Event
Leah Bendlin: Common Fall Mushrooms of the PNW (and their lookalikes)
Zoom WebinarIn this presentation, we will learn some of the most common and memorable mushrooms found in fall in the Pacific Northwest. We will focus especially on common edibles and how to tell them apart from poisonous or just otherwise tricky potential lookalikes, noting particular physical features and habitats that will help you to identify them on your own. Pre-registration is required for this webinar. Sign up at https://www.vanmyco.org/zoom-webinar-access/ Leah Bendlin is a Portland, Oregon based mushroom and community science enthusiast. She has been studying mushrooms with a passion for 9 years, and has special interests in taxonomy, uncommonly known edibles, mycoheterotrophic plants, slime molds, ascomycetes and social justice. Leah regularly leads mushroom ID classes and walks through various Pacific Northwest organizations and currently serves on the board of the Oregon Mycological Society. You can find her mushroom centered Instagram @Leah_mycelia
Christin Swearingen: Mushrooms of Alaska and the West Coast Rare 10
Zoom WebinarOur speaker, Christin Swearingen, is a mycologist volunteering for the Fungal Diversity Survey. She has degrees from Oberlin College (B.A.) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (M.S.), and mentorship from Dr. Gary Laursen (author of Alaska's Mushrooms). She is currently living in Fairbanks, working for the Interior Alaska Land Trust to protect natural habitat for all wildlife, including mushrooms. The West Coast Rare 10 Fungi project was launched in fall 2020 to find and document ten species of rare, threatened, or declining fungi. Scientists and conservationists need more data on these fungi in order to better understand and protect them and their habitats.
Sound Walk: Listening to Fungi through Biosonification
Renfrew Ravine Park BC, CanadaThis workshop is one of a series, as part of Walking the Mycelial Web. Walking the Mycelial Web is a series of artistic activities inspired by ecology and fungal life, taking place primarily outdoors in three parks of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighborhood, presented by Willoughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac in collaboration with the Collingwood Neighborhood House. Throughout 2021, community members of all ages, cultures will be invited to learn about the fungal biodiversity that exists within their neighborhood and honor fungi through collective, place-based, experiential activities, walks, and art workshops, building healthy and sustainable connections with each other and with nature through art. For more info: walkingthemycelialweb.org
Mushroom home cooking workshop
VMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org
Fungi Music
VMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org
[Bonus Brunch Presentation] Lynne Boddy: Fungus Wars
Zoom WebinarLand Reading and Deep Mapping
Kitsilano Community Centre 2690 Larch St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaVMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org
Mushroom and Art Walk
Renfrew Ravine Park BC, CanadaThis workshop is one of a series, as part of Walking the Mycelial Web. Walking the Mycelial Web is a series of artistic activities inspired by ecology and fungal life, taking place primarily outdoors in three parks of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighborhood, presented by Willoughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac in collaboration with the Collingwood Neighborhood House. Throughout 2021, community members of all ages, cultures will be invited to learn about the fungal biodiversity that exists within their neighborhood and honor fungi through collective, place-based, experiential activities, walks, and art workshops, building healthy and sustainable connections with each other and with nature through art. For more info: walkingthemycelialweb.org
Sound walk & fungi sounds
Pacific Spirit Park , CanadaVMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org