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== Britt Bunyard ==
== Britt Bunyard ==
Britt Bunyard (born August 5, 1966) is an American mycologist, author, and the Editor-in-Chief of [[FUNGI Magazine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britt Bunyard |url=https://www.wisconsinmycologicalsociety.org/britt-bunyard.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Wisconsin Mycological Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Sarah |date=September 18, 2022 |title=In shadow of giant mountains, they explore vital world of mushrooms |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/09/18/everest-mushroom-trek/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Terry |date=Apr 9, 2021 |title=How mushrooms took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22372504/mushrooms-food-wellness-drugs |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=VOX}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapp Learn |first=Joshua |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/magic-mushrooms-are-expanding-minds-and-advancing-an-emerging-field-of |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=Discover Magazine}}</ref> He is known for his contributions to the field of mycology and his efforts in public education about fungi. He has authored several books and has been a figure in both scientific and popular media.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britt Bunyard - Academia.edu |url=https://independent.academia.edu/BrittBunyard |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=independent.academia.edu}}</ref>
Britt Bunyard (born August 5, 1966) is an American mycologist, author, and the Editor-in-Chief of FUNGI Magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britt Bunyard |url=https://www.wisconsinmycologicalsociety.org/britt-bunyard.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Wisconsin Mycological Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Sarah |date=September 18, 2022 |title=In shadow of giant mountains, they explore vital world of mushrooms |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/09/18/everest-mushroom-trek/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Terry |date=Apr 9, 2021 |title=How mushrooms took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22372504/mushrooms-food-wellness-drugs |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=VOX}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapp Learn |first=Joshua |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/magic-mushrooms-are-expanding-minds-and-advancing-an-emerging-field-of |access-date=July 9, 2024 |website=Discover Magazine}}</ref> He is known for his contributions to the field of mycology and his efforts in public education about fungi. He has authored several books and has been a figure in both scientific and popular media.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britt Bunyard - Academia.edu |url=https://independent.academia.edu/BrittBunyard |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=independent.academia.edu}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
He earned an MS degree in Plant Biochemistry from [[Clemson University]] in 1991, focusing on [[endophytic fungi]] and [[phytohormones]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bunyard |first=Britt |date=August 1991 |title=Evidence for Elevated Phytohonnone Levels in Endophyte Infected Tall Fescue |url=https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/arv_theses/5966/ |url-status=live |access-date=7/10/2024 |website=Clemson Libraries}}</ref> He completed his Ph.D. in [[Plant pathology|Plant Pathology]] at [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]] in 1995, researching the evolution of [[macrofungi]] under Dr. Daniel J. Royse.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bunyard |first=Britt |last2=Nicholson |first2=Michael |last3=Royse |first3=Danie |date=August 29, 2018 |title=A systematic assessment of Morchella using RFLP analysis of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00275514.1994.12026481 |journal=Mycologia |volume=84 |issue=6 |pages=762-772}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bunyard |first=Britt |last2=Chaichuchote |first2=Suvalux |last3=Nicholson |first3=Michael |last4=Royse |first4=Daniel |date=February 1996 |title=Ribosomal DNA analysis for resolution of genotypic classes of Pleurotus |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0953756296801122 |journal=Mycological Research |volume=100 |issue=2 |pages=143-150 |via=Elsevier Science Direct}}</ref> Following graduation, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the [[Agricultural Research Service|USDA-ARS]] at Ft. Detrick, Maryland.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schneider |first=William |last2=Damsteegt |first2=Vernon |last3=Stone |first3=Andrew |last4=Kuhlmann |first4=Micki |last5=Bunyard |first5=Britt |last6=Sherman |first6=Diana |last7=Graves |first7=Michael |last8=Smythers |first8=Gary |last9=Smith |first9=Oney |last10=Hatziloukas |first10=Efstathios |date=March 30, 2011 |title=Molecular analysis of soybean dwarf virus isolates in the eastern United States confirms the presence of both D and Y strains and provides evidence of mixed infections and recombination |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042682211000067 |journal=Virology |volume=412 |issue=1 |pages=46-54 |via=Elsevier Science Direct}}</ref>
Britt Bunyard was born in Connersville, Indiana, in 1966 to Susan K. (Stevens) Bunyard and Robert J. Bunyard. He developed an interest in mushrooms while growing up on a farm in Middletown, Ohio. He graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School in 1984. Bunyard attended [[Kent State University]], studying under Dr. Sam Mazzer, and received a BS degree in Biology in 1989. He earned an MS degree in Plant Biochemistry from [[Clemson University]] in 1991, focusing on [[endophytic fungi]] and [[phytohormones]]. He completed his Ph.D. in [[Plant pathology|Plant Pathology]] at [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]] in 1995, researching the evolution of [[macrofungi]] under Dr. Daniel J. Royse. Following graduation, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the [[Agricultural Research Service|USDA-ARS]] at Ft. Detrick, Maryland, studying the DNA of fungal, oomycete, and bacterial pathogens of potatoes.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Bunyard worked as a college professor at [[Ursuline College]] (Ohio) and Carroll College (Wisconsin), teaching a broad range of courses in [[Evolution]], [[Microbiology]], [[Mycology]], Invertebrate Zoology, [[Biochemistry]], and Environmental Science. As an editor he served as Editor-in-Chief of the [[North American Mycological Association]]’s journal McIlvainea,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bunyard |first=Britt |date=2006 |title=From the Editor |url=https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mvol16_num1_editorial.pdf |journal=McIlvainea |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=1}}</ref> and as a subject editor for the [[Entomological Society of America]]’s journal Annals of the Entomological Society of America, and the [[Mycological Society of America]]'s journal [[Mycologia]]. He founded the mycology journal Fungi in 2008, and has served as Editor-in-Chief until today. Bunyard has published over 100 academic and popular science papers and has been featured on the [https://www.npr.org/2011/10/09/141164173/caterpillar-fungus-the-viagra-of-the-himalayas NPR’s All Things Considered], and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18567284/?ref_=ttpl_ov Wisconsin Foodie] television programs; and interviewed or quoted in [https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/magic-mushrooms-are-expanding-minds-and-advancing-an-emerging-field-of Discover Magazine], [https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/deadly-mushroom-arrives-canada/581602/ The Atlantic], National Geographic, Vox,<ref name=":1" /> Vogue,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Riley-Adams |first=Ella |date=September 12, 2019 |title=The Place Where Mushrooms Get Their Own Parade |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/telluride-mushroom-festival-2019 |url-status=live |access-date=July 8, 2024 |work=Vogue}}</ref> Forbes, [https://www.saveur.com/morel-mushroom-foraging-wisconsin/ Saveur], Eating Well, Hobby Farm, Women’s World, and other magazines and newspapers.
As an editor he served as Editor-in-Chief of the [[North American Mycological Association]]’s journal McIlvainea,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bunyard |first=Britt |date=2006 |title=From the Editor |url=https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mvol16_num1_editorial.pdf |journal=McIlvainea |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=1}}</ref> and as a subject editor for the [[Entomological Society of America]]’s journal Annals of the Entomological Society of America, and the [[Mycological Society of America]]'s journal [[Mycologia]]. He founded the mycology journal Fungi in 2008, and has served as Editor-in-Chief until today. Bunyard has published over 100 academic and popular science papers and has been featured on the [https://www.npr.org/2011/10/09/141164173/caterpillar-fungus-the-viagra-of-the-himalayas NPR’s All Things Considered], and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18567284/?ref_=ttpl_ov Wisconsin Foodie] television programs; and interviewed or quoted in [https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/magic-mushrooms-are-expanding-minds-and-advancing-an-emerging-field-of Discover Magazine], [https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/deadly-mushroom-arrives-canada/581602/ The Atlantic], Vox,<ref name=":1" /> Vogue,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Riley-Adams |first=Ella |date=September 12, 2019 |title=The Place Where Mushrooms Get Their Own Parade |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/telluride-mushroom-festival-2019 |url-status=live |access-date=July 8, 2024 |work=Vogue}}</ref> [https://www.saveur.com/morel-mushroom-foraging-wisconsin/ Saveur], , , , .


