MSSF Meetings

On the third Tuesday of each month from September thru May, the Mycological Society of San Francisco has a General Meeting at the Randall Museum. The highlight of each meeting is a speaker with slides on some aspect of mycology and mushrooming: ecology, taxonomy, mycophagy, sociology, etc. Before each meeting members bring collections which are put on display and identified. Refreshments are served before the meeting. Doors open and identification starts at 7 pm and the meeting starts at 8 pm. (The December meeting is replaced by a dinner at a different location.)

Next Meeting

  • Date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
  • Speaker: Daniel Winkler
  • Flavorful, Fancy and Foul Fungi
    From Far Flung Places Around The World
  •   Subject:
    In this continuously evolving presentation Daniel will share his stunning images and entertaining and educational stories from his journeys to far flung places. The hunting grounds range from dark mountain forests and vast alpine meadows, to village markets, restaurants and home kitchens. You will encounter many famous and familiar mushrooms in exotic places you never expected. The fancy flavorful mushrooms will be accompanied by fascinatingly odd fungal fellows, some of them stinky, slimy and incredibly beautiful, others eerily strange and more precious than gold.
Daniel is the author of "A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest " (Harbour Publishing 2011). He grew up collecting and eating wild mushrooms in the Alps and has been foraging since 15 years in the PNW and working as mushroom educator and guide. Daniel trained as a geographer and ecologist and works as researcher and NGO consultant on environmental issues of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas [see www.danielwinkler.com ]. Working in Tibet , Daniel realized that Tibet ’s diverse mushroom industry plays a crucial role in rural Tibet and thus has been researching Tibet’s ethnomycology for over 10 years. With his travel agency MushRoaming LLC he is annually organizing and leading several mushroom focused eco-tours to Tibet and South America [www.mushroaming.com].

Photo of Daniel Winkler

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  • 2012 Meeting Schedule

      Amanita muscaria
    • Tuesday, January 17, 2012
    • Tuesday, February 21, 2012
    • Tuesday, March 20, 2012
    • Tuesday, April 17, 2012
    • Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    • No meetings June-August
    • Tuesday, September 18, 2012
    • Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    • Tuesday, November 20, 2012
    • No meeting in December