Buck McAdoo, born in 1943, resides in Bellingham, Washington. After his initiation into coastal fungi in the San Francisco bay area in 1980, he moved to the Pacific Northwest where he became a charter member of the Northwest Mushroomer's Association based in Bellingham. After editing their newsletter for a number of years, he joined the Pacific Northwest Key Council where he was assigned to work on a key to the Collybioid fungi. In the past he has contributed articles to the national publication, Mushroom the Journal. He is a current member of the North American Mycological Association and has signed up for the Mycoflora Project whose aim is to record and catalogue fungi from across North America. Although his main focus has been on northwest fungi, he has forayed or collected in France, Scotland, England, Spain, Greece, Tibet, Colombia, Switzerland, and Belize.
Thanks Buck for instilling in me a real passion for mushrooms and mycology. You are a real leader among honorable men and the many sheep that follow those honorable men. -The Wine Zealot Tom DiNardo Interviews Mycologist Buck McAdoo - Sept 8, 2019