Terry W. Henkel
Department of Biological Sciences Email: twh5@humboldt.edu
Humboldt State University Phone: (707) 826-4841
Arcata, CA 95521 USA Fax: (707) 826-3201
Education
2001 PhD, Duke University. Dissertation: Ecology and systematics of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Dicymbe (Caesalpiniaceae) in Guyana. Advisor: Rytas Vilgalys.
1988 MS, University of Wyoming. Thesis: Infectivity and effectivity of indigenous vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from contiguous soils in the Red Desert of Wyoming. Advisor: Martha Christensen.
1983 BS (Botany), Ohio University. Advisor: James Cavender.
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Humboldt State University (5/2007-present; sabbatical 07/08)
Assistant Professor, Humboldt State University (2002-2007)
Refereed Publications
*=graduate student
**=undergraduate student
Henkel TW, Aime MC, **Mehl HK. (Submitted) Craterellus excelsus sp. nov. from Guyana. Persoonia
*Fulgenzi TD, *Mayor JR, Henkel TW, Halling RE. (Submitted) New species of Boletellus from Guyana. Mycologia
*Mayor JR, *TD Fulgenzi, TW Henkel, and RE Halling. (Submitted) Boletellus piakaius sp. nov. and a new distribution record for Boletellus ananas from Guyana. Mycological Progress
*Degagne RS, Henkel TW, Steinberg SJ. (Submitted) Preliminary assessment of the distribution of monodominant Dicymbe (Caesalpiniaceae) forests in Guyana using satellite imagery. Biotropica
Largent DL, Henkel TW, Aime MC, Baroni TJ. (In Press) The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. I. Four new species of Entoloma s.str. Mycologia
*Fulgenzi TD, Henkel TW, Halling RE. 2007. Tylopilus orsonianus sp. nov. and Tylopilus eximius from Guyana. Mycologia 99: 622-627.
Aime MC, Ryvarden L, Henkel TW. 2007. Studies in Neotropical polypores 22. Additional new and rare species from Guyana. Synopsis Fungorum 23: 15-31.
*Woolley LP, Henkel TW, Sillett SC. 2007. Reiteration in the tropical monodominant tree Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) and its potential adaptive significance. Biotropica doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00348.x (download PDF)
Henkel TW, Aime MC, **Mehl HK, Miller SL. 2006. Cantharellus pleurotoides, a new and unusual basidiomycete from Guyana. Mycological Research 110: 1409-1412.
Henkel TW, James TY, Miller SL, Aime MC, Miller OK Jr. 2006. The mycorrhizal status of Pseudotulostoma volvata (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota). Mycorrhiza 16: 241-244.
Henkel TW, **Meszaros R, Aime MC, **Kennedy A. 2005. New species of Clavulina from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Mycological Progress 4: 342-350.
*Mayor JR, Henkel TW. 2005. Do ectomycorrhizas alter leaf litter decomposition in monodominant tropical forests? New Phytologist 169: 579-588. (download PDF)
Henkel TW, *Mayor JR, and *Woolley LP. 2005. Mast fruiting and seedling survival of the ectomycorrhizal, monodominant Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) in Guyana. New Phytologist 167: 543-556. (download PDF)
Hernandez JR, Aime MC, Henkel TW. 2005. The rust fungi (Uredinales) of Guyana. Sydowia 57: 189-222.
Henkel TW. 2005. Parakari, an indigenous fermented cassava beverage utilizing amylolytic Rhizopus in Guyana. Mycologia 97: 1-11. (download PDF)
Wood WF, Largent DL, Henkel TW. 2004. Headspace analysis identifies indole and 1-octen-ol as the “coal tar” odor of Tricholoma inamoenum. Mycological Progress 4: 325-328.
Henkel TW, Aime MC, Chin M, Andrew C. 2004. Edible mushrooms from Guyana. The Mycologist 18: 104-111. (download PDF)
Henkel TW, Roberts P, Aime MC. 2004. Sebacinoid species from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Mycotaxon 89: 433-439.
Miller SL, Henkel TW. 2004. Biology and molecular ecology of subiculate Lactarius species from Guyana. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 89: 297-312.
