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SCMS March 26th Foray Delayed One Week

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Foray leader  today (Wednesday) checked the planned foray location and has determined that the conditions are not right yet. Therefore, this Saturday’s foray has been moved by a week and instead will be held on Saturday April 2nd. Check your newsletter for all other information about this foray, the only change is the date going from  Saturday March 26th to April 2nd.

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Dr. Denis Benjamin to Speak at our March Meeting.

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Wednesday, March 9th: Membership meeting starts at . Meeting location: Everett Housing Building, 1401 Poplar Street, Everett. Guest Speaker: Dr. Denis R Benjamin. Topic: Human Uses of Mushrooms – An Ethnomycological Journey. Dr. Benjamin will illustrate the various and diverse uses mushrooms play in many cultures around the world, throughout history and at the present time. These include food, medicine, dyes, fire starter, aphrodisiacs and spiritual.


Snack contributors for this meeting are: Hanna, Jariul, Judy, Kathy and Grace
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Paul Stamets to Talk at Evergreen College on April 14th.

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This event will take place on Thursday, April 14th in the Longhouse on the Evergreen campus. Doors open at 6:30pm and Paul will lecture at 7pm. You are invited to set up an informational table for your group at no cost . Other community groups will be present and Paul will sign books after his lecture. The event is free for Evergreen students and $5 for everyone else. 


For complete information check out the website:
http://www.evergreen.edu/mes/rachelcarson.htm




SCMS members that wish to go to this event and want to carpool contact Chris Castro at our March meeting. 

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Fungus Fair Poison Panel

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Fungus Federation in Santa Cruz has just completed its mushroom show. As part of the show was a Panel discussion on poisonous mushrooms. It has been produced and is available for your viewing. Among the speakers is Dr. Denis Benjamin who will be our March speaker. The presentation is about an hour long. Click on the below link to view the presentation. It is very interesting and thorough discussion on Amanita phalloides poisonings.