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University of Illinois Extension,
Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit hosts
Mushrooms of Illinois Online Webinar
Register now for May 7th event
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[April 17, 2020]
Please join University of Illinois Extension,
Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit for a fascinating presentation by
Dr. Andrew Miller, on the Mushrooms of Illinois, Thursday, May 7, 1
– 2 p.m. for an online webinar presented via Zoom. |
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 Dr. Miller will discuss the large variety of fungi
that occur throughout Illinois. The major groups of macrofungi will
be presented including several edible and poisonous mushrooms.
Dr. Andrew Miller is a research professor and serves as the Director
of the Herbarium at the Illinois Natural History Survey at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A native of Illinois,
Miller began his formal education in mycology (the study of fungi)
under the tutelage of Dr. Andrew Methven at Eastern Illinois
University and completed his doctoral degree at The Field Museum in
Chicago, IL.
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Miller has traveled extensively throughout the world collecting
and describing fungi, documenting their biodiversity, and studying their
evolutionary relationships. An expert on both large macrofungi and small
microfungi, he has described over 100 species of fungi new to science. Andrew
has published over 120 scientific and popular papers on fungi and has given
numerous lectures and workshops to a variety of organizations on the diversity
and importance of fungi.
Register online to attend at
https://go. illinois.edu/mushrooms. For more information contact
Christine Belless, University of Illinois Extension ag and natural resources
program coordinator, at
cbelless@illinois.edu
[Christine Belless
Program Coordinator
University of Illinois Extension
Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit] |
