This episode is a conversation from 2021 about morel mushrooms with Tom Volk who is a world-renowned mycologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. He has worked in mushroom cultivation and is intimately familiar with the genera Morchella (morels), Cantharellus (chanterelles), Hydnellum (a tooth fungus), Armillaria (honey mushrooms), and Laetiporus (chicken of the woods, or sulfur shelf). He also has conducted fungal biodiversity studies in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alaska, and Israel. Having lectured in 35 states so far, Tom is a popular speaker at many amateur and professional mycological events throughout North America, including many NAMA and NEMF forays. Tom was also the president of the Mycological Society of America.

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