Back by popular demand, the Irving Nature Park is very excited to offer a second session of Fungi Foray with Dr. Alfredo Justo.
Meet at Sheldon's Point in the field next to the Barn, then walk Sheldon's Point Trail looking for mushrooms. After the walk there will be a general identification and explanation session with the mushrooms that were found.
Alfredo Justo – Curator of Botany & Mycology at the New Brunswick Museum
Dr. Justo joined the Natural History Department of the New Brunswick Museum in June 2019, following the retirement of now Curator Emeritus Dr. Stephen Clayden.
He oversees the curation and growth of the NBM Herbarium, which comprises over 100,000 specimens of plants, fungi, lichens, bryophytes and algae from New Brunswick and neighboring regions. His research focuses on the fungal diversity of New Brunswick.
Dr. Justo completed his PhD in systematic mycology at the University of Vigo, Spain, in 2006. Following several years of projects in Spain related to mycological conservation and diversity, he spent six years (2009-2014) in a postdoctoral research position with Dr. David Hibbett at Clark University (Massachusetts, USA), focusing on molecular systematics of mushroom-forming fungi.
Research and teaching positions followed, in Mexico, Spain, and eventually back to the USA where Dr. Justo was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Worcester State University and a Visiting Scholar at Clark University.
More on Dr. Justo’s research interests & publications at https://alfredojusto.weebly.com/
All tours are provided free of charge by J.D. Irving, Limited. If you have any questions please contact the park by phone or through Facebook.
