Scientists & Staff
Michael Castellano
Notes: This person is no longer an employee of the Northern Research Station.
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- Lilleskov, Erik; Callaham, Jr. Mac A.; Pouyat, Richard; Smith, Jane E.; Castellano, Michael; Gonzalez, Grizelle; Lodge, D. Jean; Arango, Rachel; Green, Frederick. 2010. Invasive soil organisms and their effects on belowground processes. In: Dix, Mary Ellen; Britton, Kerry, editors. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79/83. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 67-83
- Trappe, M.J.; Cromack, K., Jr.; Trappe, J.M.; Wilson, J.; Rasmussen, M.C.; Castellano, M.A.; Miller, S.L. 2009. Relationships of current and past anthropogenic disturbance to mycorrhizal sporocarp fruiting patterns at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. 39: 1662-1676
- Hosaka, Kentaro; Castellano, Michael A.; Spatafora, Joseph W. 2008. Biogeography of Hysterangiales (Phallomycetidae, Basidiomycota). Mycological Research. 112: 448-462
- Castellano, Michael A.; Trappe, James M.; Lodge, D. Jean. 2007. Mayamontana coccolobae (Basidiomycota), a new sequestrate taxon from Belize. Mycotaxon. 100: 289-294.
- Hosaka, Kentaro; Bates, Scott T.; Beever, Ross E.; Castellano, Michael A.; Colgan, Wesley; Dominguez, Laura S.; Nouhra, Eduardo R.; Geml, Jozsef; Giachini, Admir J.; Kenney, S. Ray; Simpson, Nicholas B.; Spatafora, Joseph W.; Trappe, James M. 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of the gomphoid-phalloid fungi with an establishment of the new subclass Phallomycetidae and two new orders. Mycologia. 98(6): 949-959.
Publications & Products
- Mujic, Alija B.; Zheng, Nan ; Kim, Kristy ; Spatafora, Joseph W.; Castellano, Michael A.; Smith, Matthew E. 2019. The Cedrus-associated truffle Trappeindia himalayensis is a morphologically unique and phylogenetically divergent species of Rhizopogon. Mycologia
- Castellano, M.A. ; Elliott, T.F. ; Trappe, J.M. 2018. Three new black Elaphomyces species (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from eastern North America with notes on selected European species. Fungal Systematics and Evolution
- Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo; Bonito, Gregory; Smith, Matthew E.; Healy, Roseanne; Grupe, Arthur; Cazares, Efren; Castellano, Michael A.; Trappe, James M. 2018. Tuber aztecorum sp. nov., a truffle species from Mexico belonging to the Maculatum clade (Tuberaceae, Pezizales). MycoKeys. 30: 61-72.
- Hosaka, Kentaro ; Kobayashi, Takahito ; Castellano, Michael A.; Orihara, Takamichi. 2018. The Status of Voucher Specimens of Mushroom Specie Thought to Be Extinct from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B. 44(2): 53-66.
- Piña Páez, Carolina ; Bonito, Gregory M.; Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo ; Castellano, Michael A.; Garibay-Orijel, Roberto ; Trappe, James M.; Peña Rámirez, Rafael. 2018. Description and distribution of Tuber incognitum sp. nov. and Tuber anniae in the Transmexican Volcanic Belt. MycoKeys
- Southworth, D. ; Frank, J.L. ; Castellano, M.A. ; Smith, M.E. ; Trappe, J.M. 2018. Balsamia (Sequestrate Helvellaceae, Ascomycota) in western North America. Fungal Systematics and Evolution
- Castellano, Michael A.; Stephens, Ryan B. 2017. Elaphomyces species (Elasphomycetaceae, Eurotiales) from Bartlett Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. IMA Fungus. 8(1): 49-63.
- Piña-Páez, Carolina; Garibay-Orijel, Roberto; Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo; Castellano, Michael A. 2017. Descripción y distribución de Hydnotrya cerebriformis (Discinaceae: Pezizales) en México. Description of Hydnotrya cerebriformis (Discinaceae: Pezizales) from Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 88(2): 269-274.
- Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo; Cazares-Gonzalez, Efren; Bonito, Gregory; Healy, Rosanne A.; Stielow, Benjamin; Garcia, Jesus; Garza-Ocanas, Fortunato; Castellano, Michael; Trappe, James. 2014. Chapter 4: Hongos Hipogeos de Tamulipas, Mexico. Biodiversidad Tamaulipeca Volume 2, Number 1, 2014; pp. 87-101.
- TÜRKOÐLU, Aziz; CASTELLANO, Michael Angelo. 2014. New records of some Ascomycete truffle fungi from Turkey. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
- Smith, Matthew E.; Schell, Karlee J.; Castellano, Michael ; Trappe, Matthew J.; Trappe, James M. 2013. The enigmatic truffle Fevansia aurantiaca is an ectomycorrhizal member of the Albatrellus lineage. Mycorrhiza
- Trappe, J. M.; Castellano, M. A.; Halling, R. E.; Osmundson, T. W.; Binder, M.; Fechner, N.; Malajczuk, N. 2013. Australasian sequestrate fungi 18: Solioccasus polychromus gen. & sp. nov., a richly colored, tropical to subtropical, hypogeous fungus. Mycologia
- Trappe, James M.; Castellano, Michael A.; Halling, Roy E.; Osmundson, Todd W.; Binder, Manfred ; Fechner, Nigel ; Malajczuk, Nicholas. 2013. Australasian sequestrate fungi 18: Solioccasus polychromus gen. & sp. nov., a richly colored, tropical to subtropical, hypogeous fungus. Mycologia
- Turkoglu, Aziz; Castellano, Michael Angelo. 2013. New records of truffle fungi (Basidiomycetes) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany. 37: 970-976.
- Castellano, M.A.; Miller, S.L.; Singh, L.; Lakhanpal, T.N. 2012. Trappeindia himalayensis gen. et sp. nov., a sequestrate fungus with potential affinity to Strobilomyces (Basidiomycotina, Boletales). KAVAKA. 40: 3-5.
- Castellano, Michael A.; Beever, Ross E.; Trappe, James M. 2012. Sequestrate fungi of New Zealand: Elaphomyces (Ascomycota, Eurotiales, Elaphomycetaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 50(4): 423-433.
- Castellano, Michael A.; Guerrero, Gonzalo Guevara; Jimenez, Jesus Garcia; Trappe, James M. 2012. Elaphomyces appalachiensis and E. verruculosus sp. nov. (Ascomycota Eurotiales, Elaphomycetaceae) from eastern North America. Revista Mexicana de Micologia. 35: 17-22.
- Castellano, Michael A.; Henkel, Terry W.; Miller, Steven L.; Smith, Matthew E.; Aime, M. Catherine. 2012. New Elaphomyces species (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from Guyana. Mycologia. 104(5): 1244-1249.
- Castellano, Michael Angelo; Turkoglu, Aziz. 2012. New records of truffle taxa in Tuber and Terfezia from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany. 36: 295-298.
- Kropp, Bradley R.; Albee-Scott, Steve; Castellano, Michael A.; Trappe, James M. 2012. Cryptolepiota, a new sequestrate genus in the Agaricaceae with evidence for adaptive radiation in western North America. Mycologia. 104(1): 164-174
- Giachini, Admir J.; Castellano, Michael A. 2011. A new taxonomic classification for species in Gomphus sensu lato. Giachini, Admir J.; Castellano, Michael A. 2011. A new taxonomic classification for species in Gomphus sensu lato. Mycotaxon. 115: 183-201.
- Trappe, James M.; Molina, Randy; Luoma, Daniel L.; Cázares, Efren; Pilz, David; Smith, Jane E.; Castellano, Michael A.; Miller, Steven L.; Trappe, Matthew J. 2009. Diversity, ecology, and conservation of truffle fungi in forests of the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-772. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 194 p.
National Research Highlights
Forest Service Scientists Help Turkish Foresters Cultivate Truffle Species
Year: 2013
Forest Service scientists provided training to Turkish Ministry of Forestry personnel in the importance of ectomycorrhizal fungi to forest productivity. They created a framework for assessment and monitoring of ectomycorrhizal truffle diversity in Turkish forests, in the hope of developing a commercial (culinary) truffle harvest in Turkey.
Last modified: Thursday, January 26, 2023