MYCOLOGY

The Pacific Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus) is a widely sought-after mushroom most abundant in the forests of Washington and Oregon, USA. This project used the species to investigate how accurately the species distribution could be modeled using natural history (herba…

Natural history collections contain thousands of specimens that can be used to explore patterns and processes in diversity. Fungaria are necessary for the study of fungal taxonomy because of the cryptic nature of fungi and the need to examine specimens through morphological and …

Termites are classified as eusocial, wood-feeding cockroaches nested within the superorder Dictyoptera, (cockroaches and mantises). Questions regarding the evolution of eusocial termites from a solitary ancestor remain difficult to answer; extinction at the base of the termite t…

Tulostoma is speciose group of stalked puffballs with a high diversity in grasslands and arid environments. This cosmopolitan genus exhibits a high degree of spore morphological variation. Recent molecular analysis suggests the center of diversity of this genus occurs in Europea…