Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the trail-blazing work of Paul Stamets and Solomon Wasser.

I greatly appreciate the fungal contributions of David Arora, Robert Blanchette, Ken Jones, Christopher Hobbs, Terry Willard, Andrew Weil, Clark Heinrich, David Law, Adrian Morgan, Bruno Boulet, Jim Ginns, Paul Kroeger, Leonard Hutchison, Michael Beug, Larry Evans, Bryce Kendrick, Britt Bunyard, Tom Volk, Gary Lincoff, Michael Kuo, and numerous other mycologists, herbalists, authors, and generally all-round fun guys and fun gals.

I would also like to thank fellow members of NAMA and the Alberta Mycological Society for their warm welcome and significant contributions to my mushroom studies over the past eight years. There are many to thank, but special appreciation should be given to Martin Osis, who has patiently mentored me and become a very special friend and forest forayer. Thank you. Please check out the Alberta Mycological Society’s website at www.wildmushrooms.ws.

Thanks to Doug Reil, associate publisher at North Atlantic Books, and my editors, Erin Wiegand and Robin Donovan.

Thanks to all the photographers, especially John Plischke III, for their keen eyes and contributions.

A special thanks to researchers all over the world who have labored and studied and published papers that have contributed so much to our knowledge of the Fifth Kingdom.

Thank you.