George Wong

Dr. George J. Wong

Associate Professor of Botany

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Contact Information

University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Botany 3190 Maile Way Honolulu, HI 96822-2279
Office: St. John 612B
Phone: (808) 956-3940 email: gwong@hawaii.edu

Educational Background

BA 1971, San Francisco State University (Biology)
MA 1976, San Francisco State University (Biology)
PhD 1983, University of California, Davis (Botany)

General Interests

Botany, Computers, Martial Arts, Movies, Science Fiction, Swimming, Photography

Academic Interests

Systematics of Basidiomycetes, i.e., Auriculariales, Agaricales, Gasteromycetes

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Courses

Fall Semester

Botany 135: Magical Mushrooms and Mystical Molds (Offered during fall semesters on odd, numbered years)
Botany 430: Mycology (Offered during fall semesters on even, numbered years)

Spring Semester

Botany 201: Plant Evolutionary Diversity

Graduate Students

David Bender (MS-Interim)
Jakob Eijenga (MS-Interim Chair)
Heather Eijenga (MS-Interim Chair)
Tim Edmonds (Ph.D-Interim)
Wade Holmes (MS-Interim Chair)
Huang-Chi Kuo (Ph.D.-Committee Member)

Current Projects

Agaricales of the Hawaiian Islands
Gasteromycetes of the Hawaiian Islands