*Thacker J, Henkel TW. 2004. New species of Clavulina from Guyana. Mycologia 96: 650-657. (download PDF)
Henkel T.W. 2003. Monodominance in the ectomycorrhizal Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) from Guyana. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19: 417-437. (download PDF)
Matheny PB, Aime MC, Henkel TW. 2003. New species of Inocybe from Dicymbe forests of Guyana. Mycological Research 107: 495-505. (download PDF)
Aime MC, Henkel TW, Ryvarden L. 2003. Studies in neotropical polypores 15. New and interesting species from Guyana. Mycologia 95: 614-619. (download PDF)
Henkel TW, Terborgh J, Vilgalys R. 2002. Ectomycorrhizal fungi and their leguminous hosts in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Mycological Research 106:516-532. (download PDF)
Miller SL, Aime MC, Henkel TW. 2002. The Russulaceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. I. New species of pleurotoid Lactarius. Mycologia 94:545-553. (download PDF)
*Simmons C, Henkel TW, Bas C. 2001. The genus Amanita in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Persoonia 17: 563-582.
Henkel TW. 2001. Tylopilus pakaraimensis sp. nov., a new bolete in Tylopilus section Potamogetones from Guyana. Mycotaxon 78: 105-114
Miller, OK Jr, Henkel TW, James TY, Miller SL. 2001. Pseudotulostoma, a new genus in the Elaphomycetaceae from Guyana. Mycological Research 105: 1268-1272. (download PDF)
*Thacker JR, Henkel TW, Vilgalys R. 2001. Extreme morphological variability among sympatric neotropical species of Clavulina and Craterellus. Phytopathology 91(6 suppl.): S125
Henkel TW, Aime MC, Miller SL. 2000. Systematics of pleurotoid Russulaceae from Guyana and Japan, with notes on their ectomycorrhizal status. Mycologia 92: 1119-1132. (download PDF)
Henkel TW. 1999. New taxa and distribution records for Tylopilus from Dicymbe forests of Guyana. Mycologia 91: 655-665. (download PDF)
Christenson EA, Henkel TW. 1996. Orchid habitats: Phragmipedium klotzscheanum. American Orchid Society Bulletin 64:1100-1101.
Henkel TW, Smith WK, Christensen M. 1989. Infectivity and effectivity of indigenous vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from contiguous soils in southwestern Wyoming, USA. New Phytologist 112: 205-214.
Other Publications
Review of: Watling, R., J.C. Frankland, A.M. Ainsworth, S. Isaac, and C.H. Robinson. 2003. Tropical Mycology: Vols. I & II. Mycological Research 107(1): 127-128.
Henkel TW. 1995. Journey through a lost world: the tepui country of Guyana. Earth 4: 52-59
Henkel TW. 1995. Wai Wai days, jaguar nights. Botanical explorations in Guyana's deep south. South American Explorer 42: 16-21.
Henkel TW. 1995. Wai Wai country. Eldorado 1: 16-20.
Henkel TW. 1994. Up the wild green yonder. A botanical expedition to Mt. Wokomung, Guyana. South American Explorer 36: 5-11.
Henkel TW. 1992. In quest of the big outside: Guyana wilderness 1991. Guyana Biodiversity Society 1(2): 7-11.
Relevant Work Experience
9-11/99 Mycological Advisor, BBC Natural History Unit, Peru.
5/97-8/97 Research Technician, University of Florida, Dept. of Plant Pathology.
11/96-2/97 Botanical collector, Harvard University, EEOB Department.
8/95-12/95 Independent Research Contractor, Nature Conservancy, Gainesville, FLA
9/92-12/94 Guyana Field Botanist, Smithsonian Institution, Dept. Of Botany.
2/91-9/91 Field Botanist, The Nature Conservancy, Tallahassee, FLA
4/89-2/91 Biological Scientist, University of Florida, Dept. of Forestry.
1/89-4/89 Research Technician, University of Florida, Dept. of Forestry.
