May 6, 2024
Balboa Park
Casa del Prado, Room 101
6:45pm Identification
7:00pm Lecture and Q&A
Alan is an expert mycologist in high demand at mushroom events where he teaches workshops on DNA barcoding, field photography, and fungal microscopy. Committed to his cause, Alan has been studying fungal diversity for more than two decades, and since 2001 he has photographed more than 2,500 species of fungi. Alan’s contributions to community science have been widespread, and his dedication to teaching thousands of people over several years how to extract and amplify the DNA of their mushroom finds for sequencing is remarkable, and remains unparalleled.
Eventually, Alan hopes to be able to offer free barcoding services to the mycology community via his newest endeavor into Nanopore sequencing. As of today, Alan has uploaded more than 700 of his own fungal DNA sequences to Genbank, and he is a co-author on several scientific papers, including publications documenting new species of bioluminescent Mycena and Psilocybe. Nothing short of a powerhouse, Alan Rockefeller is an authority on the leading edge of mycology, who is beloved by his community for the knowledge and value he contributes to the field.
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See you at the San Diego Earth Fest this upcoming Saturday, April 20!
A few of our fungi friends will be there too!!!
A FREE Earth Day celebration presented by Vegan Food Popup. Featuring over 100 sustainable food, product and service vendors as well as environmental, conservation and animal rescue groups. Enjoy a full day of entertainment with speakers, music and activities for kids.
Since the first Earth Day observation in 1970, more than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day events each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.
We are excited to continue the tradition of celebrating Earth Day at Balboa Park. This event is held on the expansive lawn located at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way.
San Diego EarthFest is family-friendly and dog-friendly with free parking available. This is a zero-waste event — please bring reusable eating utensils!
Location: Park and President’s Lawn, Balboa Park
Date: Saturday, April 20th, 2024, 11 am to 5pm
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Hi mushfam! On 4/1/24, we’re having a professor from the Salk Institute speak to us about the symbiotic relationship between plants and their arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi friends — make sure to join us!
April 1st Speaker: Lena Maria Müller, PhD
**Special Location! 1395 Park Center Drive, Vista, CA**
6:45pm Identification
7:00pm Lecture and Q&A
Bio: I am an assistant professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. My background is in plant biology, with a focus on plant-microbe interactions. Specifically, my lab studies mutualistic plant interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In this symbiosis, plants benefit through increased mineral nutrient uptake and resilience to abiotic and biotic stress, whereas the fungus obtains carbon products from the host plant. We investigate the signaling pathways that allow plants to ensure an optimal balance between carbon costs and the nutrient benefits provided by the fungus. Because ˜80% of all land plant species can engage in a symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, it has important implications for the global carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycle, as well as agricultural sustainability.
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