Also see Group Photos.
Principal Investigators

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521 USA
Email: twh5@humboldt.edu
Website and Henkel CV

Professor
Department of Biology
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708, USA
Email: fungi@duke.edu
Website

Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Florida
Gainesville FL 32611, USA
Email: trufflesmith@ufl.edu
Website and Smith CV
Collaborating Taxonomists

Purdue University
Systematics of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic macrofungi. 18 years field experience in Guyana.
Website

UNC – Asheville
Collaborating field botanist.
16 years field experience in the Guianas. Over 12,000 numbered collections!

University of Wyoming
Systematics of Russulaceae and gasteroid fungi. Pioneered the first expedition to the Upper Potaro Basin in 2000. Holding the enigmatic sclerodermoid fungus Tremellogaster surinamensis E. Fisch.

University of Tennessee
Systematics of Inocybaceae
Has described 9 new species and 3 new distribution records for Inocybe from Guyana.
Website

University of California – Berkeley
Post-doctoral Associate
Systematics of Clavulinaceae. Five years fieldwork experience in Guyana.
Website
Field Research Associates

All-around specimen and data collector, and field logistics manager. 25 years field experience in Guyana!

Specimen collector, hunter, fisher, and professional footballer! 20 years field experience in Guyana.

UK-based world-class mushroom photographer.

US-based videographer.

World class mushroom photographer and truffle hunter extraordinaire.
Current Graduate Students

Humboldt State University
MSc candidate (2016-). Thesis: Systematics of Amanita from the Guiana Shield and Guineo-Congolian Africa.

Humboldt State University
MSc candidate (2016-). Thesis: Seedling-colonizing ectomycorrhizal fungi in the tropics: identity, roles in survival, and implications for monodominance.
Amerindian Parataxonomists

Kanawapai, Upper Ireng River
20 years experience in biodiversity research expeditions.

Sand Hill, Upper Ireng River
20 years experience in biodiversity research expeditions.

Kanawapai, Upper Ireng River
20 years experience in biodiversity research expeditions.

Kanawapai, Upper Ireng River
10 years experience with biodiversity research expeditions.

Cipo, Upper Ireng River
25 years experience with biodiversity research expeditions.

Kanawapai, Upper Ireng River
10 years experience in biodiversity research expeditions.
Former Graduate Students

MSc, Humboldt State University (2005). Thesis: Ectomycorrhizal influences on leaf litter decomposition in monodominant Dicymbe corymbosa forests of Guyana. PhD, University of Florida (2010), currently post-doc at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Forest Ecology & Management, Sweden. Website

MSc, Humboldt State University (2006). Thesis: Potential adaptive significance of reiteration in the tropical monodominant tree, Dicymbe corymbosa.

MSc, Humboldt State University (2009). Thesis: Estimating distribution of Dicymbe monodominant forests in Guyana using remote sensing (advisor: Steve Steinberg). Current: lecturer in GIS, Humboldt State University.

MSc, Humboldt State University (2009). Thesis: Systematics of Boletaceae from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana.

MSc, Humboldt State University, (2012). Thesis: Systematics of Clavulina (Clavulinaceae, Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) from the Guiana Shield.

MSc, University of Guyana (2013). Thesis: Systematics of Boletaceae from the Guiana Shield. Current PhD student, Purdue University.

MSc Humboldt State University (2016). Thesis: Sarcodon in the Neotropics: new species from Colombia, Guyana, and Puerto Rico. Currently PhD candidate, University of Florida.
Former Undergraduate Students
Luke Henault
Heather Mehl
Ryan Meszaros
Ben Hart
Louis Kennedy