External Funding
2006. Identifying and estimating distribution of monodominant Dicymbe corymbosa forests in Guyana with Landsat satellite imagery and GIS. Federal Work Study Graduate Research Award, $5,000
2004. Species diversity of macrofungi in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Linnaean Society of London, $1,200
2003. Species diversity of macrofungi in rain forests of western Guyana. National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration, $19,840
2002. Macromycete survey in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Smithsonian Institution’s Biological Diversity of the Guianas Program, $3,000.00
2002. Fungal survey of the Arcata Community Forest. City or Arcata, CA, $6,000
2000. “Biological diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the neotropical forests of Guyana.” National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration. $19,960
1998/99: Smithsonian Institution, Biological Diversity of the Guianas Program. Field Research Grants (2). $7,000
Internal Funding
2006. Estimation of ectomycorrhizal fungal biomass in a monodominant tropical forest. RSCA Grant, Humboldt State University, $3,305
2005. Remote sensing estimation of Dicymbe corymbosa forest cover in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. RSCA Grant, Humboldt State University, $1,250.00
2004. Determination of toxins from newly discovered Amanita species of Guyana. RSCA Grant, Humboldt State University, $3,775
2003. Comparative litter decomposition rates in monodominant Dicymbe forest and adjacent mixed rain forest in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Small Grant, Humboldt State University, $900
2002. Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic macromycetes from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. RSCA Grant, Humboldt State University, $2,450
2002. Invited Speaker’s Award to attend the VII International Mycological Congress in Oslo, Norway. Tropical Mycology Symposium Committee, $5,000.00
2000/01. A. W. Mellon Foundation, Plant Systematics Training Program, Duke University Graduate Fellowship. $12,000
1998/00. A. W. Mellon Foundation, Plant Systematics Training Program, Duke University. Grants (3), field work, $4,500
2000. British Mycological Society, Travel Award for Tropical Mycology Symposium.
1999/00. Graduate School, Duke University. Grants (2), field work. $4,000
1997. Center for International Studies, Duke University. Field Grant. $2,000
Recent Awards
2005. McCrone Promising Faculty Scholar Award, Humboldt State University
Recent Courses
Humboldt State University (lecture + lab in most cases):
Biology of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes (Spring 2002-2007), Biology of Microfungi ( Fall 2005-2006; Spring 2003); Forest Pathology (Spring 2006 & 2004; Fall 2002), Biology of Fleshy Fungi (Fall 2006 & 2004; Fall 2002), General Botany ( Spring 2002-2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2005, Fall 2005), Tropical Ecology Seminar (Spring 2004 & 2006), Tropical Biology (Fall 2004), Plants and Civilization (Spring 2007), Life Sciences and the Environment Freshman Seminar (Fall 2003)
Other Courses
Mycology (lab TA), Introductory Biology/Botany (lab TA), Duke University & University of Wyoming
Service
Biodiversity Committee, Mycological Society of America (2005-present)
Ecology Committee (former chair), Mycological Society of America. (2001-2007)
Academic Senate, CNRS representative, Humboldt State University (2005-2007)
Graduate Advisory Committee (2002-2007), Master's Grant Committee (2004-2006), Plant Morphology Search Committee (2005), Dept. of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University
Graduate student representative, Mellon Training Program in Plant Systematics, Duke Department of Biology (1999-2001)
Manuscript reviews: Mycologia (4), Mycological Research (2), New Phytologist (3), Austral Ecology (1), Biotropica (1), Journal of Tropical Ecology (1), Cladistics (1), Proc. Second Conference on Klamath-Siskiyou Ecology (1), Proc. Sixth California Islands Symposium (1)
Proposal reviews: National Science Foundation (3, Systematics and Ecology Panels, 2004-07), Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO) - 2004
Professional Societies
Mycological Society of America; British Mycological Society; Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Invited Symposia
2007. The importance of primary tropical forests for fungal biodiversity. Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2006. Ectomycorrhizal associations of the Guiana Shield. IX Latin American Botanical Congress, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2004. The macromycota of Guyana and its impact on generic concepts. 2nd Annual Deep Hypha Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee.
2004. Mast fruiting in the ectomycorrhizal Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) in Guyana. Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida.
2002. Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Dicymbe (Caesalpiniaceae) in Guyana. VII International Mycological Congress, Oslo, Norway.
2001. Diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Dicymbe (Caesalpiniaceae) in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Biological Diversity of Guyana Conference, Georgetown, Guyana.
2001. Natural history and ethnobiology of the Wai Wai region, southern Guyana. Biological Diversity of Guyana Conference, Georgetown, Guyana.
