2005 MMS Meetings, Forays, and Special Events

Events Calendar:

Janurary 10
MMS meeting. 490 Hodson Hall, 7:15pm. Gilled Mushrooms with White Spores. There are so many white-spored mushrooms! Come and learn how to sort them out. We will show a video by Dr. Michael Beug, featuring excellent photos of various species from the genera: Amanita, Lepiota, Hygrophorus, Lactarius and Russula There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion following the video.

February
Annual Awards Banquet. [Time and place to be announced.] Join your mushroom friends (human and fungal) for fun and celebration. Gourmet mushroom dishes will be served. Awards for outstanding service to our society, including The Golden Chanterelle Award, will be presented. Winners of the 2004 Photo Contest will be announced and the best photos from the contest will be viewed.

March 26
Science Summit at the Science Museum of Minnesota: MMS will join other community based science organizations at a science expo at SMM. We will have our traveling mushroom show on display. The exhibit was created by Dawn Cameron, Maxine Bethke, and Ron Spinosa with funds provided by SMM through a NSF grant. This will be our second year at the Science Summit. Many Science Museum visitors will be visiting our site. We encourage MMS members to volunteer for the event. You will enjoy sharing your enthusiasm for mushrooms with the public!

Announcement:

SOMA Winter Mushroom Camp Coming Up!

The Sonoma County Mycological Association (SOMA) invites you to the 8th annual SOMA Winter Mushroom Camp. The Camp will be held on M.L.K. weekend, January 15-17, 2005, near Occidental in Sonoma County, about one hour North of San Francisco.

This year, SOMA is very pleased to have Dr. Tom Volk return as our keynote presenter. In addition to Tom, we will have 3 special guests with us, including Gary Lincoff, Paul Stamets, and Dr. Jim Trappe.

The Camp, a benefit for SOMA, is full of mushroom forays, specimen tables, slide shows, and speaker presentations, as well as classes & workshops on mushroom dyeing, paper-making, cooking, medicine making, photography, cultivation, truffle hunting, and more. Of course, great wild mushroom cuisine will be provided by the SOMA culinary group and MycoChef Patrick Hamilton.

The spacious, modern camp buildings are set amongst 225 acres of oak, madrone, tan oak, redwood, and Douglas fir. The shared cabins are heated and are bright, clean, and airy, with hardwood floors and stylish bunks.

Fees: $225. Registration closes on Wed. January 5. Includes lodging, meals, and all classes & activities. Sunday only fee: $110, includes all activities & presentations, and dinner feast. To obtain a registration form, or for more information, go to SOMAmushrooms.org, or call 707-887-1888.

Anna Gerenday
U of MN, Dept. Entomology