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Who's
Who in Mexican Mushroom Tours
By Ellen Walsh
Photos by Ellen Walsh and Jan Marshall of Sur La Table
Mushroom
experts on this trip were:
Joaquin
Cifuentes
Head Mycologist
at the University of Mexico
Expertise with the Agaricus/Lepiota family and how to
recognize them in the field.
Arturo
Estrada
Founder
and Head of the Laboratory of Mycology at the University
of Tlaxcala
Expert on the ecological importance of mushrooms and the
Gomphacceal family, a popular eating mushroom in this
part of Mexico.
Adriana
Montoya —-
Ethno Mycologist
Expert on mushroom culture as it pertains to the lives
of her work with the local people, their traditions, languages,
and how things are changing for them.
Alejandro
Kong
Mycological
Researcher at the University of Tlaxcala
Expert on the taxonomy of Russulalles associated with
Fir.
John
Rahart
President
of the New Mexico Mycological Society (and
trip participant)
Interested in and studies the effects of mushroom poisoning,
better described as "toxicity". His description
of death by mushroom reminded the writer of this article
of a quote by the late Donald Malcolm, a New Yorker magazine
writer who wrote in 1958: "It is hard to understand
why mushroom hunting has been neglected by lovers of dangerous
sport".
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For
information about mushroom trips contact:
Mexican Mushroom Tours
Gundi Jeffrey & Erik Purre Portsmouth,
Founders &
Operators
Web Site: http://www.mexmush.com/
Other
Great Links:
Foraging
for Mushrooms in Mexico Recipes
Crema
de Flor de Calabacita
Puerco
Almendrado con Hongos
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