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updated on June 10, 2021April 13, 2021

Monthly Monday Mushroom Meeting – May 3

From ecology to fermentation, in pop culture and in medicine—mushrooms are everywhere. With an explorer’s eye, author Doug Bierend guides readers through the weird, wonderful world of fungi and the amazing mycological movement. In Search of Mycotopia introduces us to an incredible, essential, and oft-overlooked kingdom of life—fungi—and all the potential it holds for our future, through the work and research being done by an unforgettable community of mushroom-mad citizen scientists and microbe devotees. This …

updated on June 10, 2021April 4, 2021

Monthly Monday Mushroom Meeting – APRIL 5

Nature is the best architect of all. Few companies now are employing one of its finest technologies – mycelium – in order to create more sustainable material for architecture, packaging and more. Since the advent of mycelium based composites in 2006, the goal, for many, has been to discover a way to grow a structural, load-bearing formulation. Described with “foam-like” properties, mycelium composites have found their way into several amazing, non-structural applications. Join SDMYCO …

updated on March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

Mushroom ID Class

What are those mushrooms in your front yard? On your hike? Learn the basics to identifying local San Diego mushroom species! About this EventPlease join us for our first virtual mushroom identificatioon workshop with the amazing mushroom legend, Dennis Sharmahd! Cost$10 for members (with discount code sent in member mailing)$20 non-members A Few Things To Note* This workshop is open to members and non-members alike. Members get a discounted price using code shared in member …

on February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

March Monthly Mushroom Meeting

Join us Monday March 1 for our Monthly Mushroom Meeting as we invite special guest David Rust as he brings us to the underground world of mycorrhizal connections. Discover how fungi and plants make a mycorrhizal connection! Mycorrhizal symbiosis is a seemingly simple concept: plants provide carbohydrates; fungi gather nutrients. That’s once the mycorrhizal connection is made, but what’s involved in the process of colonization? How do these underground connections come about at the structural …

updated on February 20, 2021February 14, 2021

Annual Fungus Fair

San Diego Mycological Society Presents The 23rd Annual San Diego Fungus Fair Sunday, February 21st, 2021 Virtual Fair 10:30am ~2pm PST Fungal friends from near and far…. we welcome you to San Diego’s 23rd Annual Fungus Fair. Virtually screened on Sunday 2/21/21 via Facebook Live and our very own YouTube Channel : San Diego Mycological Society HOW TO WATCH: Tune in to Facebook LIVE or YouTube Facebook : San Diego Mycological …

updated on February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

February Monthly Meeting

Join us Monday February 1 for our Monthly Mushroom Meeting as we invite guests Trent and Kristen Blizzard from Modern Foragers as they delight our palates with their talk : “Mushroom Preservation: How to preserve, store and enjoy your foraged bounty for year-round use.“ They are the authors of Wild Mushrooms: A Cookbook and Foraging Guide. Whether you are a seasoned forager or new to the wild and wonderful word of edible forest fungi, this …

updated on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

First Mushroom Meeting of 2021

SDMYCO Monthly Monday Mushroom MeetingMonday, January 4, 2021 Welcome SD Mycophiles to 2021! We hope that you enjoyed your holidays and have had a wonderful start to your 2021. Join us for SDMYCO’s Monday Mushroom Monthly Meeting coming up January 4, at 7pm. (*** SDMYCO Members check you email for registration link***) We are excited to bring you keynote speaker, Richard Tehan, PhD Candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, from Oregon State University, as …