Dean Lyons

Dean Lyons is a naturalist, botanist, and mycologist from California who is passionate about ecology, biodiversity, and community science. He splits his time between botany fieldwork and mycology fieldwork/research, with the majority of his work focused on the Sierra Nevada mountains. He works as a collector for the Fungal Diversity Survey in California, and has been on expeditions to New Zealand, South America and throughout the United States photographing and collecting mushrooms. He is also a photographer and sees this art form as a powerful tool for science communication and education.

October 2025