Invited Seminars
2007. Masting, meristems, mycorrhizae and mulch: factors contributing to forest dominance in the Guiana Shield. Humboldt State University, Department of Biological Sciences.
2005. Macromycete generic concepts and the need for tropical exploration. Duke University, Department of Biology.
2003. Forest dominance by the clump wallaba in Guyana. Guyana Forestry Commission, Georgetown, Guyana
2003. Ectomycorrhizal fungi and their leguminous hosts from Guyana. University of California, Davis, Department of Plant Pathology.
2000. Occurrence and distribution of ectomycorrhizal fungi in mono-dominant Dicymbe forests in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Ohio University, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology.
2000. Macrofungal communities in ectotrophic and anectotrophic forests of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. University of Michigan, EEOB Department.
1995. Botanical collecting in the tepuis of Guyana, 1992-1994. Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History.
Conference Presentations and Posters
*graduate student
**undergraduate
*Fulgenzi, TD, Henkel TW, Halling RE. 2007. Boletaceae of Guyana. Mycological Society of America (MSA) Annual Meeting (contributed presentation).
Henkel TW, Aime MC, Ryvarden L. 2007. Polyporoid fungi of Guyana: diversity, new species, and ecological roles. MSA (contributed presentation).
*Dentiger BTM, McLaughlin DJ, Henkel TW. 2007. Gaping into gaps: evolution of porcini mushrooms. MSA (contributed presentation).
*Mayor JR, Schuur EAG, Henkel TW. 2007. Elucidating the nutritional status of tropical fungi using dual isotopes: implications for ecosystem nutrient dynamics. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting (poster).
*Degagne RS, Henkel TW, Steinberg S. 2007. Examining the distribution of Dicymbe corymbosa monodominant forests in Guyana with satellite imagery. California GIS Conference (poster)
Hughes KW, Mata JL, Cifuentes J, Aime MC, Henkel TW, Kovalenko A, Psurtseva N, Petersen RH. 2006. The hunt for Megacollybia: One name fits all? MSA (contributed presentation).
Henkel TW, James TY, Miller SL, Aime MC, Miller OK, Jr. 2005. The mycorrhizal status of Pseudotulostoma volvata (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota). MSA (contributed presentation).
Henkel TW, Aime MC, Chin M, Andrew C. 2005. Edible mushrooms of Guyana's Patamona Amerindians. MSA (poster)
*Woolley LP, Henkel TW. 2005. Phellinus robustus and the development of the tropical monodominant tree, Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae). MSA (poster).
*Mayor JR, Henkel TW, Aime MC. 2005. Ectomycorrhizae accelerate calcium release from leaf litter in a mono-dominant, Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) forest in Guyana. MSA (poster).
*Hasebe N, Henkel TW, Stephenson S.. 2005. Preliminary myxomycete survey of the Upper Potaro River Basin, Guyana. Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting (poster)
**Kennedy LE, Hallen HE, Henkel TW. 2005. HPLC analyses of Amanita species from Guyana. MSA (poster)
Henkel TW, *Mayor JR, *Woolley LP. 2004. Mast fruiting in the ectomycorrhizal Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) from Guyana: the 2003 event and implications for monodominance. MSA (contributed presentation)
*Mayor JR, Henkel TW. 2004. Ectomycorrhizal influence on leaf litter decomposition
within a monodominant Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) forest in Guyana. MSA (contributed presentation).
*Mayor JR, Henkel TW. 2004. Ectomycorrhizal influence on leaf litter decomposition within a monodominant Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) forest in Guyana. Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting (contributed presentation).
Aime MC, Henkel TW. 2004. Mycosociology and macromycete diversity in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting (contributed presentation).
Henkel TW. 2003. Ecological consequences of mast-fruiting in Dicymbe corymbosa from Guyana. 2nd California-Oregon Mycorrhizae Conference (contributed presentation).
Miller SL, Henkel TW. 2003. Biology and molecular ecology of subiculate Lactarius species from Guyana. MSA (contributed presentation).
*Thacker JR, Henkel TW, Aime MC, Moncalvo JM, Vilgalys R. 2002. Probing the Amazonian soil mycota. MSA (contributed presentation).
Henkel TW. 2002. Belowground ectomycorrhizal networks as a contributing factor to monodominance in Dicymbe corymbosa. 1st California-Oregon Mycorrhizae Conference (contributed presentation).
