Terry Henkel
General Information
Associate
Professor
Ecology and systematics of fungi
Phone: (707) 826-4841
Office: Science B 123A
Email: twh5@humboldt.edu
Research website: www.tropicalfungi.org
Academic background
- BA (1983) Ohio University
- MS (1988) University of Wyoming
- PhD (2001) Duke University
- Curriculum Vitae
Courses
- Tropical Biology
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Mycology
BOT 358, BOT 359, BOT 360 - Forest Pathology - Syllabus
- Plants and Civilization - Syllabus
Summary of research
My current research in the Neotropics involves macrofungal surveys and alpha-taxonomic description of basidiomycetes and ascomycetes, the development of local myco-florulas, and comparison of the structure and functional roles of fungal communities in forests of the Guiana Shield. Also under investigation are the roles that ectomycorrhizal associations have in structuring tree communities in tropical rain forests. Additionally, I am documenting uses of fungi by indigenous peoples of northeastern Amazon region, including Guyana and Brazil. Closer to the home front we are currently developing projects investigating the effects of land management practices on macrofungal communities in coastal forests of Northern California.
Recent publications
- Henkel TW, Smith ME, Aime MC. 2010. Guyanagaster, a new wood-decaying sequestrate fungal genus related to Armillaria (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales, Basidiomycota). American Journal of Botany 97: 1-12. PDF
- Aime MC, Largent DL, Henkel TW, Baroni TJ. 2010. The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana IV: new species of Calliderma, Paraeccilia and Trichopilus. Mycologia 102: 633-649. PDF
- Neves MA, Henkel TW, Halling RE. 2010. Phylloporus colligatus, a new species of gilled bolete from Guyana. Mycotaxon 111: 143-148. PDF
- Fulgenzi TD, Halling RE, Henkel TW. 2010. Fistulinella cinereoalba sp. nov. and new distribution records for Austroboletus from Guyana. Mycologia 102: 224-232. PDF
- Henkel TW, Aime MC, Largent DL, Baroni TJ. 2010. The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana III: New species of Rhodocybe. Mycoscience 51: 23-27. PDF
- Henkel TW, Aime MC, **Mehl HK. 2009. Craterellus excelsus sp. nov. from Guyana. Mycotaxon 107: 201-208. PDF
- Degagne RS, Henkel TW, Steinberg SJ, Fox L. 2009. Identifying Dicymbe corymbosa monodominant forests in Guyana using satellite imagery. Biotropica 41: 7-15. PDF
- Mayor JR, Schuur EAG, Henkel TW. 2009. Elucidating the nutritional dynamics of fungi using stable isotopes. Ecology Letters 12: 171-183. PDF
Graduate students
Current:Wendell Bedell: Incidence and potential impact of Heterobasidion annosum on redwood stumps in the Northern California Coast Range.
Nikos Najarian: Heart rot fungi and plant community composition in coniferous forests of northwestern California.
Jessie Uehling: Systematics and molecular ecology of Cantharellales from the Guiana Shield.
Former:
Jordan Mayor (2004-05): Ectomycorrhizal influence on leaf litter decomposition in monodominant tropical forests of Guyana.
Lance Woolley (2005-06): Reiteration in the monodominant tropical tree Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) and its potential adaptive significance.
Tara Fulgenzi (2007-09): Systematic studies on Boletaceae (Basidiomycota) of Guyana.
Ashley Hawkins (2007-09): Forest pathogen dynamics in old-growth mixed coniferous forests of the Coast Range, Northern California.