On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold
The author of this book has spent much of his life collecting and studying slime molds, a fascinating but understudied group of fungus-like organisms. His efforts have taken him to all seven continents and to examples of every major type of terrestrial ecosystem. The book is a chronicle of a lifelong journey that began when the author was a graduate student in a mycology class at Virginia Tech, where he was first introduced to slime molds, and continued on to an academic career that allowed him to become one of the world's leading authorities on these organisms. Along the way, the author has visited many interesting places and has interacted with most of the internationally known experts on slime molds. He the author or coauthor of 12 books and more than 470 book chapters, general interest articles and papers in peer-reviewed journals.
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On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold
The author of this book has spent much of his life collecting and studying slime molds, a fascinating but understudied group of fungus-like organisms. His efforts have taken him to all seven continents and to examples of every major type of terrestrial ecosystem. The book is a chronicle of a lifelong journey that began when the author was a graduate student in a mycology class at Virginia Tech, where he was first introduced to slime molds, and continued on to an academic career that allowed him to become one of the world's leading authorities on these organisms. Along the way, the author has visited many interesting places and has interacted with most of the internationally known experts on slime molds. He the author or coauthor of 12 books and more than 470 book chapters, general interest articles and papers in peer-reviewed journals.
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On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold

On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold

by Steve Stephenson
On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold

On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold

by Steve Stephenson

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The author of this book has spent much of his life collecting and studying slime molds, a fascinating but understudied group of fungus-like organisms. His efforts have taken him to all seven continents and to examples of every major type of terrestrial ecosystem. The book is a chronicle of a lifelong journey that began when the author was a graduate student in a mycology class at Virginia Tech, where he was first introduced to slime molds, and continued on to an academic career that allowed him to become one of the world's leading authorities on these organisms. Along the way, the author has visited many interesting places and has interacted with most of the internationally known experts on slime molds. He the author or coauthor of 12 books and more than 470 book chapters, general interest articles and papers in peer-reviewed journals.

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ISBN-13: 9781098331337
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 09/19/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 262
File size: 11 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Steve Stephenson is currently a Research Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas, where he teaches courses in Plant Biology, Forest Ecology and Plant Ecology. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1977 and taught at Fairmont State College (now University) for 27 years before moving to the University of Arkansas in 2003. His studies of myxomycetes (slime molds) have taken him to all seven continents and every major type of terrestrial ecosystem. He is the author or coauthor of 12 books and more than 450 book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Table of Contents

The Early Years 9

From the Beginning 10

My Love of Books 14

Moneta High School 16

The National Guard 17

Lynchburg College 19

Graduate School at Virginia Tech 23

Meeting Steve Adams 25

Staunton River High School 28

Returning to Virginia Tech 32

My Dissertation 35

Fairmont State College 38

The University of Montana Biological Station 44

The Mountain Lake Biological Station 48

My First NSF Grant to Study Myxomycetes 54

Dictyostelids 58

Fulbright in India 61

Lai Singh 65

Europe 73

International Visitors 75

A Second Visit to India 76

North to Alaska 82

The Columbia Glacier 86

Nome 88

Macquarie Island 90

The Antarctic Division Station 96

Teaching Field Courses and Leading Forays 106

Show-Me Hike 108

Eagle Hill 109

Back to the Subantarctic 111

The Auckland Islands 114

New Zealand and Australia 117

Stewart Island 121

Visit to Tasmania 124

Snowbank Myxomycetes of New Zealand 126

Northern Queensland 130

Margaret and Alex Brims 136

An Unusual Visit to New Zealand 140

Snowbank Myxomycetes of Australia 145

Northern New Zealand 148

Looking for Snowbank Myxomycetes on the North Island 154

South Australia 156

Antarctic Beech Forests 158

Northwestern Australia 160

Books on Several Subjects 162

ATBI in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 166

Pyrenomycetes, Morels and a Visit to Cuba 169

Morels in National Capital Region Parks 170

Visit to Cuba 172

Planetary Biodiversity Inventory 176

Moving From Fairmont to Fayetteville 178

Collecting Trip to Argentina 179

Southeast Asia 183

Todd Elliott and the Mushroom Field Guide 190

Visit to the Antarctica 191

The Neotropics 193

Martin Schnittier 198

Visit to Panama 201

Ascension Island and Desert Myxomycetes 205

Namibia and Other Deserts 208

Visiting Fulbright Scholars and a Visit to North Vietnam 217

Fulbright Specialist Award to Vietnam 220

Laboratory Facilities at the University of Arkansas 224

Research in Arkansas 225

Four Trips to the Other Side of the World in Six Months 229

Shoolini University 231

Christmas Island 237

Norfolk Island 241

Yet More Books 244

The Future 247

Literature Cited 250

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