Florence Nishida, M.S., mycologist, Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, also Resident Mycologist, Los Angeles Mycological Society, botanist and certified Master Gardener (Master Gardeners of L.A. County). Nishida has taught and led walks in the local mountains for over 20 years, for various organizations (LAMNH, CNPS, MRT, LAMS, Sierra Club, El Dorado Audubon Society, Placerita Canyon Nature Center, etc.). Her systematic interest is in the genus Inocybe, an LBM "Little Brown Mushroom" usually scorned, thus studied by very few, and she's proud of her "Key to the Inocybes of California" publication. She's said to be working on a book on mushrooms of Los Angeles.