VMS member Michael J. Hathaway draws from his recently published book What a Mushroom Lives For, the second book in an academic trilogy that began with Anna L. Tsing’s The Mushroom at the End of the World. Moving from fungi as an enigmatic kingdom that transformed the ancient Earth to the realm of the fascinating matsutake mushroom on the Tibetan Plateau, Hathaway reveals the ways these mushrooms are creating their own multispecies encounters, with and without humans. This book challenges a legacy of human exceptionalism and human supremacy that is dominant in Western thinking and offers ways to notice the creative liveliness of all organisms, from mammals to mushrooms. Members: Log-in to attend online via Zoom, or join us in person at VanDusen Floral Hall Tuesday May 10 @ 7:30 PM

Local dairy-free cheese artisan, Karen McAthy (of Blue Heron Cheese Co.) will present on how fungi are a part of their process. This meeting will be held at VanDusen Floral Hall on Tuesday April 12 at 7:30pm. Masks are strongly encouraged.   Note: This will be a BLENDED MEETING, meaning that we will be live-streaming from VanDusen. This is our first attempt at this process, but we hope that the audio and video will be of acceptable quality, wi-fi permitting. If you prefer to attend via Zoom, please log-in and use the meeting link here: https://www.vanmyco.org/zoom-webinar-access/