2016

Survival Skills Strategies Workshop 2016 (by )

? WHEN: 04/02/2016, 9 am - 4 pm
? WHERE: TBD but will be in Santa Cruz County

Survival Skills Strategies Workshop April 2, 2016

As mushroom foragers we travel off-trail often in steep and remote terrain so this workshop is designed to introduce participants to survival tactics that might save their lives if they get lost or stranded on a foray.  Besides, it’s also just plain fun.

 

This class will be limited to FFSC members at first.  Last year this workshop filled within hours.  If it doesn't fill, the enrollment will be extended to non-members.  Enrollment is limited to 18.

Soquel Demonstration Forest Foray Report (by )

Hericium coralloides, canday caps, beautiful waxy caps.
It was a beautiful day for exploring the Soquel Demonstration Forest last Saturday 2/6/2016, and though the weather was amazing, the fleshy fungi were few and far between... None-the-less, there was some really cool finds, including Hericium coralloides (a choice edible related to Lion's Mane), an Auriscalpium vulgare, some candy caps, and a collection of several robust and showy waxy caps...

April Monthly Meeting: Noah Seigel - Good Morels are Hard to Find (by )

? WHEN: 04/20/2016, 7-9 pm
? WHERE: Harvey West Scout House, Harvey West Scout House
Noah Siegel and his loose morels

Good Morels are Hard to Find: Changes in America's Morel Values

 

Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House.  Doors open at 7, with refreshments and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30.  A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Noah Siegel.  This lecture will introduce you to California's morels, give tips on when and where to look for them, and an oversight on the recent Morchella taxonomy in North America.

May Monthly Meeting: Dr. Ngu Nguyen (by )

? WHEN: 05/18/2016, 7-9 pm
? WHERE: Harvey West Scout House, Harvey West Scout House
Ngu Nguyen and Leccium

Dr. Nhu Nguyen: Species Identity Crisis in the Genus Suillus 

 

Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House.  Doors open at 7, with refreshments and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30.  A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Dr. Nhu Nguyen.   Dr. Nguyen's topic this month is: Species identity crisis in the genus Suillus: why many Californian species slip from our identification.

March Monthly Meeting: Douglas Smith (by )

? WHEN: 03/16/2016, 7-9 pm
? WHERE: Harvey West Scout House, Harvey West Scout House

The mushrooms of Los Trancos, a local Open Space

 

Please join us for our Monthly Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House.  Doors open at 7, with refreshments and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30.  A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Douglas Smith, one of our members.   At the general meeting, Douglas will present his study on the mushroom of Los Trancos. 

February Monthly Meeting: Danny Miller (by )

? WHEN: 02/17/2016, 7-9 pm
? WHERE: Harvey West Scout House, Harvey West Scout House
Danny Miller

Fungal Philosophies - Mythbusters, or Fungal Fables Debunked

Mythbusters, or Fungal Fables Debunked" - an entertaining look of common mushroom myths and the truth behind them

 

Please join us for our Monthly Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House.  Doors open at 7, with refreshments and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30.  A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Danny Miller, our guest speaker from the Pacific Northwest. At the general meeting Danny will talk to us about "Fungal Philosophies - Mythbuster, or Fungal Fables Debunked" an entertaining look at common mushroom myths and the truth about them.

Pt. Reyes Fungus Fair (BAMS)

? WHEN: 01/03/2016, 10 am - 4 pm
? WHERE: Point Reyes National Seashore
Next up on the Fair circuit is the Pt. Reyes Fungus Fair on Jan. 2 and 3. Saturday is a group effort (skilled and unskilled, young and old, local and far-flung) of Pt. Reyes/West Marin mushroom collection and ID, Sunday is the set-up and the Fair. It's FREE, it's fun, and the fungi have arrived!
We spent a very happy afternoon there on Friday, walking through magnificent fields of mycenas (remember those?) and admiring muscaria...

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