Laura Guzmán Dávalos (born 1961) is a Mexican mycologist, biologist and lichenologist. She has been the head of the botany and zoology departments at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) from 1994 to 1998. From 2007 to 2014, she served as the general coordinator of the UdeG doctoral program in ecology, biosystematics, and natural and agricultural resources management.
Guzman-Davalos' mycological research[7] includes the genera Ganoderma, Psilocybe, Pluteus and Gymnopilus (Cortinariaceae). She has published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals,[8] seven book chapters and authored a book on lepiotaceous fungi.[9][10] She has conducted mycological and lichenological exploration and field work in Belgium, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Guatemala, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom the United States and Venezuela.[6]
Honors
Sociedad Botánica de México.
Del Comité Ejecutivo de la International Mycological Association
International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT).