Pilz, David
Botanist
Mycology Team
Team Leader: Randy Molina
Ecosystem Processes Research Program
Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Hiring Date: 1993
Specialties:
Research on Productivity and Sustainable Harvest of Edible Forest
Mushrooms(poster)
Research Interests:
- Estimating matsutake mushroom productivity in selected habitats
- Examining the impact of litter-raking and harvesting on
production of matsutake mushrooms
- Examining how thinning young Douglas-fir stands effects
chanterelle mushroom productivity
- Monitoring chanterelle production in varied habitats on the
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
- Correlating morel production and picking impacts with fire,
insect damage and tree mortality
- Developing efficient field methods for monitoring wild edible
forest fungi
Room: FSL 004
Phone: (541) 750-7362
Fax: (541) 750-7329
Email: pilzd@fsl.orst.edu
Address:
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
3200 Jefferson Way
Corvallis,
Oregon 97331 U.S.A.
Degrees:
M.S. - 1983 - Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis
B.S. - 1973 - Psychology, University of Illinois
Experience:
- Proprietor, "Special Trees " Nursery, Pacific Yew
seedling production. 1990-Present
- Seed and Sowing Coordinator, D. L. Phipps State Forest Nursery,
Elkton, Oregon 1984-1990
- Three years of reforestation work for the Willamette National
Forest.
- Inter-regional forest fire fighter, three seasons with three
national forests in Oregon.
Personal Interests:
Hiking (exploring places " seldom-visited "), gardening,
mushroom gathering, traveling, cooking, reading, swimming.
Hometown: Near St. Louis, Missouri