== Books ==
Bunyard has authored several books, including The Little Book of Fungi (2024; Princeton University Press),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bunyard |first=Britt |title=The Little Book of Fungi (Little Books of Nature) |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2024 |isbn=9780691259888 |publication-date=2024-10-22}}</ref> The Lives of Fungi (2022; Princeton University Press),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bunyard |first=Britt Allen |url= |title=The Lives of Fungi: A Natural History of our Planet's Decomposers |date=July 15, 2022 |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-691-22984-3 |location=Princeton |oclc=on1264721280}}</ref> The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms (2021; Quarry Books),<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bunyard |first1=Britt Allen |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1197772139 |title=The beginner's guide to mushrooms: everything you need to know, from foraging to cultivating |last2=Lynch |first2=Tavis |date=2021 |publisher=Quarry Books |isbn=978-1-63159-911-8 |location=Beverly, MA |oclc=on1197772139}}</ref> and Amanitas of North America (2020; The Fungi Press).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bunyard |first1=Britt |title=Amanitas Of North America |last2=Justice |first2=Jay |publisher=The Fungi Press |year=2020 |isbn=9780578675725}}</ref> Bunyard has collected fungi and lectured throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Annually, he leads mycological expeditions throughout the world. One such expedition, was the subject of a documentary film “Look Down Not Up” (2022), produced by documentary filmmakers Alok Siddhi Tuladhar and Dusty Shiva Panthi of Kathmandu, Nepal. Since 2014, he has served as Executive Director of the Telluride Mushroom Festival, the largest wild mushroom festival in North America.<ref name=":0" />

