May the fourth be with you! But before that, join MAW on the second for our May Monthly Meeting!
The meeting will be held via Zoom (link below).
MAW President Elizabeth Hargrave will kick things off with updates on club activities and fungi in the news. Foray Chair Mitch Fournet will lead the virtual ID table, highlighting recent fungal finds sent in by our members. You can send your pics to Mitch at forays@mawdc.org.
Our featured speaker is fungal ecologist and beloved former scientific advisor to MAW, Dr. Shannon Nix! Shannon will be dropping knowledge bombs in her presentation, "Mushroom Identification 201." Get ready to get schooled!! This talk walks folks through the process of documenting the features and details needed for mushroom identification. You can prepare by perusing this nifty handout: Fleshy Mushroom Features Check Sheet.pdf
You may also want to review the prerequisite (JK!) course, Mushrooms 101, on MAW's YouTube Channel.
Dr. Shannon Nix is a fungal ecologist who received her B.S. from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Prior to receiving tenure at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Shannon studied the impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on fungal communities as a Fulbright Fellow at the Agricultural University of Norway and as a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Georgia Experiment Station. Over her academic career Shannon has taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses in mycology, botany, microbiology and environmental science. Now retired from higher education, Shannon regularly gives invited talks and workshops for mushroom clubs across the country and continues to conduct research with local collaborators and academic colleagues. Shannon is passionate about accessible and inclusive education and raising awareness of the role that fungi play in the environment and our lives.
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