Our knowledge of fungi in NL has "mushroomed" over the years, thanks to researcher and author Andrus Voitk. Last week, he received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 2:40 a.m.

This province's highest honour, the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, was presented last week to seven people. On our program, we've already heard from two of the recipients who are connected to our area, Dave Elms and Jean Claude Roy. We caught up with the third inductee who's rooted in our Newfoundland Morning region. Andrus Voitk has a passion for natural history, and he's done a great deal to promote an understanding of and appreciation for the many species of mushroom that grow naturally in this province. Voitk wrote the first field guide to the fungi of Newfoundland and Labrador, and he's even had two species of fungi named after him.