* ''The Little Book of Fungi'' (Little Books of Nature) (2024), [[Princeton University Press]], ISBN 9780691259888<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bunyard |first=Britt |title=The Little Book of Fungi (Little Books of Nature) |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2024 |isbn=9780691259888 |publication-date=2024-10-22}}</ref>
* ''The Lives of Fungi: A Natural History of Our Planet's Decomposers'' (The Lives of the Natural World, 2) (2024), [[Princeton University Press]], ISBN 9780691259888<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bunyard |first=Britt Allen |url= |title=The Lives of Fungi: A Natural History of our Planet's Decomposers |date=July 15, 2022 |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-691-22984-3 |location=Princeton |oclc=on1264721280}}</ref>
* ''The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms'' (2021), Britt Bunyard and Tavis Lynch, Quarry Books,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bunyard |first1=Britt Allen |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1197772139 |title=The beginner's guide to mushrooms: everything you need to know, from foraging to cultivating |last2=Lynch |first2=Tavis |date=2021 |publisher=Quarry Books |isbn=978-1-63159-911-8 |location=Beverly, MA |oclc=on1197772139}}</ref> ISBN 9781631599118
* ''Amanitas of North America'' (2020), Britt Bunyard and Jay Justice, The Fungi Press<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bunyard |first1=Britt |title=Amanitas Of North America |last2=Justice |first2=Jay |publisher=The Fungi Press |year=2020 |isbn=9780578675725}}</ref> ISBN 9780578675725


== Awards ==
== Awards ==

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Britt Bunyard
A photo of Britt Bunyard, the Editor-in-Chief of FUNGI Magazine.
Mycologist Britt Bunyard - Editor-in-Chief of FUNGI Magazine

Britt Bunyard

Britt Bunyard (born August 5, 1966) is an American mycologist, author, and the Editor-in-Chief of FUNGI Magazine.[1][2][3][4] He is known for his contributions to the field of mycology and his efforts in public education about fungi. He has authored several books and has been a figure in both scientific and popular media.[5]

Early life and education

He earned an MS degree in Plant Biochemistry from Clemson University in 1991, focusing on endophytic fungi and phytohormones.[6] He completed his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at Penn State University in 1995, researching the evolution of macrofungi under Dr. Daniel J. Royse.[7][8] Following graduation, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the USDA-ARS at Ft. Detrick, Maryland.[9]

