2023 Past Lectures
Jan 1 / Kenneth Kassenbrock, MD, PhD:
“MAGIC” MUSHROOMS AND PSILOCYBIN:FROM MESOAMERICAN PREHISTORY TO CURRENT CLINICAL TRIALS

Feb 2 / Madeline DeDe-Panken:
GATHERING KNOWLEDGE: MYCOPHILIA IN AMERICAN CULTURE AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Feb 16 / Rosanne Healy:
DISHING ON THE CUP FUNGI: THE PEZIZALES & THEIR VARIED LIFESTYLES

Mar 2 / Donald Pfister:
THE USES OF HERBARIA/FUNGARIA

Mar 16 / Justine Karst:
DECAY OF THE WOOD WIDE WEB
The ‘wood-wide web’ has captured the interest of broad audiences. Common mycorrhizal networks, namely fungi that physically link roots of different trees together, are purported to be widespread and mediate transfer of resources and signals from trees to seedlings in forests. In this talk, I challenge popular claims about the function of common mycorrhizal networks in forests and highlight the misinformation that has developed in recent years.

Mar 30 / Shannon Adam:
UNVEILING THE ENIGMATIC BEAUTY OF CORTINARIUS

Apr 30 / Christian Vollbracht:
MYCOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION

May 11 / Greg Marley: FORAGING FOR EDIBLE & MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS
Greg Marley’s talk for beginners on the Foolproof Few
During the lecture, Greg mentions a helpful Québecois website: https://www.mycoquebec.org/bienvenue.php

May 21 / Björn Wergen: DUNG-LOVING CUP FUNGI
Björn Wergen is founder and director of Schwarzwälder Pilzlehrschau, a mushroom school in Hornberg in the Black Forest, southern Germany. The school offers mycology courses and seminars from beginner to advanced levels. He has been studying fungi since 1994 and has a focus on morphology, taxonomy and photographic documentation. Wergen is author of the monumental Handbook of Ascomycota, Volumes 1a & 1b: Pyrenomycetes s.l. (2018).

July 12 / Melany Kahn: MUSHROOMING WITH KIDS
Curious about how to introduce children to the benefits of mushroom hunting? Join Melany Kahn for an interactive webinar. Melany will discuss ‘beginner’ mushrooms, describing which ones to tackle and how, and will discuss the many fungal treasures that are not necessarily edible but are fascinating to children.