is tailored to provide information
on macrofungi (mushrooms, polypores, chanterelles, morels, etc.) in natural
and urban outdoor settings or to gather and analyze published literature
on these fungi for academic and governmental institutions, scientific
firms, environmental organizations, public and private landowners and
other interested parties. On a more limited scale the company will provide
consulting services on a wider range of mycological topics, subject to
the availability of resources and expertise.
PNW-MS offers the following services:
- fast and accurate identification of fresh or dried mushrooms and other
macro-fungi
- preparation of mycofloras and distributional indexes
- organization and curation of private or institutional fungal herbaria
- consultation on ecological and biological field research studies
- expert primary taxonomic research on basidiomycetes
- secondary research on other assorted mycological topics
- professional preparation of biologically oriented flyers, brochures,
and newsletters
- instruction in mushroom identification, use of mushroom keys, and
microscopy
On-going contracts include fungal community studies (as Cost-Share Partner
with the USDI Bureau of Land Management), expert identification of Northwest
Forest Plan "Survey & Manage" species for the US government,
fungal inventory of fungi of the Oregon Caves National Monument, and
editorship of Mycotaxon, the international journal of fungal taxonomy
and nomenclature. Previous projects
include co-authorship of a chanterelle handbook for the USDA
Forest Service, editorship of Inoculum, Newsletter of the Mycological
Society of America (1998-2000), coordination of Kingdom Fungi for
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park All-Taxa Biological Inventory
(1998-2000), species and herbarium collection evaluation for the USDA-FS & USDI-BLM
(1995, 1998) and the Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center (2002).
Fees are negotiated on a contract basis.
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