Elinoar Shavit

Elinoar Shavit

Ethnomycologist

Elinoar is an ethnomycologist specializing in mycological and cultural research regarding desert truffles, functional and medicinal mushrooms, and the traditional use of fungi and plants by indigenous people around the world. She is a frequent speaker on these topics in international and domestic conferences and have published numerous research papers and book chapters on these issues. Elinoar also specializes and has been published on medicinal and culinary wild mushroom preparations and cooking. She has been a contributing editor at FUNGI Magazine since its inception, is past President of the New York Mycological Society, and have served as the Chairperson of the Medicinal Mushrooms Committee at the North American Mycological Association.

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