Patrick R. Leacock

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Gregory M. Mueller

International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh)

John Paul Schmit

National Park Service

Daniel L. Lindner Czederpiltz

Radford University

D. Jean Lodge

University of Georgia

Thomas E. O’Dell

University of Oslo

Leif Ryvarden

University of Oslo

Sabine M. Huhndorf

Field Museum of Natural History

M. Mata

National Biodiversity Institute

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Ação Educativa

Joseph F. Ammirati

University of Washington

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University of Oslo

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United States Department of Agriculture

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Digital Imaging: A Promising Tool for Mushroom Identification

Academic Emergency Medicine (2003)

C. B. Fischbein Gregory M. Mueller Patrick R. Leacock Michael Wahl Steven E. Aks

Mushroom poisoning is a diagnostic and treatment dilemma for health care professionals. Decisions regarding treatment following ingestions are usually made without a firm identification of the fungus and tend to be more aggressive than necessary. The identification of mushrooms is beyond the scope of health care professionals, and a mycologist is essential to make an accurate identification. Telemedicine and digital imaging is an emerging technology that can assist in mushroom identification and facilitate patient care. The efficacy of using digital images sent over the Internet was tested in a pilot project. This article describes three cases in which digital images and verbal descriptions assisted in mushroom identification. When the actual specimen was sent to a mycologist, a definitive identification was obtained and compared with the presumptive identification. Digital images alone do not permit definitive identification; however, they often contain sufficient information to help the clinician rule out the possibility of a severely toxic species. Data accumulated to date indicate that digital imaging can be an important tool in the diagnosis and treatment of mushroom ingestion, and possibly other biologicals such as plants, insects, and reptiles.

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Digital Imaging

Mushroom poisoning

10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00079.x

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Gregory M. Mueller John Paul Schmit Sabine M. Hubndorf Leif Ryvarden Thomas E. O’Dell D. Jean Lodge

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Digital Imaging: A Promising Tool for Mushroom Identification

Academic Emergency Medicine (2003)

C. B. Fischbein Gregory M. Mueller Patrick R. Leacock Michael Wahl Steven E. Aks

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Digital Imaging

Mushroom poisoning

10.1197/aemj.10.7.808

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Cantharellus chicagoensis sp. nov. is supported by molecular and morphological analysis as a new yellow chanterelle in midwestern United States

Mycologia (2016)

Patrick R. Leacock Jill Riddell Andrew W. Wilson Rui Zhang Ning Chen

Recent molecular systematic studies of Cantharellus cibarius sensu lato have revealed previously unknown species in different regions of North America. This study investigates yellow chanterelles in the Midwest using phylogenetic analysis of three DNA regions: nuc rDNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and 28S sequences and translation elongation factor 1α gene (EF1α). This analysis reveals a locally common taxon Cantharellus chicagoensis sp. nov. as distinct from sympatric species present in northeastern Illinois, northwestern Indiana and Wisconsin. This chanterelle features a pileus that often has a greenish yellow margin when immature, a squamulose disk when mature, a yellow spore print and the absence of a fragrant odor. Multiple Cantharellus specimens group with C. flavus and C. phasmatis, expanding their known range, and others with C. roseocanus. Our observations highlight the diversity of Cantharellus in midwestern USA and further document the need for additional systematic focus on the region's fungi.

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10.3852/15-230

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Monitoring fungi in ecological restorations of coastal Indiana, U.S.A.

Restoration Ecology (2016)

Peter G. Avis Wyatt C. Gaswick Gayle S. Tonkovich Patrick R. Leacock

Abstract Monitoring of ecological restorations has rarely focused on fungi. In this study, we conduct a first‐ever monitoring of macrofungi in ecological restorations of coastal Indiana ( U.S.A. ) and present an approach and considerations that can be followed elsewhere. Forty‐two sites were surveyed over a 2‐year period for the presence of saprotrophic, mycorrhizal, and parasitic macrofungi. Sites included those considered to be restoration, prerestoration, or reference and were in wooded, semiwooded, or grassland habitats. With 1,103 observations, 277 species of fungi were identified. Most fungi were found in wooded habitats though some were in grassland restorations. Invasive plant cover negatively impacted fungal species richness. Monitored sites were compared to a set of reference sites using two different similarity indices (overlap and Jaccard), as well as the ratios of different fungal functional guilds, revealing that choice of index can impact how restorations are perceived to match targets. Last, we present a novel, tractable, and conservative way to assess and rank sites by the functional trait guilds of fungi. We show that such an approach can provide important additional information about the success of restorations such that functional guild ratios could be used as an indicator of restoration progress early‐on while functional values are better used in later phases.

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Restoration Ecology

10.1111/rec.12397

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Elsevier eBooks (2004)

Joseph F. Ammirati George Barron Richard Benjamin Gerald L. Benny Stephen P. Bentivenga

10.1016/b978-012509551-8/50002-7

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Gregory M. Mueller John Paul Schmit Sabine M. Huhndorf Leif Ryvarden Thomas E. O’Dell

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Global diversity and distribution of macrofungi

Biodiversity and Conservation (2006)

Gregory M. Mueller John Paul Schmit Patrick R. Leacock Bart Buyck Joaquín Cifuentes

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Biodiversity hotspot

Global biodiversity

10.1007/s10531-006-9108-8

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Pyrofomes juniperinus, comb. nova, the North American Sibling of P. demidoffii (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)

Annales Botanici Fennici (2018)

Josef Vlasák Josef Vlasák Patrick G. Harvey Patrick R. Leacock Viacheslav Spirin

Polyporus juniperinus is reinstated as a good species to encompass the North American collections labelled as P. demidoffii, and a new combination, Pyrofomes juniperinus (H. Schrenk) Vlasák & Spirin, is proposed. Identity of P. juniperinus and P. juniperinus ssp. earlei is discussed based on morphological and DNA evidence.

Polyporus

10.5735/085.055.0101

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Sampling macrofungi using fixed-sized plots v1

Gregory M. Mueller John Paul Schmit Sabine M. Huhndorf Leif Ryvarden Thomas E. O’Dell

The protocol for sampling conspicuous macrofungi using fixed-size plots.

10.17504/protocols.io.z2xf8fn

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