Our December 5th, 2016 meeting is a potluck dinner and white elephant gift exchange. The dinner starts at 7 PM in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park. Please bring a cooked or cold dish and your own beverage. (Note: there will be no kitchen access) The club will provide plates, cups, napkins, and utensils, but feel free to bring your own. If your dish contains wild mushrooms, please provide identification of the type …
2016
Nov 7, 2016 Meeting: 6:30 PM Officer Elections and Cooking Demonstration
Officer elections will be held during the November 7, 2016 meeting. Following the elections, the group will be treated to a cooking demonstration by Marguerite Grifka, chef and owner of California’s Table. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. There will NOT be a dinner before the meeting. CHEF MARGUERITE GRIFKA was raised in San Diego County. She established her cooking career after a move …
Oct 3, 2016 Meeting – 6:30PM Telluride Mushroom Festival
The presenters for our October 3rd meeting are SuzAnn Hertzler (President), Pat Nolan (Treasurer), and Michelle Innis (Secretary). They will be talking about their adventures at the Telluride Mushroom Festival in Telluride Colorado. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. There will NOT be a dinner before the meeting.
San Diego County Fair Garden Show; Adopt a Mushroom
June 25th, 2016. The Society also had a booth in the Garden Show section at the county fair. At the end of the fair, the Garden division gave SDMS ten of the papermache mushrooms that had been on display at the fair so that we could display them at our February Fungus Fair. The mushrooms need a home where they can be stored out of the weather (they are currently stored outside my garage). We …
San Diego County Fair Farm Division Permanent Display
June 5th, 2016. The Society had a booth at the county fair today! We had a great time discussing mushrooms with everyone who stopped by our booth. The county fair extended an invitation for us to return to the fair any day this summer. If you would like to volunteer, please directly contact the Infield Farm Supervisor, Jennifer Galey, at [email protected] or by phone at 858.755.1161 x.2498 to arrange a date, time, and receiving your …
Lichen Article about Kerry Knudsen
Here is an interesting article on world-renowned Lichenologist Kerry Knudsen, Southern California’s only professional lichenologist:
County Fair Infield Farm Division Display (June 3rd to July 4th)
SDMS will have a permanent display at the Infield Farm throughout the course of the San Diego County Fair. The Farm Supervisor, Jennifer Galey, is looking for volunteers to be at the display for a few hours on the weekends to talk to people about mushrooms. You do not need to be an expert, you just need to talk to people and tell them what you love about mushrooms and why you are a member …