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Lawrence Millman is an author, ethnographer, and mycologist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the author of 21 books and has made thirty-five trips and expeditions to the Arctic and Subarctic. His books include Fungipedia and A Luddite Lexicon. He has recorded 389 fungal species at Fresh Pond since 2005.

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Lawrence Millman is an author, ethnographer, and mycologist who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the author of 21 books and has made thirty-five trips and expeditions to the Arctic and Subarctic. Fungipedia was published by Princeton University Press on 29 October 2019. A Luddite Lexicon was published in July 2026. He has recorded 389 fungal species at Fresh Pond since 2005 and donates many specimens to Harvard’s Farlow Herbarium. His walks are about ecology. He has taught at the University of Iceland, the University of New Hampshire, and Tufts University. Mail goes to 37 Roberts Rd, Cambridge, MA 02138. Write to L.Millman@comcast.net.

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Lawrence Millman is an author, ethnographer, and mycologist who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the author of 21 books and has made thirty-five trips and expeditions to the Arctic and Subarctic. He has taught at the University of Iceland, the University of New Hampshire, and Tufts University. Fungipedia was published by Princeton University Press on 29 October 2019, with illustrations by Amy Jean Porter. A Luddite Lexicon was published in July 2026. Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau was published by Coyote Arts in 2024. At the End of the World was published in January 2017 by Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin’s Press. Since 2005 he has recorded 389 fungal species at Fresh Pond. He donates many specimens to Harvard’s Farlow Herbarium. Earlier published counts were 321 in 2019 and 367 in October 2023. His walks are about ecology. He has lectured for universities, museums, and on expedition cruises in the Canadian Arctic, Svalbard, Greenland, and Siberia. Bylines include Smithsonian, National Geographic Adventure, The Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, and Islands. Inonotus millmanii, a polypore he collected in Puerto Rico, was named in his honor by Leif Ryvarden. Public mail goes to 37 Roberts Rd, Cambridge, MA 02138.

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