Welcome to Fungarium Reverentiae Parvorum (FRP). In these mere 320 square feet resides a mycological reference library, a microscopy lab, a macro photography studio, hundreds of curated fungal collections from across the country, and the desktop workstation that keeps track of it all. This is the only space of its kind in all of Louisiana. I hereby offer it to you, dear reader, for a modest fee, so that you may pursue your own mycological research in a well-equipped, climate controlled, tasteful, unique space. LIBRARY Over the past ~20 years, I've assembled a reference library which is very dear to my heart, focusing on both the taxonomic and geographic areas of greatest interest to me. This includes books that cover the lesser studied fungi (ascomycetes, hyphomycetes/deuteromycetes, crusts, cyphelloids), and lesser studied places where those and other fungi occur (tropical America and Africa). My library is far from complete or comprehensive, but I'd like to think it rivals a good many university equivalents. A continuously updated catalog of that library's holdings may be found at the following link: https://www.librarything.com/catalog/kallampero which, at the time of writing, contains some 178 individual texts. MACRO STUDIO I've also assembled a macro photography studio inside this modest space, where fresh specimens are photographed to illustrate their finer features, which would otherwise be invisible in the course of traditional field photography. The precise combination of equipment I use in this and all stages of the photographic process has evolved over the years, and continues to do so. For the moment, I primarily shoot with a Canon 5DS R and a Canon 65mm MP-E 1x-5x f/2.8, mounted on a 180mm Nisi manual focusing rail. I'm always experimenting with different photographic techniques, in a constant pursuit of what combination of equipment and methods will produce the best images. MICROSCOPY The microscopy station currently consists of a dissecting and trinocular compound microscope (Olympus BHS w/ SPlanApo objectives), capable of generating publication-grade photomicrographs. The third, still-incomplete instrument in this setup is the freezing stage microtome. Once assembled and calibrated, this will enable the production of ultrafine sections of all sorts of fungi, but particularly discomycetes, where such mounts are often critical in order to observe and record their salient microfeatures. FUGNARIUM Finally, when a specimen is ready to be preserved -- either before or after it has received full microphotographic and/or molecular analysis -- it is dried, bagged, labeled with a corresponding Mushroom Observer or iNaturalist number, and stowed for safekeeping in the fungarium cabinet. This is an old, handsome, tiger/quartersawn oak, library card catalog cabinet, which I have repurposed for the storing of fungal specimens. These collections represent a significant portion of my life's work as a fungal parataxonomist. FIELD EQUIPMENT To aid in the acquisition, documentation and preservation all these specimens, I maintain a growing supply of field/expedition/collecting equipment and supplies, both for domestic and international use, complete with Pelican cases, tackle boxes, 4mil zip-locking plastic specimen bags, centrifuge tubes, non-toxic indicating silica gel, collecting baskets, collapsible saws, fixed blade survival knives, and other items. I also repair as much of my gear as I'm able, to avoid the high cost of replacement items, so also I keep a collection of tools, diagnostic equipment and spare parts on hand at all times. WORKSTATION Finally, my desktop workstation contains all of my raw and finished images, and is where all of my post-processing takes place. I have used the same, continuously updated machine to bring my fungus images, notes and stories to the world for the past ten years (using underpowered laptops in years prior). Here is where each of my metadata-packed, intricately-keyworded Lightroom catalogs are built, each one from the ground up. Almost every photograph I've ever released to the world (see: www.instagram.com/kallampero) has come from this workstation, as well as every contribution to every scientific or popular press article on which I have an authorship credit. * * * * * * All of the resources listed above are available for use by guests, following an orientation in each of the Fungarium's major areas. In general, guests should possess sufficient familiarity with the fundamentals of mycological research and the correct use of its equipment, but some instruction will still be freely offered. The highly motivated are encouraged to inquire about more extensive/private tutoring options.