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SDMYCO Visual Arts Contest 2025

It’s that time of year again!

Come participate in our Visual Arts Contest — rules are linked here: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1PNjujb8JISG8N1A4pTyK7HFjcX3ba0gel02vbnSa6Ro

Excited to see what you come up with,

🫶 your mush-family

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This coming Monday – Annual Board of Directors Election + Summer recap

Hello Myco fam!

Please Join us at our upcoming Monthly Meeting on Monday, November 4th at 7:00pm.
We are holding our Annual Board of Directors Election and you can greatly help SDMYCO by participating with your presence, with your vote and with your willingness to participate in all aspects of the society!

Also, we will be having a summer events recap with Cassandra Ablola and Steve Farrar.

Can’t wait to see you this first Monday of the month!

Mush love,

SDMYCO

 


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Sustaining the Region’s Legacy of Biodiversity Conservation

Our land and water ecosystems are vital to our local species and essential for people’s well-being. However, threats like development and climate change are putting these natural spaces at risk. Learn how local conservation leaders are tackling these challenges and helping sustain our region’s legacy of biodiversity conservation.

Today!! Intro to Fungi – Zoom – Thursday, Oct 3, 7pm-845pm

Hello Mycofam,

Join expert, local fun-guy and world explorer, Dennis Sharmahd, as he introduces you to the wide world of mushrooms, the fruiting body of mycelium.  He’ll amaze you about the variety of edible and tasty mushrooms you can forage in Southern California and easily grow at home.
Join us in-person at the Jurupa Mountain Discovery Center (about 90 minutes north of San Diego-, 7621 Granite Hill Dr., Jurupa Valley) OR  in the comfort of ? by Zoom, log in or call:

Call-in: (669) 900-6833, Zoom ID: 957 9128 9273, Passcode: 121 546

https://zoom.us/j/95791289273?pwd=QUlHZ1hzRkhSWTZNVXdLbzdpRjhTdz09

Free to attend and free parking.  Casual dress.
This is the monthly meeting of the Inland Empire California Rare Fruit Growers.  Expect a short business meeting at the beginning and Dennis should begin about 7:30pm.  Potluck, members and guests are encouraged to share if they have abundance from their garden. Feel free to bring mushrooms, plants or fruit to share, exchange or talk about.
May the spores be with you,
SDMYCO
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La Paloma Movie Screening: Music For Mushrooms

La Paloma Theater will host a special screening for East Forest’s new movie/documentary: Music For Mushrooms on Tuesday, October 8th at 7pm.

There will be a screening followed by a panel to answer questions, East Forest will be attending. This movie is about his music being used for having profound shifts while on mushrooms/ music for the psychedelic practitioner.

https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/la-paloma-theatre/music-for-mushroom

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Kick-Off Meeting & Meet Else Vellinga!

Join us for our 2024-2025 season kick off meeting!

Monday, October 7, 2024
6:45pm Identification
7:00pm Lecture

Balboa Park
Casa del Prado Room 104

Free, open to the public

Else Vellinga is a mycologist who is interested in naming and classifying mushroom species in California and beyond, especially Parasol mushrooms. She has described 22 species as new for California. She got her training at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands, and her PhD at the university of Leiden.

Her interests go beyond taxonomy, and she loves natural history stories of all kinds of organisms. The mysterious world of spores is slowly being opened, and she likes to share the new developments in research and discoveries. Else describes herself as a Dutch, cat-loving, knitting mycologist, who lives in Berkeley, CA.

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Join us @ Wonderland: A Secret Society of Adultologists Event

Friday, September 13
7:00PM -11:00 PM

From all things curious, wacky, mad, and wise, join SDMYCO
at the SDNHM’s Secret Society of Adultologists: Wonderland
for their very merry 150th un-birthday party.

$10 OFF DISCOUNT CODE SDMyco2024

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Bugs, Botany, and the Benefits of Museum Apprenticeships

Museum apprenticeships are a wonderful way for students to gain experience in their field of interest—and here at The Nat, we’re proud to offer them. This year, we were joined by Desiree Simental and Lynna Thai—both of whom contributed to the health of our museum’s collections and to the scientific research we lead.

2025 Fungus Fair Poster Contest

LINK TO CONTEST DETAILS

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We are excited to announce our first-ever fungus fair poster contest! We are calling on all of our artistic members to create a beautiful poster for our annual fungus fair!

Rules

This contest is open to all of our members! If you want to submit but are not a member yet, please sign up at https://sdmyco.org/membership/

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