John PlischkeJohn Plischke III has been hunting mushrooms for over 40 years. He is well known throughout the United States and Canada, having given hundreds of mushroom programs to schools, parks, mushroom clubs and other groups. He is the recipient of mor than 80 national and regional awards for his mushroom photography. In 2000, he founded the Western Pennsylvania Muchroom Club with just 14 members. The club is now one of the largest mushroom clubs in the United States. John has received the North American Mycological Association's (NAMA) Knighton Service Award. He is the author of Morel Mushrooms and Their Poisonous Look A Likes, has edited two cookbooks of the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club and has been a contributor to many other mushroom books. John is a trustee and faculty member for both NAMA and the North East Mycological Federation. He is one of the editors for Fungi Magazine and is chairman of the fungus section of the Pennsylvania Biological Survey. Read More Read Less