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2021 September General Zoom Meeting: Phil Carpenter "Roundtable Discussion on Basics of Mushrooming"
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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.
2019 September General Meeting: Dr. Kabir Peay - Mt. Vision Fire in Point Reyes of 1997
At last, the FFSC Mushroom season begins again. Join us for our first meeting of 2019/2020 season.
- You will hear reports about forays and findings in recent weeks
- What to expect in weeks and months to come;
- Upcoming local and long distance forays
- And more!
Our speaker for September is Dr. Kabir Peay from Stanford University. Kabir did his doctoral studies At UC Berkeley and now heads a highly regarded mycological research program at Stanford.
2019 May General Meeting: Juniper Harrower (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Juniper Harrower, our scholarship recipent for her studies on the complexities of species under climate change as both ecologist and an artist. Doors open at 6PM.
Topic: Symbiosis under climate change: Investigating Joshua trees and their mycorrhizal fungi
2019 March General Meeting: Else Vellinga (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Else Vellinga. Doors open at 6PM
Mycology in California started with the discovery of a few species during a break in the voyage of the North Pacific expedition. The discovery of new species has every been ongoing since that time. The main players during the more than 150 years of history will be put in the spotlight, and future directions of research in the state will be laid out.
2019 February General Meeting: Christian Schwarz (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Christian Schwarz.
A modern important aspect of hunting mushrooms is the opportunity to become a citizen scientist by collecting data to be used by future or on-going mycological research. And it turns out that this is actually not at all difficult by using the cellphone app called iNaturalist.
Please plan to attend the next meeting on Febuary 20 complete with your cellphone already loaded with the iNat app and learn how you can contribute to science.
2018 September General Meeting: William Laird Goss III Bio-remediation (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, our own member William Laird Goss III.
Bio-remediation is an emerging, multi-disciplinary field, full of challenges and promise. Our exposure to industrial pollution and toxins are increasing in our everyday environment.
2018 March General Meeting: Michael Beug - Hallucinogenic Mushrooms as Entheogens (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Michael Beug is Professor Emeritus of The Evergreen State College and an award-winning photographer. His talk is titled, Hallucinogenic Mushrooms as Entheogens - The use of Psilocybin Mushrooms in Recreation, Mental Health and Spirituality.
2018 February General Meeting: Todd Spanier - Black Gold (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Todd Spanier, owner of King of Mushrooms and founder of California Truffle Orchards LLC.
2018 January General Meeting: Member Panel (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speakers.
Our program will consist of four beginner-oriented, mini-presentations about how to recognize some common local mushrooms.
2017 November General Meeting: Laura Bogar - "Fungal frenemies" (by )
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Laura Bogar, PhD candidate at Standford University.
Fungal frenemies: How can roots tell good fungi from bad?