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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Mushrooms and People
DESCRIPTION:Next Meeting: Tuesday\, September 11th \n\nI am pleased to announce that our next meeting will feature a special presentation from Paul Kroeger\, a founding member of the VMS.\n \nMushrooms and People\n \nThis eclectic talk flows through various ways people interact with mushrooms. The commercial harvest of edible wild mushrooms is discussed with excursions into medicinal mushrooms and ethno-mycology of traditional cultures. We will also learn of some unusual places and ways to look for fungi\, and some surprising things found.\n \nAbout our speaker:\n \nPaul Kroeger has studied mushrooms for over thirty-five years and is a founding member of the Vancouver Mycological Society. He has been involved in many projects and studies about diverse aspects of mushrooms\, gaining knowledge about fungal ecology\, biochemistry of toxic\, hallucinogenic\, medicinal\, and edible mushrooms. Years of experience have created unique insights and understanding of fungal life-ways and interactions in temperate ecosystems.\n \n\nTuesday November 11th\, 2025 @ Floral Hall\, VanDusen Gardens (5251 Oak St.)\nDoors at 7pm\, Talk at 7:30pm\n \nAs always\, we would love to see your specimens at our monthly mushroom table for identification and admiration. Be sure to check out what unique and abundant Fall finds are currently growing around us.\n \nLove the talk? Your VMS membership allows you to access an archive of several past talks on our website for your marathoning pleasure. As always\, masks are encouraged in indoor spaces and for all in-person events!
URL:https://vanmyco.org/event/monthly-meeting-mushrooms-and-people/
CATEGORIES:VMS Meeting
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Mycomap Foray
DESCRIPTION:Announcement will be made at the meeting with more information\, this will be an intermediate level foray from 10-12 am starting at Mystery Falls led by Marshall focused on gathering species for the BC Mycomap project. Email foray@vanmyco.com for more information.
URL:https://vanmyco.org/event/intermediate-mycomap-foray/
CATEGORIES:VMS Foray
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SUMMARY:Dec 10th Meeting: Jared “Qwustenuxun” Williams
DESCRIPTION:Hello VMS members\, \nOur next meeting will be held exclusively online\, with no in-person option at VanDusen this time\, and will feature a special talk by Jared “Qwustenuxun” Williams. \nJoin Qwustenuxun\, from the Quw’utsun Nation on southern Vancouver Island\, for an evening of learning about the deep relationships Indigenous peoples have with mushrooms and the cultural protocols that guide how we harvest them. Together we’ll explore how mushrooms have been part of our food\, medicine\, and teachings\, and how these practices remind us to approach the land with respect\, reciprocity\, and care. This talk invites us to reflect on our own foraging\, and how we can walk in better relationship with the fungi and the living world around us. \nJared “Qwustenuxun” Williams is a Hul’q’umi’num language speaker\, Indigenous chef\, Salish culture educator\, and consultant from Quw’utsun. Raised in Salish culture by his father and late grandmother\, he carries forward teachings of traditional harvesting\, Indigenous foods\, and community history. After a decade in western kitchens\, Qwustenuxun returned home to cook for Cowichan Elders and deepen his knowledge of Indigenous foodways. \n\nToday\, he shares those teachings widely from Cooking in Two Worlds with FeedBC to a TEDx talk\, national food sovereignty projects\, and his role as Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council to BC’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Whether presenting at the UN World Food Forum or paddling the Salish Sea with his sons\, Qwustenuxun’s work is grounded in humility\, self-determination\, and the relationships that keep culture alive. \n\nTopic: December Virtual Meeting\nTime: Dec 10\, 2025 07:30 PM Vancouver\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85272250725?pwd=sQGpG2jjVsDjf6vaiYpM5ajS9YM11K.1 \nMeeting ID: 852 7225 0725\nPasscode: 364446 \n\nLove the talk? Your VMS membership allows you to access an archive of several past talks on our website for your marathoning pleasure. 
