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David Fischer
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David Fischer is coauthor of two
major books on mushrooms (mycology):
Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A
Field-to-kitchen Guide (1992, Univ. of Texas
Press) and
Mushrooms of Northeastern North America
(1997, Syracuse University Press). An expert on
the ecology and identification of wild
mushrooms, David Fischer has served for nine
years as president of the Central New York
Mycological Society (CNYMS) and was als o
past president of the Northeast Mycological
Federation, Inc. (NEMF). David Fischer serves as
a mushroom identification consultant for the New
York State Poison Control Center and for several
mycological organizations. He served on the
faculty of the annual Northeast Mycological
Foray (the Samuel Ristich Foray) and the annual
North American Mycological Association (NAMA)
Foray, and has served as program/faculty chair
for both. David is currently the scientific
advisor for the
Susquehanna Valley Mycological Society (SVMS).
His favorite areas of study in mycology involve
the biology, ecology, morphology, taxonomy and
systematics of select families and genera of
ectomycorrhizal mushrooms, e.g. Lactarius,
Amanita, and the cantharelloid, clavarioid and
hydnoid fungi. |
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