Career

As an editor he served as Editor-in-Chief of the North American Mycological Association’s journal McIlvainea,[10] and as a subject editor for the Entomological Society of America’s journal Annals of the Entomological Society of America, and the Mycological Society of America's journal Mycologia. He founded the mycology journal Fungi in 2008, and has served as Editor-in-Chief until today.[1][11] Bunyard has published over 100 academic and popular science papers and has been featured on the NPR’s All Things Considered, and Wisconsin Foodie television programs; and interviewed or quoted in Discover Magazine, The Atlantic, Vox,[3] Vogue,[12] Saveur.[13] Since 2014, he has served as Executive Director of the Telluride Mushroom Festival, the largest wild mushroom festival in North America.[12]

Books

  • The Little Book of Fungi (Little Books of Nature) (2024), Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691259888[14]
  • The Lives of Fungi: A Natural History of Our Planet's Decomposers (The Lives of the Natural World, 2) (2024), Princeton University Press, ISBN 9780691259888[15]
  • The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms (2021), Britt Bunyard and Tavis Lynch, Quarry Books,[16] ISBN 9781631599118
  • Amanitas of North America (2020), Britt Bunyard and Jay Justice, The Fungi Press[17] ISBN 9780578675725

Awards

In 2021 he was awarded the Gary Lincoff Award “For Contributions to Amateur Mycology,” by the North American Mycological Association—NAMA’s most prestigious honor for American mycologists.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b "Britt Bunyard". Wisconsin Mycological Society. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ Watson, Sarah (September 18, 2022). "In shadow of giant mountains, they explore vital world of mushrooms". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 9, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Nguyen, Terry (Apr 9, 2021). "How mushrooms took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs". VOX. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  4. ^ Rapp Learn, Joshua (December 11, 2020). "Magic Mushrooms Are Expanding Minds and Advancing an Emerging Field of Science". Discover Magazine. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "Britt Bunyard - Academia.edu". independent.academia.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  6. ^ Bunyard, Britt (August 1991). "Evidence for Elevated Phytohonnone Levels in Endophyte Infected Tall Fescue". Clemson Libraries. Retrieved 7/10/2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Bunyard, Britt; Nicholson, Michael; Royse, Danie (August 29, 2018). "A systematic assessment of Morchella using RFLP analysis of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene". Mycologia. 84 (6): 762–772.
  8. ^ Bunyard, Britt; Chaichuchote, Suvalux; Nicholson, Michael; Royse, Daniel (February 1996). "Ribosomal DNA analysis for resolution of genotypic classes of Pleurotus". Mycological Research. 100 (2): 143–150 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  9. ^ Schneider, William; Damsteegt, Vernon; Stone, Andrew; Kuhlmann, Micki; Bunyard, Britt; Sherman, Diana; Graves, Michael; Smythers, Gary; Smith, Oney; Hatziloukas, Efstathios (March 30, 2011). "Molecular analysis of soybean dwarf virus isolates in the eastern United States confirms the presence of both D and Y strains and provides evidence of mixed infections and recombination". Virology. 412 (1): 46–54 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  10. ^ Bunyard, Britt (2006). "From the Editor" (PDF). McIlvainea. 16 (1): 1.
  11. ^ "Britt Bunyard at Cambridge University". Princeton University Press. April 26, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Riley-Adams, Ella (September 12, 2019). "The Place Where Mushrooms Get Their Own Parade". Vogue. Retrieved July 8, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Kat, Craddock (July 13, 2017). "We Met Some Fungi in the Morel Capital of America: Wisconsin". Saveur. Retrieved July 10, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Bunyard, Britt (2024). The Little Book of Fungi (Little Books of Nature). Princeton University Press (published 2024-10-22). ISBN 9780691259888.
  15. ^ Bunyard, Britt Allen (July 15, 2022). The Lives of Fungi: A Natural History of our Planet's Decomposers. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-22984-3. OCLC 1264721280.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  16. ^ Bunyard, Britt Allen; Lynch, Tavis (2021). The beginner's guide to mushrooms: everything you need to know, from foraging to cultivating. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books. ISBN 978-1-63159-911-8. OCLC 1197772139.
  17. ^ Bunyard, Britt; Justice, Jay (2020). Amanitas Of North America. The Fungi Press. ISBN 9780578675725.
  18. ^ Reed, Bruch. "Gary Lincoff Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology". North American Mycological Association. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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