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

Posted on October 28, 2024 by SD Myco

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

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Paula Sternberg Rodríguez, Science Communications Manager

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

Posted on October 3, 2024 by SD Myco

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

Posted on September 25, 2024 by SD Myco

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!

Posted on September 17, 2024 by SD Myco

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

Posted on September 6, 2024 by SD Myco

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

https://1830.blackbaudhosting.com/1830/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=2907973d-2a18-476f-9b07-283441a2ec11

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Celebrate September Mushroom Month with SDMYCO & OM x M2 at a Mushroom Mixer at their HQ!!!

Posted on September 6, 2024 by SD Myco

https://tinyurl.com/3zwenvnp

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Bugs, Botany, and the Benefits of Museum Apprenticeships

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Paula Sternberg Rodríguez, Science Communications Manager

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

Posted on August 1, 2024 by SD Myco

LINK TO CONTEST DETAILS

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s6Cvyt4dKT2ykxW-Re2Tmwl_whvCIMxA/view?usp=drive_link

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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/

2025 Fungus Fair Poster Contest Rules (PDF)

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September Basket Weaving Workshop

Posted on July 23, 2024 by SD Myco

Greetings Myco-fam!!

Coming up this September… Basket Weaving Workshop!

Details below.

Mush love,

SDMYCO

Monday, September 9: Monthly Meeting Casa del Prado Room 104 in Balboa Park
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Basket Weaving Workshop by Cassandra Ablola
$50/person
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/938698601787?aff=oddtdtcreator

Cassandra Ablola has been a member of SDMYCO since 2014 and served as the Treasurer from 2017 – 2021 and since then, has served as the President.

She earned her bachelor’s degree at San Diego State University in Applied Design with an emphasis in Jewelry and Metalwork and was a recipient for the San Diego Creative Weaver’s Guild Scholarship in 2013.

Weaving is a practical skill and can be applied to different media. We’ll learn about the history and typical materials, then dive into making our very own mushroom hunting baskets! Let’s get ready by making our new vessels in advance of the fungi foray season ahead.

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