Books By Colorado Mycological Society, Pikes Peak Mycological Society - Author

The Colorado Mycological Society is a 501-3C non-profit Organization founded in 1967 by Dr. Sam Mitchel, a Denver physician and amateur Mycologist. Their purposes are to advance the understanding and to stimulate the interest of the members by:

1. Providing opportunities for students, holding conferences, facilitating cooperative research, arranging forays, and exchanging information among members.
2. Collecting specimens of Colorado fungal flora for preservation in the Herbarium of Fungi of the Denver Botanic Gardens for identification and study.
3. Interchanging specimens and information with other interested parties and organizations.

They currently have an active membership of 875 unique memberships (including family memberships), and over 14,000 people participating on their Facebook page.

Jon Sommer received a bachelor's degree in Botany from Humboldt State University and two master's degrees (Botany and Plant Pathology) from the University of Californ