Eugene Bossenmaier
Eugene Francis Bossenmaier was born in 1924 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a M.Sc. in Wildlife Biology at a time when that discipline was still in its infancy. After forty years devoted to wildlife management and conservation in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Manitoba, he retired as Director of Resource Allocation and Planning for the Province of Manitoba. He subsequently moved to Saskatchewan where he was able to focus his energies on a subject that had long intrigued him – fungi! While studying fungi began as a hobby, his natural curiosity and scientific training finally centered on collection, identification, documentation and photographing of the mushrooms of the Prince Albert National Park and its surrounding area. This resulted in the publication of his book, Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest (published by the Extension Press at the University of Saskatchewan). He always hoped that his work would be shared with others to be used and enjoyed. Mr. Bossenmaier died in 1999.