Let's get together VIRTUALLY! Mark your calendars and get ready to enjoy our July meeting from the comfort of your home! 

• Our President, Tom McCoy, will start us up with meeting business 
• Membership Chair, Tom Moore, will update us with "Fungi In the News"
• Foray Chair, Mitch Fournet, will give us an overview of what is popping up with our virtual ID table, using YOUR observations on the iNaturalist Project
• Culinary Chair, Cindy Connelly Ryan, will delight us with her segment: "From The ID Table to The Kitchen Table"
• Science Advisor, Megan Romberg, will announce the Sequanota scholarship recipient
• Featured presentation by noted mycologist, Bill Yule

Title: Saprobe Superpowers

Description: This program focuses on the biology, ecology, and evolutionary history of the saprotrophic lifestyles of fungi. We will look beyond the white rot/brown rot pathways and explore the roles of endophytes, the chemistry of decay, wood decay succession, and the evolution of saprobes into mycorrhizae.

Bio: Bill Yule has been active in mycological education for 30 plus years and has given many education programs throughout the country. He is a retired high school biology teacher and environmental educator. In addition, he taught Ecology and Environmental Education at The Connecticut River Museum for 20 years and worked on three environmental educational boats on the Connecticut River. He is a member and educator for three local “mushroom clubs” — Connecticut Valley Mycological Society, COMA (CT/Westchester Mycological Association) and PVMA (Pioneer Valley Mycological Association), and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the North American Mycological Association. 

Zoom Link:

https://zoom.us/j/96693690911?pwd=YWdyeXh1bHF1N1UyNjNieFovNWFUZz09

Meeting ID 966 9369 0911

Passcode  330827

One Tap Mobile +13017158592,,96693690911#,,,,*330827# US (Washington DC)

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