General Meeting — Thursday April 8th, 2010
Our April speaker is Darlene Southworth, professor emerititus at Southern Oregon University. Professor Southworth has done extensive research in mycorrhizal networks examining biodiversity. Her talk is titled:
Hunting Mushrooms Underwater: the Saga of Psathyrella aquatica.
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
General Meeting — Thursday March 11th, 2010
In March the CMS will welcome guest speaker Dr. Jane Smith, who will talk about soil recovery after severe wildfire and ecosystems functions of fungi.
About The Speaker
Dr. Jane E. Smith is a Research Botanist and has been with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station since 1987. She is a courtesy faculty member in the Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University. She received her B.A. in Botany from Humboldt State University (1982), and her M.S. in Forest Ecology (1993) and Ph.D. in Botany and Plant Pathology (2004) from Oregon State University. She studies soil fungi and their response to forest management activities and natural disturbances. She is currently exploring the impacts of fire severity and postfire logging operations on soil productivity and forest recovery in forests in central Oregon’s Cascade Range. Her research also examines microbial interactions with nonnative invasive plants. Outside the research world, Jane enjoys hiking, mushroom hunting, and wine making.
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
General Meeting — Thursday January 14th, 2010
Dr. Jim Trappe
In January the CMS will welcome guest speaker Dr. Jim Trappe, who will speak about Desert Truffles. That’s one ’s’, so we’re talking about dry places, not a sweet after dinner treat ;).
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
General Meeting — Thursday December 10th, 2009
This month a presentation from NAMA, the North American Mycological Association will be viewed. This meeting will also serve as a social gathering for the holiday season and refreshments will be provided by the CMS. Feel free to bring specimens and stories to share with the group.
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
General Meeting — Thursday November 12th, 2009
The topic this month will be mushroom dyes and the presenter will be Marika Banyacski.
Marika has been working with fibers for many years and is a dyeing instructor at the Eugene Textile Center. She began dyeing with mushrooms two years ago and has become increasingly involved with mushroom dyes. As she puts it, “I love looking for mushrooms as much as dyeing with them. I find the dyeing process all the more magical beginning it first in the forest wildcrafting my dyestuff.”
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
General Meeting — Thursday October 8th, 2009
So many species!
NOTE: The topic has been changed for this month as Dr. Jim Trappe has rescheduled his talk for January’s general meeting.
This month will feature an identi-fest, please bring in your fungal specimens to share with the group as we work as a team to expand our knowledge of taxonomy. We’ll have local experts on hand to help you figure out what to call that weird thing growing out of your backyard (or maybe your carpet?!). You’ll also sound more sophisticated at upcoming social events when the latin for mushrooms rolls off your tongue ;). So join in the fun, we’ll have identification guides on hand, but feel free to bring your own if you like. We’ll also have access to microscopes in case we get something tough to differentiate.
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
General Meeting — Thursday September 10th, 2009
Tonight join us for an introductory mushroom talk by Chris Melotti. Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
General Meeting — Thursday June 11th, 2009
Join us for our annual business meeting. This year it takes place on June 11th, 2009 at 7:00pm under the White Oak Pavilion of the Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Business includes electing the new board of the Cascade Mycological Society, socializing, brainstorming and pizza.
May 2009 — Meeting Cancelled
CMS won’t have a general meeting in the month of May this year, but stay tuned for updates regarding the June meeting.
General Meeting– April 9, 2009
Our April speaker will be Patrice Benson, from Puget Sound Mycological Society in Seattle. She will present an audio-visual program entitled “Colors from Mushrooms: The art and craft of mushroom dyes and pigments,” for the CMS general meeting on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 7 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene. Patrice will have many examples of the beautiful pieces she has created.
Please note: Tuesday April 7th, Patrice will also address NATS (North American Truffling Society) on the same subject in Corvallis. Please see Natruffling.org for details.