Dr. Gary A. Laursen is an adjunct Research Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, was instrumental in maintaining the state's largest and longest-running outreach program for secondary STEM research, now directs the UAF Honors Program, and faculty advises Golden Key. He has written and published over 375 pieces while also serving twenty years as a high school teacher concomitant with his thirty-five years of university instruction and research. He is the coauthor of the book Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams: Fungi, Lichenicolous Fungi, Lichenized Fungi, Slime Molds, Mosses, and Liverworts, University of Alaska Press, (2009).
Neil McArthur grew up in Scotland, Quebec, and western New York, earned a B.Sc. in forestry from Syracuse in 1962, and ran away to Alaska. He worked as naturalist, forester, game biologist, cartographer, greenhouseman, carpenter, and museum facility manager. Neil helped his wife, Harriette Parker, author the 1994 Alaska's Mushrooms, and provided most of its photos.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MAP MEET THE MUSHROOM Mushroom Phyla Roles Played by Mushrooms Identifying Wild Strangers Mushroom Groups, Their Names and Spore Producing Surfaces Use of Common Names The Species List Describing and Labeling Treasured Finds Fungal Collecting Labels Formal Fungal Descriptions Hunting Mushrooms in the Wild Mushroom Spore Prints Safe 'Shrooming Collecting with Care Questions Often Heard Mushroom Toxin Classification MUSHROOM DESCRIPTIONS EATING MUSHROOMS, ALASKAN-STYLE Preparing Wild Mushrooms for Use: Mushroom Recipes: Morel Mushroom Stroganoff Morel Mushroom Gravy Morel Mushroom Soup Psilly's Bruschetta With Chanterelles L. McLaren's Wild Rice Mushroom Soup Salmon Fillet with Morels Sautéed Mushrooms Mushroom and Noodle Soup An Outdoorsman's Seasonal Specials Pan-fried Puffballs Spicy Tofu and Hedgehog Stir-fry Moose and Mushroom Stew MUSHROOM FIELD & REFERENCE GUIDES LITERATURE CITATIONS PICTORIAL GLOSSARY TERMS GLOSSARY SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR BIO LIST OF FIGURES PHOTO CREDITS
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Dr. Gary A. Laursen is an adjunct Research Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, was instrumental in maintaining the state's largest and longest-running outreach program for secondary STEM research, now directs the UAF Honors Program, and faculty advises Golden Key. He has written and published over 375 pieces while also serving twenty years as a high school teacher concomitant with his thirty-five years of university instruction and research. He is the coauthor of the book Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams: Fungi, Lichenicolous Fungi, Lichenized Fungi, Slime Molds, Mosses, and Liverworts, University of Alaska Press, (2009).
Neil McArthur grew up in Scotland, Quebec, and western New York, earned a B.Sc. in forestry from Syracuse in 1962, and ran away to Alaska. He worked as naturalist, forester, game biologist, cartographer, greenhouseman, carpenter, and museum facility manager. Neil helped his wife, Harriette Parker, author the 1994 Alaska's Mushrooms, and provided most of its photos.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MAP MEET THE MUSHROOM Mushroom Phyla Roles Played by Mushrooms Identifying Wild Strangers Mushroom Groups, Their Names and Spore Producing Surfaces Use of Common Names The Species List Describing and Labeling Treasured Finds Fungal Collecting Labels Formal Fungal Descriptions Hunting Mushrooms in the Wild Mushroom Spore Prints Safe 'Shrooming Collecting with Care Questions Often Heard Mushroom Toxin Classification MUSHROOM DESCRIPTIONS EATING MUSHROOMS, ALASKAN-STYLE Preparing Wild Mushrooms for Use: Mushroom Recipes: Morel Mushroom Stroganoff Morel Mushroom Gravy Morel Mushroom Soup Psilly's Bruschetta With Chanterelles L. McLaren's Wild Rice Mushroom Soup Salmon Fillet with Morels Sautéed Mushrooms Mushroom and Noodle Soup An Outdoorsman's Seasonal Specials Pan-fried Puffballs Spicy Tofu and Hedgehog Stir-fry Moose and Mushroom Stew MUSHROOM FIELD & REFERENCE GUIDES LITERATURE CITATIONS PICTORIAL GLOSSARY TERMS GLOSSARY SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR BIO LIST OF FIGURES PHOTO CREDITS
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MAP
MEET THE MUSHROOM
Mushroom Phyla
Roles Played by Mushrooms
Identifying Wild Strangers
Mushroom Groups, Their Names and Spore Producing Surfaces
Use of Common Names
The Species List
Describing and Labeling Treasured Finds
Fungal Collecting Labels
Formal Fungal Descriptions
Hunting Mushrooms in the Wild
Mushroom Spore Prints
Safe ’Shrooming
Collecting with Care
Questions Often Heard
Mushroom Toxin Classification
MUSHROOM DESCRIPTIONS
EATING MUSHROOMS, ALASKAN-STYLE
Preparing Wild Mushrooms for Use:
Mushroom Recipes:
Morel Mushroom Stroganoff
Morel Mushroom Gravy
Morel Mushroom Soup
Psilly’s Bruschetta With Chanterelles
L. McLaren’s Wild Rice Mushroom Soup
Salmon Fillet with Morels
Sautéed Mushrooms
Mushroom and Noodle Soup
An Outdoorsman’s Seasonal Specials
Pan-fried Puffballs
Spicy Tofu and Hedgehog Stir-fry
Moose and Mushroom Stew
MUSHROOM FIELD & REFERENCE GUIDES
LITERATURE CITATIONS
PICTORIAL GLOSSARY
TERMS GLOSSARY
SUBJECT INDEX
AUTHOR BIO
LIST OF FIGURES
PHOTO CREDITS
• Targeted reviews/excerpts in Regional media and National nature,
travel, and outdoor media.
• Targeted feature at Pacific Northwest Book Show, Seattle
Wholesale Gift Show, Alaska Wholesale Gift Show, Alaska Library
Association, American Library Association.
• Special promotions to Mycology / mushroom associations and
groups, food stores, outdoor stores, Alaska Geographic outlets.
• Author lectures and events in Alaska.
Dr. Gary A. Laursen is an adjunct Research Professor at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks in the College of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics, was instrumental in maintaining the state's
largest and longest-running outreach program for secondary STEM
research, now directs the UAF Honors Program, and faculty advises
Golden Key. He has written and published over 375 pieces while also
serving twenty years as a high school teacher concomitant with his
thirty-five years of university instruction and research. He is the
coauthor of the book Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams: Fungi,
Lichenicolous Fungi, Lichenized Fungi, Slime Molds, Mosses, and
Liverworts, University of Alaska Press, (2009).
Neil McArthur grew up in Scotland, Quebec, and western New York,
earned a B.Sc. in forestry from Syracuse in 1962, and ran away to
Alaska. He worked as naturalist, forester, game biologist,
cartographer, greenhouseman, carpenter, and museum facility
manager. Neil helped his wife, Harriette Parker, author the 1994
Alaska’s Mushrooms, and provided most of its photos.
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