Nancy S. Weber

Associate Professor (Courtesy)
Diversity, Taxonomy, and Ecology of Morels, Truffles, and Related Cup-fungi (Pezizales)

FSL 045
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: FSL 045
• Phone: 541-737-6561
• Fax: 541-737-1393

• B.A., 1965, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• M.A., 1967, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Ph.D., 1971, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Distribution, ecology, taxonomy and phylogeny of macrofungi, especially the morels, truffles, and related cup-fungi (Pezizales) of western North America; secondary intrest in bioinformatics.

Inventorying existing collections of Pezizalean fungi, targeting collecting in under-studied areas, describing new taxa and new distribution records, and preparing computer-based means of identification of taxa.

1. NSF (DEB-9400545), “Epigeous and Hypogeous Pezizales of Western North America,” (renewal) 1995-1997, $170,000.
2. NSF (BSR-9007186), “Epigeous and Hypogeous Pezizales of Western North America,” 1990-1994, $120,000 (Co-PIs: Trappe, Denison).

1. Weber, N.S. 2002. A Morel Hunter's Companion, revised and enlarged edition. Thunder Bay Press, Holt, MI. (In press.)
2. Trappe, J.M. and Weber, N.S. 2001. North American Desert Truffles: the Genus Carbomyces (Ascoycota, Carbomycetaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 6(1):209-214.
3. Hobbie, E.A., Weber, N.S. and Trappe, J.M. 2001. Mycorrhizal vs saprotropic status of fungi: the isotopic evidence. New Phytologist 150:601-610.
4. Dahlstrom, J.L., Smith, J.E. and Weber, N.S. 2000. Mycorrhiza-like interaction by Morchella with species of the Pinaceae in pure culture synthesis. Mycorrhiza 9:279-285.
5. Jumpponen, A., Weber, N.S., Trappe, J.M., and Cázares, E. 1997. Distribution and ecology of the ascomycete, Sarcoleotia globosa, in the United States. Canadian Journal of Botany 75(12):2228-2231.
6. O'Donnell, K.L., E. Cigelnik, N.S.Weber, and J.M. Trappe. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships among ascomycetous truffles and the true and false morels inferred from 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis. Mycologia 89:48-65.
7. Weber, N.S., J.M. Trappe, and W.C. Denison. 1997. Studies on western American Pezizales: collecting and describing ascomata—macroscopic features. Mycotaxon 61:153-176.