| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jessie Uehling and Paris Salazar-Hamm, Oregon State University | Creating mycological educational materials for K-3 classrooms for multimodal learning via digital resource and in-person module development |
| 2022 | Mays et.al. University of British Columbia | Effects of invasive cultivated blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) on the fungal community and soil properties of an anthropogenically-impacted southern British Columbia peatland. |
| 2022 | Johnson/Re Olympia, WA | Sequencing and study of key specimens from a new generation of mycologists |
| 2022 | Django Grootmyers Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee. | Toward a revision of the family Porotheleaceae and allied taxa in the Pacific Northwest of North America |
| 2022 | Melanie Jones UBC Okanagan | Fungal succession in a fragmented Engelmann Spruce – Subalpine Fir forest 26 years after clear cutting: investigating ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in root tips, soils and sporocarps |
| 2022 | Alexandria Moxley | Barriers and Opportunities: Specialty Cultivated Mushroom Production in the United States |
| 2022 | Omprakash (fiscal sponsor for Metamimicry) | SPoRE: Salish Place of Remediation Education |
| 2022 | Matt Gordon and Steve Trudell | DNA barcode sequencing of Tricholoma type specimens and selected other historic Tricholoma collections |
| 2022 | David Giblin University of Washington, WTU Herbarium | DNA sequencing to enhance the value of specimens in the macrofungus collection at the University of Washington Herbarium (WTU) of the Burke Museum |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dr. Michael Bradshaw Harvard Univesity | A North American Monograph of the Powdery Mildews (Erysiphacea) |
| 2021 | Stephen Sharrett – Evergreen State College | Intraspecific Genetic Variability in the Imperiled Old-growth Specklebelly Lichen, Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis, in Washington State |
| 2021 | Tilth Alliance, Seattle, WA | Introduction and Sustainable Production of Oyster Mushrooms in Community Gardens of Faith and Refugee Communities |
| 2021 | Metamimicry | Bioretention of Stormwater: A Fungal Amendment Approach for the Remediation of 6PPD-Quinone Affected Urban Drainage |
| 2021 | Anya Polyakov University of Washington | Identifying fungal processes and characterizing fungal species along salmon streams within a riparian boreal forest system |
| 2021 | David Giblin University of Washington WTU Herbarium | Improving storage conditions for macrofungi specimens at the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Danny Miller | Sequencing and analyzing 250 local, handpicked specimens from PSMS events |
| 2020 | Justin Loucks & Andrew Wilson | Contributions Towards a Regional Mycoflora: Subalpine-alpine Macrofungi of Idaho’s Lemhi Range |
| 2020 | Steve Trudell & Danny Miller | Putting Names on Northwest Russulas — a Ben Woo Legacy Project |
| 2020 | David Giblin University of Washington WTU Herbarium | DNA sequencing to enhance the value of specimens in the macrofungus collection at the University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum |
| 2020 | Kasanke WSU | Effects of co-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and free-living nitrogen fixing bacteria (FLNF) on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) production and nutrient uptake |
| 2020 | David Giblin University of Washington WTU Herbarium | Improving storage space efficiency and long-term preservation for macrofungi specimens at the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Cascade Mycological Society / Macrofungi of Lane Co. Oregon Project | Support for DNA sequencing by an undergraduate student (University of Oregon) conducting a survey of wood chip fungi in the Eugene-Springfield (Oregon) area |
| 2019 | Rebecca Evans (Ph.D. student, Washington State University -Vancouver) | Ecological effects of anthropogenic nitrogen and invasive herbivores on mycorrhizal community composition and potential function |
| 2019 | University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum | Funding to purchase large shelf boxes for 10 new steel herbarium cabinets, and approximately 1000 small archival boxes for housing individual specimens |
| 2019 | South Park Community Center, Seattle Parks and Recreation Department | Funding to purchase materials for construction of oyster mushroom kits by low-income children |
| 2019 | University of British Columbia (Okanagan) Mushroom Club | Partial support for student members attending the spring meeting of the Pacific Northwest Key Council at Peachland, BC |
| 2019 | On behalf of Dr. Alison Pouliot | Travel and lodging support for speaking tour of Pacific Northwest |
| 2019 | University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum | DNA sequencing to enhance the value of specimens in the macrofungus collection at the University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum |
| 2019 | Laura Super (PhD student) / Dr. Suzanne Simard (adviser), University of British Columbia | Understanding the phytobiome: impacts of warming, nitrogen deposition, and harvesting on plants, fungi, and nematodes (supplies and sequencing services for molecular analysis) |
