The next Fungus Fair will be on February 21, 2016 at the Casa Del Prado, Room 101 from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. We have a great line-up of speakers and vendors. With the rain we have had recently, we should also have a good collection of mushroom specimens to view. 2016 Fungus Fair Flyer We will have the following presentations in Room 104: *** 10:30 am – Michael Wood speaking on California Mushrooms *** …
Feb 1, 2016 Meeting: Greg Rubin – 6:30 PM
The guest speaker for our February 1st meeting will be Greg Rubin. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. The title of Greg’s presentation is “The Ties that Bind: the Essential Relationships Between Native Plant Communities and Soil Fungi.” Greg Rubin, President and Founder of California’s Own Native Landscape Design, Inc. is a licensed landscape contractor (C-27 No. 717147) who has been working with California …
New Fungus Fair Items and T-shirts – 2016
2016 SDMS T-shirts: Short sleeve ($20) and Long Sleeve ($25) {$21.70 & $27.13 with tax} Morel Board Game: $25 {$27.13 with tax} http://www.twolanternsgames.com/the-morels-story.html Glass Mushroom Pendants by JeriLyn Hobson-Alderman $10 {$10.85 with tax} http://www.firechildeglassstudio.com Hand-etched Dichroic Glass Pendants by Chris Stell: $15 {$16.28 with tax} http://www.chrisstell.com
Jan 21, 2016 Mushroom Themed Dinner at Scripps Ranch HS; Members only
Mushroom-themed dinner at Scripps Ranch HS Once again, Chef Kimberly Coelho, Culinary Arts Instructor for the Scripps Ranch High School has graciously offered to have her students prepare a mushroom themed dinner for the Mycological Society members. The meal will be prepared and served by the advanced culinary arts students and consist of three courses, and an amuse buche. This dinner is scheduled for Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 4:30 to 6:30pm at Scripps Ranch …
Jan 4, 2016 Meeting: Pat Nolan – 6:30 PM
The guest speaker for our January 4th meeting will be Pat Nolan. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. The title of Pat’s presentation is “The Dark Side of Fungi: Plant Pathogens” Pat is plant pathologist for the San Diego county Department of Agriculture. She runs the county’s free Plant Disease Clinic where she frequently discovers new and interesting fungi. Pre-meeting dinner: Join us before …
2016 T-Shirt Pre-Orders
Below is the 2016 SDMS T-shirt. We will begin taking pre-orders at the upcoming meetings.
Exotic Mushroom Photographs and Elixirs
Interesting news from the Boston Mycological Society If you go to the website: Lost at e minor: Photographers pay tribute to the wonderful world of mushrooms, you’ll get some really gorgeous photographs of mushrooms chosen for weirdness and wonderfulness (if that’s a word). The NYTimes food section contained an article about a French company, Distillerie du Perigord, has produced two 36 proof elixirs (their word) of concentrated morel, porcini, and truffle flavors, which can be …