About the Author

Dr Geoff
Ridley has led a long and distinguished career
in the study of fungi. The former curator of the Mycological Herbarium at
Forest Research, Rotorua, he currently holds the post of Science Manager: New
Organisms at ERMA New Zealand in Wellington, and he has authored/co-authored
several scientific papers on fungi.



 



Don Horne's
remarkable photographs of fungi (as well
as his shots of insects, spiders and other invertebrates) have appeared in a
range of outdoors and conservation publications. He is the author of Mushrooms
and other Fungi of New Zealand (Reed 2000). Both Don and Geoff attend the
annual Fungal Forays - multi-day field trips - that promote the study and
further understanding of New Zealand mycology.