| 2019 | Michael Bradshaw (PhD student) / Dr. Patrick Tobin (adviser), University of Washington | Assessing the Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Common, Understudied, Pacific Northwest Fungi — continuing DNA sequencing and phylogenetics work with powdery mildews |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Samantha Fox (PhD student) / Dr. Ari Jumpponen (adviser), Kansas State University | Investigation of different fire severities resulting in distinct soil fungal community trajectories (travel to study site in Oregon, and supplies for molecular analysis) |
| 2018 | University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum | Improving specimen storage in the macrofungal collection at the University of Washington Herbarium of the Burke Museum (purchase of specimen boxes and funds for hourly support person) |
| 2018 | Shannon Adams | Pacific Northwest (PNW) Cortinarius Mycoflora Study |
| 2018 | Ed Barge (PhD student, Oregon State University) | Systematics and population ecology of foliar endophytes associated with Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood) in the Pacific Northwest |
| 2018 | Dr. Jenise Bauman (Western Washington University) | Accelerating natural succession by aiding in native conifer establishment and ectomycorrhizal fungal development on novel coarse terraces in riparian corridors along the Elwha River |
| 2018 | Michael Bradshaw (PhD student) / Dr. Patrick Tobin (adviser), University of Washington) | Effects of divergent evolution on host resistance and an evaluation of the epidemiology and biology of powdery mildew in urban and forest environments |
| 2018 | Camille Defrenne (PhD student, University of British Columbia) | Revealing the unseen ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity influenced by climate in British Columbia |
| 2018 | Matt Gordon | Sequencing Pacific Northwest Type Collections |
| 2018 | Stuart Graham (PhD student, University of Washington) | How will the responses of mycorrhizal fungi to climate warming influence the encroachment of conifers on subalpine meadows? |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Michael Zirpoli & Heidi Steinbach (The Evergreen State College) | Study of possible effects of lichen extracts on the reproduction of prairie plants |
| 2017 | Dr. Cathy Cripps & Dr. Sara Branco (Montana State University) | Study of alpine members of the Cortinarius anomalus group |
| 2017 | Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium | Supplies and digitizing, curating, and filing of new macrofungus acquisitions at WTU |
| 2017 | Girdwood, Inc. / Turnagain Arm Mycological Society | Start-up cost for Mycoflora of Alaska website (site design, build and initial data entry) |
| 2017 | SEAWEAD (Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration, Analysis and Discovery) | Support for travel by the chief mycologist for the All Things Fungi event in Hoonah, southeast Alaska |
| 2017 | Girdwood, Inc. / Turnagain Arm Mycological Society | Support for travel by presenters at the annual Girdwood Fungus Fair |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma) | Metals in edible mushrooms in the West Coast of the USA (supplemental funding) |
| 2016 | Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium | Creation of a Macrofungi of Washington image gallery at WTU |
| 2016 | Dr. Brandon Matheny (University of Tennessee) | Systematic revision of the Stuntz Inocybe collection from North America |
| 2016 | Department of Botany, University of British Columbia (Dr. Mary Berbee) | Mushroom booklet for identification of BC fungi important for human and environmental health |
| 2016 | Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium | Supplies and digitizing, curating, and filing of new macrofungal acquisitions at WTU |
| 2016 | Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma) | A contribution to the knowledge of the genus, Tricholoma, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America (supplemental funding) |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Korena Mafune (PhD student, University of Washington) | Canopy Mycorrhizal Ecosystems: Fungal Adaptations of Adventitious Roots Growing in Canopy Soils of Old-growth Temperate Rainforests, Western Washington |
| 2015 | Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma) | Metals in edible mushrooms in the West Coast of the USA (supplemental funding) |
| 2015 | Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma) | A contribution to the knowledge of the genus, Tricholoma, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America (supplemental funding) |
| 2015 | Sitka Sound Science Center | Travel support for presenters at the Center’s Natural History Seminar series, public walks, and classes |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Multiple | K-12 teachers mycology workshop held at the 2014 North American Mycological Association Foray, Eatonville, Washington |
| 2014 | Multiple (21 individuals) | Patrice Benson Memorial Travel Assistance Awards made to mycologists and students presenting at the 2014 North American Mycological Association Foray, Eatonville, Washington |
| 2014 | Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma) | Metals in edible mushrooms of the Puget Sound region: A citizen-science approach |
| 2014 | Dr. Erica Cline (University of Washington, Tacoma) | A contribution to the knowledge of the genus, Tricholoma, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America |
