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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>“Fridays seminar speaker, George Hudler is the author of “<span style='color:#333333'>Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds”, a popular book that he and others use in undergraduate courses with the same or similar title. (see more below). He is also a forest pathologist and currently is head of the Cornell Plant Pathology Department.”<br><br>Times available to meet with Dr. Hudler are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:#333333'>Thursday, March 24<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>2:30-3:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>3:00-3:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>3:30-4:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:#333333'>Friday, March 25<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>9:00-9:30am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>9:30-10:00am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>10:00-10:30am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>10:30-11:00am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>11:00-11:30am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>11:30-12:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>1:30-2:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>2:00-2:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>2:30-3:00m<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#333333'><br>If you would like more than a half hour meeting please let me know and I can arrange that.<br><br><br><b>Book Summary of Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds<br></b>"Hudler's light-hearted approach to the subject of the impact of fungi on human history is refreshing and will attract students and lay people who have some interest in this area. Better yet, it will entice readers who were not concerned with this topic at all before delving into the book. . . . [Hudler] is to be commended for discovering some extremely exciting information, some of it little known even to mycologists."--James W. Kimbrough, University of Florida<br> <br>Mushrooms magically spew forth from the earth in the hours that follow a summer rain. Fuzzy brown molds mischievously turn forgotten peaches to slime in the kitchen fruit bowl. And in thousands of other ways, members of the kingdom Fungi do their part to make life on Earth the miracle that it is. In this lively book, George Hudler leads us on a tour of an often-overlooked group of organisms, which differ radically from both animals and plants. Along the way the author stops to ponder the marvels of nature and the impact of mere microbes on the evolution of civilization. Nature's ultimate recyclers not only save us from drowning in a sea of organic waste, but also provide us with food, drink, and a wide array of valuable medicines and industrial chemicals.<br>Some fungi make deadly poisons and psychedelic drugs that have interesting histories in and of themselves, and Hudler weaves tales of those into his scientific account of the nature of the fungi. The role of fungi in the Irish potato famine, in the Salem Witch Trials, in the philosophical writings of Greek scholars, and in the creation of ginger snaps are just a few of the many great moments in history to grace these pages.<br>Hudler moves so easily from discussing human history to exploring scientific knowledge, all with a sense of humor and enthusiasm, that one can well understand why he is an award-winning teacher both at Cornell University as well as nationally. Few, for instance, who read his invitation to "get out of your chair and take a short walk" will ever again look without curiosity and admiration at the "rotten" part of the world around them. "Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds "is full of information that will satisfy history buffs, science enthusiasts, and anyone interested in nature's miracles. Everyone in Hudler's audience will develop a new appreciation of the debt they owe to the molds for such common products as penicillin, wine, and bread.<br><br>One of 45 very positive comments “Rate my Professor” on George’s course:<br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><br></span></b>People say, "why take the course? I don't like mushrooms." Look, it's not about the mushrooms, it's about Hudler. He could talk about paint drying on a wall and I'd sit in the front row and take good notes. Absolutely a must take -- Cornell's famous classic courses are wines and psych101, but this tops both of them.<br><br><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Lithos Pro Regular";color:navy'>Gabriel Rodriguez</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lithos Pro Regular";color:navy'>School of Plant Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lithos Pro Regular";color:navy'>1140 E. South Campus Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lithos Pro Regular";color:navy'>Forbes 303</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lithos Pro Regular";color:navy'>Tucson, Arizona 85721</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lithos Pro Regular";color:navy'>520-621-1977</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lithos Pro Regular";color:navy'>520-621-7186 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>