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The Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation was established in 1985 by a group of friends, amateur mycologists, former students, and colleagues to honor the late Dr. Stuntz, Professor of Mycology, who taught at the University of Washington.
- Provide Financial aid to students of fungal systematics pursuing advanced degrees in the Pacific Northwest
- Provide supplies and equipment for mycological research
- Provide funds for travel to meetings and fieldwork
- Support amateur and professional mycological programs in the Pacific Northwest
- Update, enlarge, and classify the University of Washington mycological herbarium
The Burke Museum, Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation and the Puget Sound Mycological Society will be hosting the first Mushroom Maynia Day at the Burke Museum of the University of Washington on Sunday, May 4, 2008. This is a family oriented event to raise awarness of the fungi in our lives and world. Learn more about Mushroom Maynia on the Events page.
The Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation along with the Puget Sound Mycological Society has made the initial gift to begin an endowment fund at the University of Washington and the Burke Museum. This fund will support the fungal Herbarium collection and other mycology pursuits connected to the study and acquisition of this collection. As a collection exists for the study of the organisms represented by the specimens, it is our intention to keep alive the spirit of community outreach and creation of Mycologists begun at the University of Washington by Professor Daniel Elliot Stuntz and perpetrated by him for his 40 years as Professor of Mycology.
Funding a curator of the collection will be the immediate goal of the project with the ultimate goal being funding a full professorship of Mycology. The endowment will ensure the support for community and professional educational projects in Mycology in perpetuity. Mycology is intimately connected to the other scientific disciplines of forestry, botany, ecology, medicine, and the culinary arts. It is our goal to keep alive these connections by supporting the study of fungal systematics and the natural science of mushrooms as an essential part of the circle of life. Learn more about the UW Endowment on the Donations page.
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1909-1983
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University of Washington
1940-1983
Forty years of dedication continues into the future
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