Scientific advisor
- PhD, Ecology & Evolution — University of Bern, Switzerland
- M.Sc. Botany · M.A. Anthropology
- IPBES Fellow
- Lichen species Lobaria devkotae named in his honour
Dr. Shiva Devkota
Mycologist · Scientific Advisor
Dr. Shiva Devkota is a mycologist whose research spans wild and functional mushrooms and lichens across the Himalaya and South Asia — including the prized Himalayan Cordyceps (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) and the communities who harvest it.
He holds a PhD in Ecology & Evolution from the University of Bern, Switzerland, with a background in botany and anthropology, and is an IPBES Fellow. His research is widely cited, and a lichen species — Lobaria devkotae — is named in his honour.
Grow together
Book a mushroom trek with Dr. Devkota
Walk the Himalaya with one of its leading mycologists. Dr. Devkota guides small groups into the forests and high meadows where wild and functional mushrooms grow — foraging, identification and the stories of the communities who have gathered them for generations.
- Guided wild-mushroom foraging & hands-on identification in the field
- The science of Himalayan fungi — including Cordyceps (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)
- Small groups, real access, led by a published researcher
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