Events

Roo Vandegrift Description:Join Dr. Roo Vandegrift for a rapid romp through the Xylariales, an order of ascomycete 'flask' fungi, generally growing on wood and other plant debris. Learn the important families and genera within the order, illustrated with examples taken from an extensive fungal inventory conducted between December 2012 and May 2017 at the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (BHI) in Massachusetts (Haelewaters et al. 2018). A new species, Xylaria finismundoensis, is described: this taxon provides the decomposer 'missing link' for a group of a Xylaria previously only known as endophytes (a type of plant symbiont).

The Inocybaceae is an ectomycorrhizal family of mushroom-forming fungi with some 1000 species worldwide. Seven genera are now recognized in the family, but the last revision of North American taxa in the group took place nearly 100 years ago. Since this time the number of known species in North America has tripled, and various estimates put the number of species in the family from this area between 300-400. This overview will present an introduction to the family Inocybaceae, some evolutionary and ecological background, and showcase recent systematic developments in the group.

Our friends at the Mycological Association of Washington (MAW) have kindly invited us as guests to a Zoom talk by Suzanne Simard that they are hosting […]

Sue will be sharing with us an exciting look at the future for fungi-related jobs. The application of fungi in particular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi creates new […]

We’ve recently heard Suzanne Simard discuss her revolutionary finding that the trees in the forest are connected to each other by a fungal web and that […]

We will explore the group of tooth fungi which include Hydnellum Sarcodon Phellodon and Bankera the latest changes and tips on identification of this tricky group. […]

The Dutch Atlantic coast is for the most part protected by a system of sand dunes that varies in width from a few hundred meters to […]

This talk will be an introduction to mushroom dyeing. First I will go over basic procedure including preparation and mordanting of the wool creation of the […]

An introduction to the Agaricus genus and how it is organized taxonomically and phylogenetically followed by a series of interesting or representative examples of species in […]

Despite that distillation has been practiced for over 3 000 years only in the past few centuries have social wealth and agricultural bounty coincided to allow […]