September 2024 General Meeting - Noah Siegel "Cascadia — A Fungal Paradise"

Please help us kick off the fall mushroom season with our September meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. 

The evening will start at 6:30 pm for those who would like to socialize, snack on Bob Wynn's fantastic spread and chat with fellow mycophiles before the main meeting. Feel free to bring additional snacks to share and help us celebrate the start of the 40th Anniversary Year of the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz. Follow this link to learn more about our history.

Business and announcements will start at 7:00 pm. After the business part of the meeting, we will be joined by Noah Siegel presenting:

Cascadia — A Fungal Paradise

The wet mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest host a spectacular diversity of mushrooms, a true fungal paradise! This talk will highlight this diversity, the unique habitats, and it's plethora of mushrooms.

Noah is one of North America’s foremost field mycologists; he has spent over three decades seeking, photographing, identifying, and furthering his knowledge about all aspects of macrofungi. He travels and lectures extensively across America, following the mushrooms from coast to coast.

Noah was the recipient of the 2022 North American Mycological Association’s Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology. His primary research interest is on the taxonomy and systematics of fungi.

He authored, along with Christian Schwarz, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, a Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California and Mushrooms of Cascadia, a Comprehensive Guide to Fungi of the Pacific Northwest, as well as A field Guide to the Rare Fungi of California's National Forests. He is currently working on Mushrooms of Alaska, with Steve Trudell and Kate Mohatt.

Noah will also be selling and signing copies of his new book, Mushrooms of Cascadia.