BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//New York Mycological Society - ECPv6.17.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.newyorkmyc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for New York Mycological Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T203000 DTSTAMP:20230630T141147Z CREATED:20230630T105543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T141147Z UID:10000041-1621018800-1621024200@www.newyorkmyc.org SUMMARY:Identifying Fungi and Their Habitats in Need of Conservation DESCRIPTION:Greg Mueller in the field Description:Species of fungi are not immune to the threats that put species of animals and plants at risk: habitat loss loss of symbiotic hosts pollution over exploitation and climate. Because resources financial and human will always be limited determining which species are thriving and which are rare or declining is crucial for targeting conservation action towards species in greatest need. Assessing the conservation status of a species (bird plant or fungus) requires some minimal data including information on its distribution population size and trend and information on why it might be in decline. Much of the data needed are observational – what occurs where and when and are these patterns changing. This is where amateur mycologists / community scientists can and need to help. Several initiatives across the globe including FungiMap in Australia The Lost and Found Initiative in the UK and The Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS) in the US are developing tools and providing incentives and coordination to engage community scientists in generating data needed for conservation assessments and to advocate for conservation action. About Greg Mueller:Greg Mueller is Chief Scientist and V.P. of Science the Chicago Botanic Garden. His research focuses on the evolution ecology and conservation of fungi especially mushrooms. Greg has carried out fieldwork throughout the world with a focus on the Americas China and Australasia. He has authored six books/book length volumes and more than 100 journal articles. He is past president of the Mycological Society of America and was recently named a Distinguished Mycologist by the Society. Greg is active in international fungal conservation efforts chairing both the IUCN Fungal Conservation Committee and Specialist Group on mushrooms brackets and puffballs and with a colleague coordinates the Global Fungal Red List Initiative. He is a board member of FunDiS (Fungal Diversity Survey) and has adjunct appointments at the University of Chicago and an adjunct professor at University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University. \nThis lecture was recorded and is viewable to active members who are logged in. To watch this video\, please use the login form in the left sidebar. URL:https://www.newyorkmyc.org/event/identifying-fungi-and-their-habitats-in-need-of-conservation/ CATEGORIES:lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210516T203000 DTSTAMP:20230630T141403Z CREATED:20230630T110122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T141403Z UID:10000086-1621191600-1621197000@www.newyorkmyc.org SUMMARY:Fungal microscopy DESCRIPTION:In this lecture you will learn why you might want to use a microscope what types of microscope there are how to choose a microscope how to measure microscopic characteristics of fungi and the kinds of chemicals and reagents that are useful in fungal microscopy. Alan will also cover the important microscopic characteristics of fungi how to prepare your slides how to take photographs of what you’re seeing through the microscopes. He will also go over different kinds of spores that can help with the identification of various genera of fungi. About Alan Rockefeller:Alan Rockefeller is a mushroom identification specialist public speaker biohacker photographer and consultant who lives in Oakland California. Alan began his autonomous studies in the field of mycology in 2001 beginning with the collective fungi in California. Since then he has traveled to various countries to collect and study mushrooms. He has photographed and scoped well over 1000 species of fungi with a particular focus on fungi in the genus Psilocybe as well as bioluminescent fungi especially Mycena. Through phylogenetic and microscopic analysis he has identified several species not described in the scientific literature and co-authored a number of papers on Psilocybe Mycena and Amanita. Alan regularly identifies mushrooms on websites such as Mushroom Observer Facebook the Shroomery and iNaturalist. In the lab Alan sequences the DNA of mushrooms from all over the world gaining new insights into existing species discovering new ones and eliminating duplicates in the taxonomic record. He lectures and teaches widely and his (recorded) lectures on DNA sequencing microscopy and psilocybe have been a valuable resource to many. Alan is also chief mycologist at MIMOSA Therapeutics. \nThis lecture was recorded and is viewable to active members who are logged in. To watch this video\, please use the login form in the left sidebar. URL:https://www.newyorkmyc.org/event/fungal-microscopy/ CATEGORIES:workshops END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR