

Associate
Professor
Ecology and systematics of fungi
Phone: (707) 826-4841
Office: Science B 123A
Email: twh5@humboldt.edu
Research website: www.tropicalfungi.org
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.
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.