Jake Hurlbert has a Masters in Science and Education and taught science for 29 years. He's a member of several Mushroom Societies including the Oregon Mycological Society and is also a Member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. He's given numerous mushroom talks, and most recently gave a Mushroom Ecology presentation to the Small Woodland's Association of Yamhill County. He's taught classes on edible plants and mushrooms through Chemeketa Community College. Presently he is doing a 7-year study of the ecology of fungi and plants of Oregon, and currently is in Phase 5 of the study that includes the Mt Hood - Estacada region. This is the third consecutive year that Jake has helped identify mushrooms at the Yachats Village Mushroom Fest. Click here for an internet page representing most of the identification that Jake has completed over a 30-year period.

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