San Diego Mycological Society

Hello Mycofam, Join expert, local fun-guy and world explorer, Dennis Sharmahd, as he introduces you to the wide world of mushrooms, the fruiting body of mycelium.  He’ll amaze you about the variety of edible and tasty mushrooms you can forage in Southern California and easily grow at home. Join us in-person at the Jurupa Mountain Discovery Center (about 90 minutes north of San Diego-, 7621 Granite Hill Dr., Jurupa Valley) OR  in the comfort of …

La Paloma Theater will host a special screening for East Forest’s new movie/documentary: Music For Mushrooms on Tuesday, October 8th at 7pm. There will be a screening followed by a panel to answer questions, East Forest will be attending. This movie is about his music being used for having profound shifts while on mushrooms/ music for the psychedelic practitioner. https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/la-paloma-theatre/music-for-mushroom

Join us for our 2024-2025 season kick off meeting! Monday, October 7, 2024 6:45pm Identification 7:00pm Lecture Balboa Park Casa del Prado Room 104 Free, open to the public Else Vellinga is a mycologist who is interested in naming and classifying mushroom species in California and beyond, especially Parasol mushrooms. She has described 22 species as new for California. She got her training at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands, and her PhD at the …

Friday, September 13 7:00PM -11:00 PM From all things curious, wacky, mad, and wise, join SDMYCO at the SDNHM’s Secret Society of Adultologists: Wonderland for their very merry 150th un-birthday party. $10 OFF DISCOUNT CODE SDMyco2024 https://1830.blackbaudhosting.com/1830/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=2907973d-2a18-476f-9b07-283441a2ec11

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LINK TO CONTEST DETAILS https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s6Cvyt4dKT2ykxW-Re2Tmwl_whvCIMxA/view?usp=drive_link __________ We are excited to announce our first-ever fungus fair poster contest! We are calling on all of our artistic members to create a beautiful poster for our annual fungus fair! Rules This contest is open to all of our members! If you want to submit but are not a member yet, please sign up at https://sdmyco.org/membership/ 2025 Fungus Fair Poster Contest Rules (PDF)

Greetings Myco-fam!! Coming up this September… Basket Weaving Workshop! Details below. Mush love, SDMYCO     Monday, September 9: Monthly Meeting Casa del Prado Room 104 in Balboa Park 6:00pm – 9:00pm Basket Weaving Workshop by Cassandra Ablola $50/person https://www.eventbrite.com/e/938698601787?aff=oddtdtcreator Cassandra Ablola has been a member of SDMYCO since 2014 and served as the Treasurer from 2017 – 2021 and since then, has served as the President. She earned her bachelor’s degree at San Diego State University in …