Patrick is a mycologist documenting the mushrooms of the Chicago Region and Midwest with collections going to the Field Museum of Natural History. He teaches botany and mycology at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He started his mushroom activities with the Minnesota Mycological Society before moving to Chicago. Patrick has served as Voucher Coordinator for the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) and in 2011 was awarded the NAMA President's Outstanding Service Award.
He has been featured in the news in articles with great titles like, Do You Know the Mushroom Man? at Chicago Magazine among many other publications, and is published himself in the scientific literature including in a paper describing the chanterelle species Cantharellus chicagoensis.
Patrick is also active with both the Wisconsin Mycological Society (WMS) and his local Illinois Mycological Association (IMA).
With WMS, Patrick is a lead mycologist at many of our annual retreat forays and scientific advisor to our Society. With IMA, Patrick is a frequent foray leader, scientific advisor assisting the IMA with their 'Annual Show' and all other scientific and educational activities. He helps both state's mycology clubs identify and curate our fungi specimens.
He has also given lectures to many mycological groups around the world, including to WMS. You can find one of Patrick's lectures to WMS up on our YouTube Channel, and can find even more of his lectures by searching his name!
Visit Patrick's excellent educational website at www.mycoguide.com
And look for him on iNaturalist as MycoGuide.
Patrick, being pointed out helpfully by Bruch Reed, is here pictured wearing his full fungi regalia to Northwoods Foray (Cable, WI) 2023
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