| 2014 | Anna Bazzicalupo (PhD student, University of British Columbia) | Ben Woo’s Burke Museum Russula collection: Detecting new species, confirming known species, and enhancing understanding of regional biodiversity using databasing and DNA sequencing |
| 2014 | Dr. Tuula Niskanen | Taxonomy of Cortinarius species associated with oak in the Pacific Northwest |
| 2014 | Shaw Mycological Herbarium (at Washington State University) | New computers |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dr. Bart Buyck, Anna Bazzicalupo | Expenses associated with Dr. Buyck’s Russula trip and speaking tour in the PNW |
| 2013 | Olympic Peninsula Mycological Society | Support for speakers at society meetings |
| 2011 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Dr. Joe Ammirati, Dr. Michael Beug, Dr. Tuula Niskanen, and Dr. Kare Liimatainen | Taxonomy of Cortinarius species associated with oak in the Pacific Northwest |
| 2010 | Dr. Kare Liimatainen and Dr. Tuula Niskanen | Taxonomy of Cortinarius in the Pacific Northwest |
| 2010 | Northern Idaho Mycological Association | Matching funds for digital projector |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Northwest Film Forum | Support for screening of movie, Know Your Mushrooms |
| 2009 | University of Washington Mycology | Research Fund–Joshua Birkebak Research on Leucoagaricus |
| 2009 | PNW Key Council | Matching funds for digital projector and laptop computer |
| 2008 | Dr. Steven Trudell and Dr. Joe Ammirati | Support for preparation of illustrations for book, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest |
| 2007 | Friends of the University of Washington Herbarium | Support for Lichens of Washington image gallery |
| 2007 | Dr. Katherine Glew | Lichen study project |
| 2007 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Lili Fang (PhD student) | Taxonomy of Cortinarius in the Pacific Northwest |
| 2006 | Paul Kroeger | Cataloguing of specimens from mycological survey of Haida Gwaii (at UBC Herbarium) |
| 2005 | PNW Fungi, Dr. Dean Glawe | Operating funds for electronic journal |
| 2005 | Snohomish County Mycological Society | Funding for digital projector |
| 2005 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Noelle Machnicki (PhD student) | Douglas-fir ectomycorrhiza research |
| 2004 | Shadow Lake Bog Study Group, Christie Robertson et al. | Mycological survey of bog habitat |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Puget Sound Mycological Society | Matching funds for purchase of digital projector for use by PSMS and DESMF. |
| 2003 | Dr. Brandon Matheny | Support for transition to post-doc position at Clark University |
| 2003 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Suzanne Joneson (MS student) and P. Brandon Matheny (PhD student) | Ramalina of the Kuril Islands: Phylogenetics of the Ramalina almquistii species complex (SJ). Molecular Systematics and Taxonomic Contributions Towards the Inocybaceae (PBM). |
| 2001 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 2000 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1999 | Dr. David Hosford | Support for fungus herbarium at Central Washington University |
| 1999 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Primarily Brandon Matheny, Michelle Seidl, and Briana Timmerman. |
| 1998 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Primarily Katherine Glew, Michelle Seidl, and Briana Timmerman, and work in the Herbarium by Brandon Matheny. |
| 1998 | Dr. David Hosford | Support for fungus herbarium at Central Washington University |
| 1998 | Mt. Mazama Mushroom Association | Small grant for book purchases |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Mt. Mazama Mushroom Association | Small grant for book purchases |
| 1997 | North Idaho Mycological Association | Funding for PNWKC Keys, mushroom dryer, slide projector, microscope, and slide programs |
| 1997 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Primarily Katherine Glew, Michelle Seidl, and Briana Timmerman |
| 1996 | Dr. Joe Ammirati | Travel support for study of European Cortinarius |
| 1996 | Dr. Egon Horak | Travel support for study of PNW Galerina |
| 1996 | Puget Sound Mycological Society | Matching contribution for production of video of 1994 PSMS Annual Exhibit |
| 1996 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students: Katherine Glew (Distribution and Diversity of Alpine Lichens: Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influencing Alpine Lichen Communities in the Northeast Olympic and North Cascade Mountains, PhD); Marcangelo Puccio (Distribution of RAPD phenotypes in a natural population of Coprinus velox, MS); Michelle Seidl (Systematic studies in Cortinarius (Agaricales, Cortinariaceae) subgenus Myxacium, sections Defibulati and Myxacium in western North America, PhD); Briana Timmerman (Dispersal in epigeous basidiomycetes: What the probability of spore settlement into various habitats and the size and relatedness of genets suggest about how fungal populations evolve and spread, MS) |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Dr. Joe Ammirati | Travel: Olympic and Mt. Rainier National Parks studies |
| 1995 | Dr. Meinhard Moser | Travel support for study of Rocky Mountains Cortinarius |
| 1995 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1995 | Michelle Seidl | Support of work in Herbarium |
