NANCY S. WEBER

Assistant Professor
Taxonomy of the Pezizales

EMAIL: webern@fsl.orst.edu
PHONE: 541-737-6561
FAX: 541-737-1393

B.A., 1965, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A., 1967, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., 1971, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Interests:

Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Pezizales sensu lato in western North America (morels, truffles, and allied cup-fungi).

Current Programs:

Documenting biodiversity of Pezizalean fungi; constructing a database for collection data; conducting exploratory field trips in search of these fungi.

Examples of Research Support:

NSF (BSR-9007186), "Epigeous and Hypogeous Pezizales of Western North America," 1990-1994, $120,000 (Co-PIs: Trappe, Denison).

Examples of Publications:

Weber, N.S. 1988. A Morel Hunter's Companion. TwoPeninsula Press, Lansing, MI. 209 p.

Weber, N.S. and A.H. Smith. 1985. A Field Guide to Southern Mushrooms. Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 280 p.

Weber, N.S. 1972. The genus Helvella in Michigan. Michigan Botanist 11:147-201.

Weber, N.S. 1975. Notes on western species of Helvella. I. Beih. Nova Hedwigia 51:25-38.


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