Michael Beug
About the Author
Michael Beug taught chemistry, mycology, and organic farming at The Evergreen State College for thirty-two years. He has been active in the North American Mycological Association and the Pacific Northwest Key Council since 1974, regularly giving mushroom workshops. Dr. Beug co-authored Ascomycete Fungi of North America and his mushroom photographs have appeared in more than eighty books and articles. He regularly writes about mushrooms in McIlvainea, The Mycophile, and Fungi Magazine and has discovered nearly 100 new mushroom species from a dozen genera.