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Meeting October 9th @ 7pm, Matthew Koons
October 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Matthew Koons: Community Science in Mycology
Community Science in Mycology: Vouchering, Observations and Genetic Sequencing
This talk will be centered around documenting biodiversity on the iNaturalist platform: including how to make high quality observations, photography techniques, vouchering fungal collections, and how to select specimens for genetic barcoding. We will also touch on recent genetic discoveries in the region, sequencing technologies, how to have your own discoveries barcoded and how you can contribute to community science.
Matthew Koons is an amateur mycologist who is an active field surveyor and fungal genetic researcher out of a home lab in Seattle, Washington. While primarily focused on fungi, he is also interested in broader biodiversity-particularly native plants, arthropods, and intertidal organisms.
Meetings are free and open to the public.