URL:https://vanmyco.org/event/monthly-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:VMS Meeting
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SUMMARY:Pokong Dinner RSVP required
DESCRIPTION:Hello VMS and happy new year! I am pleased to announce that the annual Po Kong dinner will take place in lieu of our in-person meeting this month on Tuesday\, January 13th at 6:30.\n \nThe Po Kong dinner is a yearly tradition where members are able to sample many varieties of mushrooms in a communal setting. Po Kong‘s menu is fully vegetarian and features many fungi\, including stinkhorn\, lion’s mane\, enoki\, wood ear\, and more.\n \nHow it works:\nEach person orders 1 mushroom dish and all the food is shared family style. After the meal\, the bill is divided among your tablemates (usually 10). The individual bill averages $30-40 after gratuities\, not including beverages. Cash is preferred to reduce our queue for a card reader.  \n \nBefore filling out the form\, please take a look at the main menu here: https://www.pokongvegetarian.ca/menu\n\n(bamboo pith = stinkhorn\, monkey head = lion’s mane\, ling chi = reishi)\n\n \nTo streamline the process for the kitchen\, please tell us in the form which dish you would like to order and 1 backup just in case there’s many of the same request at your table (ex. C30\, E6). If you’d like the lion’s mane/hericium on veggies dish (off menu) please indicate in the form. \n \n\nThe restaurant is located at 1334 Kingsway\, Vancouver\, BC V5V 3E4\nStreet parking is available\, but limited.\n\n \nWe will have 50 seats reserved\, so please RSVP at this link before they fill up: https://forms.gle/yVyDRNLvZadNKXc58\n \nHope to see you there as we welcome the new year together over some great food and conversation!
URL:https://vanmyco.org/event/pokong-dinner-1830-rrsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Dining & Cookery
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SUMMARY:February 10th Meeting: Member’s Night
DESCRIPTION:Hello myco people! \nI’m excited to announce our first Floral Hall meeting of the year\, featuring the return of member’s night\, and to share details about a special mushroom presentation from the folks at Nature Vancouver.  \nMember’s Night: \nAs per tradition\, member’s night is a chance for members of the VMS to put on short presentations on different fungal topics. We have so many amazing experiences and perspectives within the Vancouver fungal community and we love to showcase what people have been up to. Some speakers may choose to talk about academic work\, regional species\, cooking\, or photography to name just a few examples!  \nWe would love to hear from you on what has caught your interest in mycology from the past 2 months.. or 2 years! \nPlease email president@vanmyco.com to sign up or for more information. \nWhile it may not be peak mushroom season\, we’d still love to see any specimens you bring to our monthly mushroom table for identification and admiration. \nLove the talk? Your VMS membership allows you to access an archive of several past talks on our website for your marathoning pleasure. As always\, masks are encouraged in indoor spaces and for all in-person events! \nVMS is still hybrid and we would love to see you virtually if you can’t make it in person! \nTopic: February Meeting \nTime: Feb 10\, 2026 07:30 PM Vancouver \n— \nNature Vancouver will be hosting a special virtual presentation (via Zoom): \nfire-following fungi– MONIKA FISCHER: Thursday\, January 22nd @ 7:30 pm \nMonika Fischer is an Assistant Professor  of fungal biology in UBC Botany department.  Her lab’s research seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms that mediate fungal interactions and drive ecological processes\, especially in the context of fire. Her first passion was food and she was a chef for several years before getting bit by the fungal bug while working at a farm-to-table restaurant in Washington. A strong desire to understand how fungi interact with each other and their environment propelled her through a biology bachelor’s degree at University of Washington in Seattle\, and then a microbiology PhD and postdoc at UC Berkeley in California\, which is where she started studying the genetics and ecology of fire-adapted fungi.  \nPlease see here for more details on how to attend: https://naturevancouver.ca/events/%F0%9F%8C%BFfire-following-fungi_monika-fischer/
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CATEGORIES:VMS Meeting
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SUMMARY:VMS meeting – details TBD
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CATEGORIES:VMS Meeting
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SUMMARY:VMS Meeting – details TBD
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SUMMARY:Bowen Foray (tentative)
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