The storied Farlow Herbarium in Boston is celebrating its 100th anniversary! To celebrate they are offering a series of lectures to the general public on November […]
Eugenia Bone is an internationally known food and nature writer whose work has appeared in many anthologies, magazines, and newspapers. She is a member of the faculty at the New York Botanical Garden where she teaches classes on mycophagy and psychedelic mushrooms. She is the author or co-author of nine books on food and biology, including the category staple Mycophilia, and most recently, Have a Good Trip: Exploring the Magic Mushroom Experience (October, 2024). She has been nominated for or won a variety of awards, including a James Beard Award. Eugenia is featured in the documentary directed by Louie Schwartzberg, Fantastic Fungi (2019), and in the Netflix children’s show about food, Waffles + Mochi (the mushroom episode) produced by Michele Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. She is past president of the New York Mycological Society.
February 20th, 7:30 pm Madeline DeDe-Panken will discuss the rise of popular mycology in America at the turn of the twentieth century, focusing on cultural clashes […]
Thursday, March 13th, 7:30pm Mary Elizabeth Banning (1822-1903) was one of the first American mycologists. She was a talented, self-taught scientist who studied mushrooms in Maryland […]
Thursday, March 27th, 7:30pm EDT Fungaria are central to the study of fungi. They provide the physical evidence needed to describe a species morphologically; in many […]
Get ready for a night of science and storytelling inspired by HBO’s The Last of Us, where a fungal outbreak drives the plot—and the panic.
Our first speaker will explore the real-world microbes that can infect humans, and the growing risks they pose. Our second speaker will uncover the bizarre world of slime molds—single-celled organisms that move, solve puzzles, and defy expectations.
From terrifying spores to brainless brilliance, come explore the strange, spore-filled side of science that might just be stranger than fiction.
Thursday, April 24th, 7:30 EDT As human activity continues to pour CO2 into the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems are becoming increasingly important natural carbon sinks that help […]
Sunday, May 4th, 11am The Danish Fungal Atlas, began in 2009 as a citizen science project bridging amateur and professional mycology in Denmark. The project […]
Trees are more than just plants—they host distinct and highly specialized microbial communities within their wood. Deep in the oxygen-limited heartwood, fungi, bacteria, and archaea form […]
Thursday, May 22nd, 7:30 pm Many fungal taxa have evolved to fruit belowground (truffles) and require animals, particularly small mammals, to consume and disperse spores. This […]
Thursday June 5th, 7:30pm Golden oyster mushrooms (GOM; Pleurotus citrinopileatus) have become the new friendly neighborhood, easily found, edible mushroom- but are they friendly neighbors to local […]
Beyond the Spore Print: DNA Sequencing and the True Fungal Diversity of New York The talk: Join us for an enlightening exploration of how cutting-edge DNA […]
We have a lecture series that commences in February and usually ends in June, where experts from a variety of fields will present to club members. Lectures cover scientific topics (different types of fungi and the latest discoveries) and hands-on skills (identification and microscopy).
They are currently taking place on Zoom, but hopefully we will be able to have them in person again in the not too distant future. YouTube links for past lectures can be found in the Lectures section of our website, along with information on upcoming lectures.
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