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Desjardin will highlight California's amazingly diverse population of mushrooms including when and where to find mushrooms, how to collect and identify them and will profile several key species.
His new book, "California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide," published by Timber Press and co-authored by Michael Wood and Frederick Stevens, is now available. Copies will be on hand for sale and for signing.
Dennis Desjardin received a Master's Degree from San Francisco State University studying with Dr. Harry D. Thiers, and a PhD from the University of Tennessee under the guidance of Dr. Ronald H. Petersen. He also had the privilege of being trained by Drs. Alexander H. Smith, Rolf Singer, Meinhard Moser and Egon Horak.
He has published over 130 refereed scientific papers on the taxonomy and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi in which he described 250 new species and 7 new genera. He is co-author of the field guides "Mushrooms of Hawaii" (Ten Speed Press, 2002) and the new "California Mushrooms" (Timber Press, 2015). He has active research projects in the Hawaiian Islands, Micronesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, and the African islands of São Tome and Principe, funded by grants from the National Science Foundation. A recent interest is in the origin and evolution of bioluminescent fungi. Born and raised in Crescent City, CA, he has been collecting and studying California mushrooms for over 60 years.
Free event, with $5 suggested donation.
Please RSVP to BKuhl@sfbg.org.
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LocationThe Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, San Francisco Botanical Garde (View)
1199 9th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
United States
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