Noah Siegel is the lead author of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast and Mushrooms of Cascadia . He was the recipient of the 2022 North American Mycological Association's Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology. Kate Mohatt is the forest ecologist for the Chugach National Forest and has been a field biologist on the Forest since 2006. She is founder and co-organizer of the Girdwood Fungus Fair, a long-time key contributor to the Cordova Fungus Festival, founder and president of the Turnagain Arm Mycological Society, and co-author of Mushrooms of the National Forests in Alaska . Dr. Steve Trudell is an affiliate curator in the Burke Museum Herbarium at the University of Washington and the scientific adviser for the Puget Sound Mycological Society. In 2014, he received the North American Mycological Association's Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology. With degrees in geology and forest ecosystems analysis, Steve has taught mycology and other environmental science courses at the University of Washington, The Evergreen State College, and other institutions.