Biography of Michael Kuo, Ph.D., author of 100 Cool Mushrooms
Dr. Kuo, the principal developer of MushroomExpert.Com, is an English teacher in Illinois and
an amateur mycologist. He is the author of Morels (2005), and 100 Edible Mushrooms (2007),
both published by the University of Michigan Press. Other publications include "Morchella
tomentosa, a new species from western North America, and notes on M. rufobrunnea" (2008;
Mycotaxon 105: 441-446) and "Mushrooming in the age of DNA: now comes the fun part"
(2007; McIlvainea 17: 43-49). He is currently writing 100 Cool Mushrooms, with Andrew
Methven, for the University of Michigan Press, and Mushrooms of the Midwest, also with
Andrew Methven, for the University of Illinois Press.
Andrew Methven, Ph.D.
Dr. Methven is a professor of mycology and chair of the Biology Department at Eastern Illinois
University. He is the author of Agaricales of California: vol. 10 Lactarius and The Genus
Clavariadelphus in North America and a frequent contributor to MushroomExpert.Com.