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The Fifth Annual Fungi Film Fest 20 films | 17 countries | 2+ hours The Fungi Film Fest is the world’s only film festival dedicated to the beauty, otherworldliness, and human influences of mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi. Sunday, April 6 La Paloma Theater 471 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA $17 https://ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/purchase/232?siteToken=kmhbpm2sdbr5vqhp5n9sfh19pg
Please Join us at our next Monthly Meeting on Monday, April 7th at 7:00pm. Britt Bunyard, PhD, is the founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal Fungi, in print since 2008. Britt is a former university professor and has published over 100 academic and popular science papers. He has served as an editor for mycological and entomological research journals, and mushroom guide books. A popular evangelizer on all things fungal, Britt has …
Please Join us at our next Monthly Meeting on Monday, March 3rd at 7:00pm. Jessica Allen is a Staff Scientist in the Reck-Peterson Lab at the University of California San Diego. She has spent the last 18 years studying lichens and fungi inside and out, with an emphasis on conservation, genomics, and evolution.
Balboa Park has so many exhibits and the parking lots can fill up quick! Please plan to arrive early for a good parking spot or be prepared to walk a short distance to the fair location. There are several parking lots close by, but if you are unable to find a space we suggest parking: A – in the ZOO PARKING LOT and walk the short distance to the fair. B – take the BALBOA PARK TRAM …
Overlooked Women of Early Mycology The invention of the printing press, microscope, and telescope along with the protestant reformation forever altered the social context of natural philosophy in the west. It helped kickstart the scientific revolution of the 17th century which brought us such concepts as the scientific method and taxonomy. By the 19th century, the study of natural science had come into the purview of professionals and institutions and the term ‘scientist’ was coined …