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Hello Myco Fam! SDMYCO celebrates the 5th anniversary of Fantastic Fungi this coming May 19. Tell your friends and hope to see you there! Sunday, May 19 @ 7:00pm La Paloma Theatre 471 SOUTH COAST HWY. 101 ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA Corner Hwy. 101 and D Street, downtown Encinitas $12/ticket https://fantasticfungilp.brownpapertickets.com/

May 6, 2024 Balboa Park Casa del Prado, Room 101 6:45pm Identification 7:00pm Lecture and Q&A Alan is an expert mycologist in high demand at mushroom events where he teaches workshops on DNA barcoding, field photography, and fungal microscopy. Committed to his cause, Alan has been studying fungal diversity for more than two decades, and since 2001 he has photographed more than 2,500 species of fungi. Alan’s contributions to community science have been widespread, and …

See you at the San Diego Earth Fest this upcoming Saturday, April 20! A few of our fungi friends will be there too!!! A FREE Earth Day celebration presented by Vegan Food Popup. Featuring over 100 sustainable food, product and service vendors as well as environmental, conservation and animal rescue groups. Enjoy a full day of entertainment with speakers, music and activities for kids. Since the first Earth Day observation in 1970, more than 1 …

Hi mushfam! On 4/1/24, we’re having a professor from the Salk Institute speak to us about the symbiotic relationship between plants and their arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi friends — make sure to join us!   April 1st Speaker: Lena Maria Müller, PhD **Special Location! 1395 Park Center Drive, Vista, CA** 6:45pm Identification 7:00pm Lecture and Q&A Bio: I am an assistant professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. My background is in plant biology, with …

Hello Myco Fam! Our March Monthly Meeting is coming up this Monday, March 4th with our very own Bonni Thoresen! Remember to bring in mushrooms you find for identification and looking sporeward to seeing you soon. Mush love, SDMYCO    

Check out the Fungus Fair 2024 guest speaker list! We’re so excited to learn from this diverse group of mycologists: 10:00am – 10:55am: Sam Landes on “The World of Fascinating Fungi” 11:05am – 12:00pm: Dr. Cornelia Cho on “Mushrooms as Food and Medicine” 12:10pm – 1:05pm: Dennis Sharmahd on “Introduction to Cultivation with Pleurotus ostreatus” 2:00pm – 2:55pm: Julie Daoust, PhD on “Untangling the confusing world of functional mushrooms; a scientific approach” 3:05pm – 4:00pm: …

Hi MycoFriends! Call for Fungus Fair Vendors and Volunteers. If interested, please see details on links below. FUNGUS FAIR VENDOR FUNGUS FAIR VOLUNTEERS ***Please keep rain in your thoughts so we can get out into the field and foray! ***Reminder that you can always bring in specimens for identification to our meetings! Let’s show and tell what you’ve found in your local neighborhoods! Monday, February 5: Monthly Meeting 6:45pm Identification 7:00pm Dr. Moselio Schaechter Saturday, February …