This is a poster for our club's fungus fair that's on February 14-16, 2025.

Mark your calendars for our upcoming 2025 Fungus Fair!

The San Diego Mycological Society is happy to announce our Fungus Fair on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Hope you all have a warm and happy holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year!   We’re happy to announce the expanded dates, which include workshops and forays on Friday, 2/14 and Saturday, 2/15! Please join us on Sunday, 2/16 for our annual communal gathering filled with learning, sharing, & loving everything …

A poster for our holiday potluck event on December 2nd. It will include a white elephant and gift exchange.

Dec Holiday Potluck & White Elephant

Holiday Celebration Potluck & White Elephant Gift Exchange December 2, 2024 Casa del Prado Room 101 6:30 – 8:30pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC We invite you to bring a delicious dish to share! It does not have to include mushrooms, but those are always a hit! You may also bring store bought if you prefer. We will have a card to fill out in advance for the ingredients list. This is useful for those that …

This coming Monday – Annual Board of Directors Election + Summer recap

Hello Myco fam! Please Join us at our upcoming Monthly Meeting on Monday, November 4th at 7:00pm. We are holding our Annual Board of Directors Election and you can greatly help SDMYCO by participating with your presence, with your vote and with your willingness to participate in all aspects of the society! Also, we will be having a summer events recap with Cassandra Ablola and Steve Farrar. Can’t wait to see you this first Monday …

Today!! Intro to Fungi – Zoom – Thursday, Oct 3, 7pm-845pm

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 Movie Screening: Music For Mushrooms

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

Kick-Off Meeting & Meet Else Vellinga!

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 …