02/18/2026
“The genus Pluteus in North America: 100 species (and counting)” – We will explore the diversity of the genus Pluteus in North America, and what we have learn about it through DNA sequencing, community-since projects and studying 100 year old collections from North American mycologists Murrill and Peck.
Alfredo Justo is the Curator of Botany and Mycology at the New Brunswick Museum (Saint John, NB, Canada). He oversees the curation and growth of the NBM Herbarium, which comprises over 100,000 specimens of fungi, plants, lichens, bryophytes and algae from New Brunswick and neighboring regions. His research focuses on the fungal diversity of New Brunswick & Atlantic Canada, while maintaining ongoing global taxonomic research on selected genera of mushrooms. Alfredo completed his PhD in systematic mycology at the University of Vigo (Spain) in 2006.
Following several years of projects in Spain related to mycological conservation and diversity, he spent six years (2009-2014) in a postdoctoral research position with Dr. David Hibbett at Clark University (Massachusetts, USA), focusing on molecular systematics of mushroom-forming fungi. Research and teaching positions followed (2015-2019), in Mexico, Spain, and eventually back to the USA where Alfredo was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Worcester State University and a Visiting Scholar at Clark University. Research and publications: https://alfredojusto.weebly.com/
***WMS hosts monthly zoom lectures on the 3rd Thursday of each month for members. iNaturalist discussion begins at 6:30 pm. Featured presentations begin at 7:00 pm followed by Q&A.
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