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Local Foray near Marshall Field (by )

? WHEN: 10/30/2021, 9 am - 12 pm
? WHERE: Santa Cruz

Well, the rains have arrived, so let's get together to survey our local fields and forests. This will be a habitat walk, concentrating on learning about some of the local trees and the best places to look for different species as the season progresses.

To request to join this foray, please fill out this form ...

2021 September General Zoom Meeting: Phil Carpenter "Roundtable Discussion on Basics of Mushrooming"

? WHEN: 09/15/2021, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
? WHERE: Zoom Meeting - Where ever you are
Phil samples a mushroom

Please join us for our General Meeting on Zoom .  The session will be opened at 6:30 pm for those who would like to socialize and chat with fellow mycophiles before the main meeting, which will start at 7:00 pm. 

We had hoped that our General Meetings would be back to their regular, in person format by now, but due to the current level of covid transmission and out of an abundance of caution, we will continue with the Zoom video format for another month.  Future meetings may be held virtually, in person, or in a hybrid format allowing attendees the option of participating virtually through a live video stream.

2021 May General Zoom Meeting: Election of Ministers and Tom Volk discussing "Everyday and Extraordinary Fungal Superheroes" (by )

? WHEN: 05/19/2021, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
? WHERE: Zoom Meeting - Where ever you are
Tom Volk

Please join us for our General Meeting on Zoom .  The Zoom session will be opened at 6:30 pm for those who would like to socialize and chat with fellow mycophiles before the main meeting, which will start at 7:00 pm. 

Before our final speaker of the season, we will be having our biennial election of ministers.  Here is a list of the ministers up for election.  Any dues paying FFSC member can vote and can also volunteer or be nominated as a minister.  (Please note that the Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minister positions require having served previously as a board member. The other positions can be held by any FFSC member.) To get a sense of what is entailed in these positions, see Ministerial Duties.

2021 April General Zoom Meeting: Noah Siegel - Exploring the Unknown (by )

? WHEN: 04/21/2021, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
? WHERE: Zoom Meeting - Where ever you are
Noah Siegel

Please join us for our General Meeting on Zoom .  The Zoom session will be opened at 6:30 pm for those who would like to socialize and chat with fellow mycophiles before the main meeting, which will start at 7:00 pm.  A discussion of upcoming events and minister's reports will precede our speaker.  Noah Siegel, friend and long time member...

2021 March General Zoom Meeting: Chef Zachary Mazi - Edible Mushrooms of the Lanna Kingdom (by )

? WHEN: 03/17/2021, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
? WHERE: Zoom Meeting - Where ever you are
Chef Zachary Mazi

Please join us for our General Meeting on Zoom .  The Zoom session will be opened at 6:30 pm for those who would like to socialize and chat with fellow mycophiles before the main meeting, which will start at 7:00 pm.  A discussion of upcoming events and minister's reports will precede our speaker.  Talented Chef and club member Chef Zachary Mazi now residing in Thailand...

Virtual Mushroom Identification Class (by )

? WHEN: 02/25/2021, 7-9 pm
? WHERE: Zoom Mtg, where ever you are
Phil teaching outdoors

Back by popular demand, we are conducting our second virtual mushroom ID class using Zoom. The class is aimed at students who have a serious interest in learning how to identify mushrooms and are willing to put in the time and effort to learn. We are planning to hold the class over two separate sessions, the first on Thursday, February 25th from 7-8 pm and the second on Monday, March 1st from 7-9 pm.

 

2021 February General Zoom Meeting: Dr. Christopher Hobbs - "Cooking and healing with mushrooms" (by )

? WHEN: 02/17/2021, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
? WHERE: Zoom Meeting - Where ever you are
Christopher Hobbs and amanita

Please join us for our General Meeting on Zoom .  The Zoom session will be opened at 6:30 pm for those who would like to socialize and chat with fellow mycophiles before the main meeting, which will start at 7:00 pm.  A discussion of upcoming events and minister's reports will precede our speaker.  We are pleased to welcome renowned herbalist Dr. Christopher Hobbs a longtime speaker at our annual Fungus Fair...

2021 January General Zoom Meeting: Christian Schwarz, "Long-Term Lessons"

? WHEN: 01/20/2021, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
? WHERE: Zoom Meeting, wherever YOU are
Christian with Stropharia ambigua

Please join us for our General Meeting on Zoom .  The Zoom session will be opened at 6:30 pm for those who would like to socialize and chat with fellow mycophiles before the main meeting, which will start at 7:00 pm.  A discussion of upcoming events and minister's reports will precede our speaker, Christian Schwarz.

Christian's talk is titled: Long-Term Lessons: Persepectives From Three Years of Mushroom Monitoring

 

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Virtual Mushroom Identification Class (by )

? WHEN: 01/14/2021, 7-8 pm
? WHERE: Zoom, Zoom Video Communications, Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, CA
Phil and friends

This year’s mushroom identification class will be different from those in the past due to the restrictions placed upon us by the Covid-19 pandemic. We are going to try conducting the class using Zoom. The class is aimed at students who have a serious interest in learning how to identify mushrooms and are willing to put in the time and effort to learn. We are planning to hold the class over two separate sessions, the first on January 14th from 7-8 pm and the second on January 19th from 7-9 pm.

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