Will and Claudette Wilson have graciously invited the SDMS members to their San Luis Rey ranch on Saturday, March 15th at 10:00 AM, but we need volunteers to assist with the foray details (announcements, collecting waivers, organizing, etc.) as a large portion of the board members are not available that weekend to organize the event. Please contact any of the board members if you are interested in assisting with the organization of the foray. The …
March 3rd 2014 Meeting – 6:30PM: Mary Ann Hawke
The guest speaker for our March 3rd meeting will be Mary Ann Hawke. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. Dr. Mary Ann Hawke is trained as a plant ecologist and environmental educator, and she is currently working at UCSD at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on a mycology project. Her interest in fungi began when she did her PhD on soil-plant-microbe interactions in a …
February 3rd, 2014 Meeting – 6:30PM: Steve Farrar
The speaker for our February 3rd meeting will be Steve Farrar from Mushroom Matrix. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. His talk is titled “Mushrooms and Health: The Healing Powers of Medicinal-Culinary Mushrooms”.
Fungus Fair (2-16-14) Guest Presenters
We have several exciting guest speakers presenting at the San Diego Mycological Society’s 16th Annual Mushroom Fair on Feb 16th, 2014 Our First Speaker will be Alyssa Allen presenting a demonstration of “Mycopigments” (Mushroom Dyes) Alissa Allen has been experimenting with mushroom derived pigments for 15 years. Raised by a forager in the Pacific Northwest, she has been a student of the natural world her entire life. For the past two years she has been travelling …
Foray at Felicita Park Saturday January 25, 2014
In conjunction with Britt Bunyard’s guest lecture, the SDMS will host a foray at Felicita Park on Saturday January 25, 2014. All are welcome to attend the lecture on Friday and the foray on Saturday. The foray will start at 10:30 AM. Everyone MUST complete a Liability Waiver Form in order to participate in the foray. A form must be completed for each foray activity. The liability waiver form can be found on the website under …
Special SDMS Meeting January 24, 2014 6:30 PM in Room 104 with Britt Bunyard
The SD Mycological society will be hosting a special meeting on Friday January 24, 2014 at 6:30 PM in Room 104, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park with Britt Bunyard Ph.D. as our guest speaker. His talk will be “Mycorrhizotopia: Fungi are the Puppet Masters of the World” Come learn about plants and their mushroom partners, the mycorrhizal fungi. Britt’s presentation is for general audiences, and does not require prior scientific knowledge. The discussion will …
January 6th, 2014 Meeting at 6:30PM: Backyard Shitake Cultivation
For the January 6th meeting, Michelle and Jack Innis will present a slideshow on their experience with shitake cultivation. The meeting will start at 6:30 PM in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park. We will also have discussions about the annual mushroom fair in February and fair volunteer opportunities.