I started out as a hobby mycologist but I live in Canada and mushrooms can be in short supply during the winter. I took up amateur lichenology to fill the void but I quickly became consumed by them, there was so much I didn't know and the uncharted-territory aspect of it took hold of me. Now I photograph way more lichens than mushrooms and I've started to do a bit of public speaking for my mycology group on lichens and their ecology. I am just an amateur though so I'm not an expert by any means. Pic: Stereocaulon sp. The link is below.
You sound like a fun guy!
Thanks, you sound like someone that follows their hobbies like a passion! I respect that.
I've always liked mushrooms, fungi and lichen. I own Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora. Always fascinated me. I'm far from an expert and don't even particularly like eating them. Always look at the lichen on rocks and trees with the same wonder.
Im gonna like your comm.
Almost forgot to bring up that my 9th grade biology teacher had the same fun-guy joke!