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December 6, 2024
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December 20, 2024
The North American Mycological Association (NAMA) is the national organizations for mushroom clubs and mycophiles. They organize forays and events and have a great newsletter, the Mycophile. Membership is only $25 a year. Join NAMA here.
They have announced the following lectures – check them out! Note that the listed times are Central Time.
Tuesday, January 14th 2025 @ 7PM Central
Else Vellinga’s webinar will focus on a beautiful group of mushrooms, the Parasol mushrooms. We’ll delve into the history of Lepiota, the various ways this group has been split up and its family affiliations, where to find them, and of course, how to recognize them, and what to expect in the near future.
Thursday, January 16th, 2025 @ 7PM Central
Aaron will discuss conservation mycology: how does stewardship play a role in it? How can fungi help us rethink how we do conservation? How can members and organizations affiliated with NAMA contribute to fungal conservation and stewardship?
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 @ 7PM Central
Dr. Michael Beug explores psychotropic fungi and general medicinal/culinary fungi.
Thursday, January 23rd 2025 @ 7PM Central
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 @ 7PM Central
Brian Perry focuses on the amazing diversity of the mushroom genus Mycena and allied genera found in North America (collectively referred to as the Mycenoid fung). We’ll delve into both macro- and micromorphological features that define these genera, how to go about collecting and identifying Mycenoid fungi, and discuss our current understanding of the phylogenetic relationships of these taxa based upon molecular DNA sequence analyses.
Thursday January 30th, 2025 @ 7PM Central
NAMA presents the 2024 Fungi Film Fest. Join us to see 19 short films from 17 countries with a total run-time of 135 minutes. The Fungi Film Fest is the world’s only film festival dedicated to the beauty, weirdness, and human influences of mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi.
Tuesday February 11, 2025 @ 7PM Central
In this webinar Dr Amy Honan explores the fungal diversity of desert ecosystems. The focus will be on the diversity, evolution and ecology of the stalked puffball Tulsotoma.
Webinar on Social Media for Myco Associations
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 @ 7PM Central
by Luke Smithson (Club Relations Committee Chair)
Details Coming Soon.
DNA: The Secret History of Mushrooms by Danny Miller
Thursday, February 20th, 2025 @ 7PM Central
What are the biggest surprises that recent studies in DNA have shown us about the (until now) secret history of mushrooms on the planet?
Tuesday, February 25th 2025 @ 7PM Central
Join lorchel expert Dr. Alden Dirks for an overview of our latest findings informed by widespread fungarium sequencing, in-depth taxonomic revisions, and cutting-edge phylogenomic analyses.
Thursday, February 27th 2025 @ 7PM Central
It is easy to dismiss any red, fragile mushroom as “one of the red Russula”, but can we do better? There are a few features that can help us to get closer to understanding this genus. By Tavis Lynch
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 @ 7PM Central
Dr. David Hibbett presents on genera of “lentinoid” fungi and how we came to recognize that they are different.
Dr EC Cline Webinar on Mycorrhizal Fungi in Forests and Metals in the Environment.
Thursday March 13th, 2025 @ 7PM
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 @ 7PM Central
Dr. Cathy L. Cripps will walk us through a 2023 incidents related to eating morel mushrooms, and talk about details of what happened, what we learned, and how it might apply to your own consumption of morels
Past recordings can be found on this page (scroll down).
