Dearest Mycophiles, In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak we are canceling our April meeting and will not be hosting any additional events until everything settles. Now, more than ever, we need each other in (virtual) community. To fend off …
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A new way to use collections? Using material from specimens within the Museum's botany collection, researchers may be on the path to a new treatment for Alzheimer's disease - and maybe more.
We don’t know much about our native ringtail cats, but we can say two things for certain: they are not actually cats (they are in the racoon family), and they love strawberry jam. The Nat is working with the San Diego Zoo to study these elusive creatures and understand why they keep ending up as roadkill in our foothill areas.