As mentioned in previous meetings, MAW has already acquired the necessary equipment and a group of MAW members (the “DNA committee”) is actively working on plans to add sequencing to MAW’s other activities. The head of the DNA committee, Tom McCoy, will describe their recent activities and plans.
Visit https://mawdc.org/Fungal-DNA-Sequencing for links to additional YouTube presentations about DNA sequencing. Damon Tighe’s lecture “Mushroom DNA sequencing for the community scientist” is highly recommended.
Announcements and news. MAW president Elizabeth Hargrave will highlight upcoming MAW activities (including MAW’s participation in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival starting on June 22 until July 4) and a planned July 4 MAW picnic.
Virtual ID table to include iNaturalist submissions. The virtual ID table will show pictures of mushrooms currently being found in our area. We will be supplementing the ID table presentation with recent photos submitted to MAW’s iNaturalist project. Download the iNaturalist app to your mobile device, join MAW’s DC fungi project. Upload your mushroom photos before the meeting to get your mushrooms on the ID table for discussion.
We're virtual again this month via Zoom. Here are the login credentials, including passcode should you need it.
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