| 1995 | Michelle Seidl | Support of work in Herbarium |
| 1995 | Marcangelo Puccio | Support for study of old-growth forest fungi |
| 1995 | Katherine Glew | Lichen field project |
| 1995 | Katherine Glew | Lichen project |
| 1995 | Dr. Joe Ammirati | Travel support for committee member: Molecular evolutionary studies of Dermocybe and Cortinarius species (Yajuan Liu PhD defense) |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1994 | Glenn Walker | Old-growth forest fungi project |
| 1994 | Michelle Seidl | Old-growth projects and herbarium |
| 1994 | Briana Timmerman | Herbarium assistance |
| 1994 | Katherine Glew | Lichen project |
| 1994 | Lorelei Norvell | PNW agarics research |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dr. Scott Redhead | Travel support for visiting scholar |
| 1993 | Dr. Tom Volk | Travel–Bridgeoporus project |
| 1993 | Yajuan Liu | Travel–Dermocybe project |
| 1993 | Dr. Jim Ginns | Travel–Albatrellus project |
| 1993 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1993 | Sharmin Gamiet | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1993 | Michelle Seidl | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1993 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Michelle Seidl | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1993 | Glenn Walker | Travel to national meeting |
| 1993 | Glenn Walker | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1993 | Lorelei Norvell | PNW agarics research |
| 1993 | Lorelei Norvell | PNW agarics research |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1992 | Glenn Walker (MS student, University of Washington) | A preliminary study of the macrofungus species richness in mature and old-growth Picea sitchensis/Tsuga heterophylla forests of the Olympic Peninsula |
| 1992 | Lorelei Norvell | MSA meeting (Portland) |
| 1992 | Glenn Walker | MSA meeting (Portland) |
| 1992 | Dr. Eef Arnolds | Travel |
| 1992 | Dr. Henry Dissing | Travel, Pezizales project |
| 1992 | Dr. Joe Ammirati | Travel by Hal Burdsall and Karen Nakasone–spruce old-growth project |
| 1992 | Katherine Glew | Lichen project |
| 1992 | Lorelei Norvell | PNW agarics research |
| 1992 | Lorelei Norvell | PNW agarics research |
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | D and B Grandorff | Travel Bridgeoporus nobilissimus research |
| 1991 | Michelle Seidl | Mt. St. Helens old-growth |
| 1991 | George Mueller | Scanning electron microscopy |
| 1991 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund | General support of Dr. Ammirati students |
| 1991 | Katherine Glew | Lichen Herbarium and Literature |
| 1991 | Lorelei Norvell | Stuntz Herbarium |
| 1990 | Dr. Joe Ammirati, George Mueller | Scanning electron microscopy |
| 1990 | Lorelei Norvell | Stuntz Herbarium |
| 1990 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Judy Stanhope (MAT student) | A comparative study of the upper cortex of Platismatia glauca from rural and urban habitats in western Washington state |
| 1989 | J. Flintoff | Lichen studies |
| 1989 | Dr. Meinhard Moser | PNW Cortinarii |
| 1988 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Stephen Rehner (PhD student) | Systematics, Mating Compatibility and Ribosomal DNA Variation in Agrocybe, section Pediadeae |
| 1987 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Lu-hsi Shih (MS student) | Basidium cytology of Laccaria species |
| 1984 | University of Washington Mycology Research Fund–Stephen Rehner (MS student) | A survey of agarics in Artemisia-Agropyron shrub-steppe and Salix communities of Grant Co., Washington |
Other Support:
| Year | Recipient(s) | Project / Activity / Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oregon Mycological Society Scholarship Fund | Contribution in memory of Judy Roger |
| 2014 | University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund | Support of mycological research and teaching |
| 2013 | University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund | Support of mycological research and teaching |
| 2013 | Chelan Co. Search & Rescue | Contribution associated with disappearance of Hildegard Hendrickson |
| 2013 | University of Washington, Burke Museum | Support for Paul Stamets public lecture at UW |
| 2013 | University of Washington, Burke Museum | Mushroom Maynia |
| 2012 | University of Washington, Burke Museum | Mushroom Maynia |
| 2012 | University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund | Support of mycological research and teaching |
| 2011 | University of Washington, Burke Museum | Mushroom Maynia |
| 2010 | University of Washington, Burke Museum | Mushroom Maynia |
| 2010 | University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund | Support of mycological research and teaching |
| 2009 | University of Washington, Burke Museum | Mushroom Maynia |
| 2009 | University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund | Support of mycological research and teaching |
| 2008 | University of Washington, Burke Museum | Mushroom Maynia |
| 2007 | University of Washington Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Endowed Fund | Support of mycological research and teaching. Initial contribution. |
| 2006 | Mycological Society of America | Memorial contribution to the Orson K. Miller, Jr. travel fund |
| 1994 | University of Washington | Melinda Denton Memorial Fund |