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Hello MycoFriends! We hope you are excited to feel the weather changing! 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! Mark your calendars! Our Annual Board of Directors Election will be held next month on November 7, 2022. If you are interested in …

Hello Myco Fam!! Hope you’ve enjoyed your summer “break”! Our official season kicks off again this Monday at 7pm with a special lecture:::: Dylan Enright is a 5th year microbiology Ph.D. candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the Glassman Lab at University of California Riverside. His research explores the effect that catastrophic wildfires (ie. “Mega-fires”) have on soil bacteria and fungi. His work includes DNA sequencing based analysis of soil microbial communities in addition to …

Hello Myco friends!   Please join us for a very special guest lecture by William Padilla-Brown of Mycosymbiotics! Monday, September 26 6:30 – 8:30pm lecture and Q&A Casa del Prado Room 101 in Balboa Park (adjacent to Natural History Museum)   REGISTRATION REQUIRED, please register HERE $20 admission $10 admission for members – you received an email with the discount code More information is below. Looking forward to seeing you soon! Hasta la fungi! SDMYCO MycoSymbiotics is a …

Hello fellow Myco-folk! We hope you are enjoying your warm weather and look forward to the upcoming rainy season. In the meantime, we have some fun and informative activities for you! Class Description In this introductory class you will learn the history and process of mushroom and lichen dyeing. We will explore both local and non-local species and create an item to take home. Teacher Bio Sarah Minarik is a foggy Bay Area native, constantly seeking …

Howdy Myco people!! We have an upcoming cultivation class and here is some information. Dakota Rambin, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, is a citizen scientist, mycologist and entrepreneur. His disdain for mushrooms hastily melted into an incessant infatuation when a teacher in high school urged him to try his first mushroom, and to his bewilderment, it had tasted just like steak. Eventually moving to California, Dakota became an advocate for educating communities on fungi, and spent most days with …

Howdy fungi folk! Coming in fast!!!! Updated!! Date and Time changes!!! Make One / Share One event for Game of Shrooms – DATE/TIME CHANGE! DO NOT SHOW UP ON SUNDAY DUE TO ROAD CLOSURES: IT IS THE ROCK & ROLL MARATHON!!! Please note the change of date and time: Monthly Monday Meeting is this Monday, June 6th 6pm – 8:30pm Make One / Share One event for Game of Shrooms! We will have watercolor supplies …

Hola Mushroom amigos!! Join us this next Monday for our monthly meeting and our potluck dinner!! Bring your favorite mushroom dish to share and enjoy a full array of tasty fungi! You’ll not want to miss this! There are some great items at the potluck and should you like to feel inspired as to what you could bring, here are some pro-item dishes from Chef Sara and the SDMYCO Mushroom Mixer last weekend. Enjoy!   …