*Henkel TW, Terborgh J, Vilgalys R. 2001. Dicymbe forests as habitat islands for ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. MSA (contributed presentation).
*Henkel TW, Miller SL, Vilgalys R. 2000. Taxonomy and mycorrhizal status of pleurotoid Russulaceae from Guyana. British Mycological Society Symposium on Tropical Mycology (poster).
*Henkel TW. 2000. Ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes associated with Dicymbe (Caesalpiniaceae) in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. British Mycological Society Millenium Symposium on Tropical Mycology (poster).
Methven AS, *Henkel TW. 1999. A new species of Lactarius associated with Dicymbe in the forests of Guyana. XVI International Botanical Congress (poster).
*Henkel TW, Miller SL. 1999. Pleurotoid Lactarius species from Guyana with notes on their molecular phylogeny and ectomycorrhizal habit. XVI International Botanical Congress (poster).
*Henkel TW. 1999. Mycological explorations on the Amazonian frontier. 24th Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference (plenary address).
*Henkel TW. 1999. Systematics and mycorrhizal status of pleurotoid Russulaceae. 24th Mid Atlantic States Mycology Conference (contributed presentation).
*Henkel TW. 1998. Tylopilus and Austroboletus from the northern Amazon. 23rd Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference (contributed presentation).
*Henkel TW. 1998. Tylopilus and other Boletaceae associated with Dicymbe in Guyana. Duke Biology Graduate Student Symposium (contributed presentation).
Current Collaborations
M. Catherine Aime, Louisiana State University. Systematics of neotropical macromycetes.
Steven L. Miller, University of Wyoming. Systematics of neotropical Russulaceae.
Kees Bas. Rijksherbarium, Netherlands. Systematics of neotropical Amanitaceae.
Ursula Peintner, University of Innsbruck. Systematics of neotropical Cortinariaceae.
Leif Ryvarden, University of Oslo. Systematics of neotropical Aphyllophorales.
Stephen Sillett, Humboldt State University. Forest architecture in Guyana.
David Newbery, University of Bern. Mast fruiting and forest dominance of tropical trees.
Brandon Matheny, Clarke University. Systematics of neotropical Inocybaceae.
Roy Halling, New York Botanical Garden. Systematics of neotropical Boletaceae.
Tim Baroni, SUNY-Cortland. Systematics of neotropical Entolomataceae
David Largent, Humboldt State University. Systematics of neotropical Entolomataceae.
Michael Castellano, Oregon State University. Systematics of neotropical Elaphomycetaceae.
Graduate Students (Masters)
Jordan R. Mayor (2004-2005). Ectomycorrhizal influence in leaf litter decomposition in a monodominant Dicymbe forest in Guyana.
Lance P. Woolley (2005-2006). Reiterative growth in the monodominant Neotropical tree Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) and its potential adaptive significance.
Nobukatsu Hasebe (exp. 2007). Diversity and microhabitat relationships of Myxomycota from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana.
Tara Fulgenzi (exp. 2007). Systematics of Boletaceae from the Guiana Shield.
Ashley Hawkins (exp. 2008). Ecological dynamics of wood-decay fungi in late-seral forests of the Northern California Coast Range.
Wendell Bedell (exp 2008). Incidence and potential impact of Heterobasidion annosum on redwood stumps in the Northern California Coast Range.
Undergraduate Thesis Research
Meghan Sherman, Brian Robison (2007), Luke Henault, Teresa Stoepler, Marisa Alvarado, Dan Cooke, Heather Mehl, Stuart Richardson, Laurel Goldsmith (2006), Yohei Shiraishi, Emmalien Bout (2005), Clydecia McClure (University of Guyana), Ashley Hawkins, Louis Kennedy, Ryan Meszaros, Matt Lau, Gina Radieve (2004), Nobukatsu Hasebe, Lance Woolley, Guerin White (2003), Scott Toland (2002)
Invited Public Lectures
Humboldt Bay Mycological Society (2002-2006), HSU Natural History Museum (2002-2006), All California Club Foray (2005, 2007), Bioforum Teacher Symposium (Oakland Museum, 2006), Mycological Society of San Francisco (2003), California Native Plant Society (2006), Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz (2007), Sonoma County Mycological Association (2007)
