Facts: - known for: author of '' mushrooms demystified '' - caption: david arora with morel mushrooms , circa 2000 - field: mycology - birth date: october 23 , 1952 - name: david arora - image size: 300px - nationality: american - image: david arora morels new.jpg - birth place: india - author abbreviation bot: d.arora Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david arora .
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david arora -lrb- born october 23 , 1952 -rrb- is an american mycologist , naturalist , and writer .he is the author of two popular books on mushroom identification , '' mushrooms demystified '' and '' all that the rain promises and more ... '' .arora first developed an interest in wild mushrooms while growing up in pasadena , california and organized his first mushroom collecting group while in high school .later , an idea to start a mushroom club came about , and in 1984 , david arora founded the fungus federation of santa cruz .he began teaching about wild mushrooms in the early 1970s while living in santa cruz , california .arora has traveled extensively throughout north america and the world , photographing and hunting mushrooms and learning about the mushroom gathering traditions and economies of different cultures .'' mushrooms demystified '' was first published in 1979 and was republished in a revised and substantially expanded edition in 1986 .though '' mushrooms demystified '' encountered some initial resentment and negative reviews among academic mycologists when it first appeared , the mushroom key and descriptions in this work are highly regarded and the book is recommended by a number of mycological authors .the smaller '' all that the rain promises and more ... '' followed in 1991 .in addition to his field guides , he has written several articles on amateur and commercial mushroom hunting , its role in the economic development of rural communities , and about conflicts related to conservation issues related to mushroom hunting .arora has also authored or contributed to several papers on fungal taxonomy .in 1982 , he co-authored an extensive description of the stinkhorn species '' clathrus archeri '' , documenting its first known appearance in north america , an extensive fruiting of this species in his home town of santa cruz .in 2008 , he was primary author of two papers that provided a taxonomic revision of the california golden chanterelle and of several species in the '' boletus...