Alan Muskat, epicure of the obscure, has persuaded thousands to sample rather than trample the mushrooms. With a natural sense of playfulness and a Princeton degree in Deep Ecology, this "stand-up mycomedian" has enchanted audiences with mushroom poetry, music, wit and wisdom for over a decade. Author of
Wild Mushrooms: A Taste of Enchantment, he has popped up at The New York Nature Conservancy, The California Academy of Sciences, The Biltmore Estate, and scores of herb schools, club outings and colleges. He has also appeared in
Attaché,
Country Living,
Blue Ridge Country, and on PBS
Folkways. Ask anyone who knows the mushroom man: when it comes to bringing out the
fun
in fungi, he's the champignion.
