About me
Ken Kassenbrock, MD,PhD has been an avid hunter of wild mushrooms since the late 1970s. Trained as a physician-scientist, he has worked in Cell and Molecular Biology, including post-doctoral work with the brewer’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although his interests in fungi were initially largely culinary, over the years they expanded (mushroomed?) to include other aspects of the biology of this fascinating kingdom including ecology, toxicology, and cultivation. Avocation and vocation eventually converged, and Ken taught Mycology (mushrooms, molds, mildews and more) in the Biology Department at Colorado State University for many years before retiring as an Emeritus Professor.
