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Michael A. Castellano
Michael A. Castellano

Associate Professor (Courtesy)
Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity

321 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
  • Office: 321 Richardson Hall
  • Phone: 541-750-7382
  • Fax: 541-737-1393
  • B.S., 1981, Oregon State University, Corvallis
  • M.S., 1984, Oregon State University, Corvallis
  • Ph.D., 1989, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Microbial ecology and biodiversity, especially that of mycorrhizal fungi in temperate to tropical ecosystems.
Biotic inventory of mycorrhizal fungi in western US and Australasia.
  1. Australia Biological Resources Study Grant, "Taxonomy and biogoegraphy of Australian sequestrate fungi in the Pezizales, Elaphomycetales, Boletales and Hysterangiales", 2000-2001, $26,914.
  2. USDA, Forest Service, Regional Forester's Challenge Grant, "Guide to ecologically sensitive fungi", 1996, $15,000.
  3. National Science Foundation Grant, "Mychorrhizal fungi of Australasia", 1992-1995, $200,000.
  4. NSF, “LTER: icrobial Ecology of Ectomycorrhizal Mats in a Douglas-fir Ecosystem,” 1988-1992, $233,699.
  1. Castellano, M.A., Verbeken, A., Walleyn, R. and Thoen, D. 2000. Some new or interesting sequestrate Basidiomycota from African woodlands. Karstenia 40:11-21.
  2. Trappe, J.M., and Castellano, M.A. 2000. New sequestrate Ascomycota and Basidiomycota covered by the Northwest Forest Plan. Mycotaxon 75:153-179.
  3. Castellano, M.A., Smith, J.E., O'Dell, T., Cázares, E., and Nugent, S. 1999. Handbook to strategy 1 fungal species in the Northwest Forest Plan. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW- GTR-476. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 204 p.
  4. Lebel, T., and Castellano, M. 1999. Australasian truffle-like Fungi. IX. History and current trends in the study of the taxonomy of sequestrate macrofungi from Australia and New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 12:803-817.
  5. Castellano, M.A. 1999. Hysterangium. In: Cairney, J.W.G., and M.S. Foster (eds.). Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: Key Genera in Profile. Springer, Berlin. p 311-323.
  6. Marcot, B.G., M.A. Castellano, J.A. Christy, L.K. Croft, J.F. Lehmkuhl, R.H. Naney, R.E. Rosentreter, R. Sandquist, and E. Zieroth. 1997. Terrestrial ecology of the Basin.In: Quigley, T.M. and S.J. Arbelbide (tech. eds.). An Assessment of Ecosystem Components in the Interior Columbia Basin and Portions of the Klamath and Great Basins. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-405. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon.
  7. Castellano M.A. and O'Dell, T.E. 1997. Management recommendations for survey and manage fungi. USDA, Forest Service, Regional Ecosystem Office, Portland Oregon, 391 pp.