Mr. Shultz is the chef and founder of the India Joze Restaurant in Santa Cruz, CA, where for 25 years he explored the cuisines of Eurasia with his own special slant. Culinary Demonstration With Patrick Hamilton. Patrick Hamilton has been a restaurant chef, caterer, corporate chef and cooking consultant. Truffle Diversity and Its Conservation. Jim Trappe, Ph.D. is one of the world's foremost experts on hypogeous fungi.
Truffles rely on animals for spore dispersal.
Their unique ecology deserves special consideration. Mechanisms of Spore Liberation and Dispersal. Alan Bessette, Ph.D. has authored 12 books and in 1992 received NAMA's award for outstanding contributions to amateur mycology. Dr. Bessette's slide presentation and discussion educates us about how groups of fungi have evolved to liberate and disperse their spores. Ancestral and Future Medicines from Mushrooms.