MYCOLOGICAL FOREST PRODUCTS
SOCRATES Intensive Program
Mountain forests for protection and production.
Carlos Colinas
Universitat de Lleida, Spain.
Objectives
To introduce fungi as another forest product.
To discuss factors to consider in forest management when fungi are
important
To discuss synergies between fungi and tourism and rural development.
Pre-class work
Some of the following questions often arise when fungi are first
introduced as a forest product. Please, think of your answers to these
questions, write them down and afterwards browse the suggested readings
before the beginning of the class.
- Are NonTimber Forest Products relevant?
Browse: http://www.fao.org/forestry/FOP/FOPW/NWFP/nwfp-e.stm
- What is the fungal productivity of a forest?
Read: Dyke, A.J.; Newton, A.C. 1999. Commercial
Harvesting of Wild Mushrooms in Scottish Forests: Is it Sustainable?
(1st page - extra) Scottish Forestry 53(2):
77-85.
- Is there a market for fungi?
Read: Schlosser, W.E.; Blatner, K.A. 1995. The
wild edible mushroom industry of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. A
1992 survey. Journal of Forestry, 93(3): 31-36.
- Can we manage the forest for fungi?
Read: Pilz, D. and Molina, R (ed.)1996. Managing
forest ecosystems to conserve fungus diversity and sustain wild
mushroom harvests, USDA For. Ser. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-371, p.
86-103
- Can we introduce fungi in forest plantations? Browse:
http://labpatfor.udl.es/plantmicol/plantmicoleng.html
- Modelling