We have a busy summer ahead. Here’s what’s coming up, from community outreach talks around San Diego to hands-on workshops at our home in Balboa Park. This summer, SDMYCO vice president Tilly Sirota is taking our introductory mushroom talk on the road. These two events are a little different from our usual programming: rather than hosting, SDMYCO is the invited guest at events put on by…

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This June, we’re combining two of our favorite things: making art and sharing food. Join us on Monday, June 1st at Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park for Art in the Park & Summer Potluck — our annual evening of creativity, community, and (of course) mushrooms. This year, we’re making it count. We’ll be creating original mushroom-themed artwork to hide around San Diego for Game of Shrooms…

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Mushroom hunters have long known that a quick sniff can tell you almost as much as a careful look. That instinct, often dismissed as quirky, turns out to be a surprisingly powerful tool for fungal identification. This May, the San Diego Mycological Society (SDMYCO) is excited to welcome educator and naturalist Christian Schwarz for a lecture titled Making Scents of Fungi: From Stench to…

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Mushroom hunters have long known that a quick sniff can tell you almost as much as a careful look. That instinct, often dismissed as quirky, turns out to be a surprisingly powerful tool for fungal identification. This May, the San Diego Mycological Society (SDMYCO) is excited to welcome educator and naturalist Christian Schwarz for a lecture titled Making Scents of Fungi: From Stench to…

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Join the San Diego Mycological Society this Saturday, April 25, for Earth Fest, a community-wide Earth Day celebration in the heart of Balboa Park. From 11am to 5pm, we’ll have a booth set up alongside 100+ vendors gathered to celebrate our planet and the incredible ecosystems we share it with. Stop by to meet SDMYCO members, learn about the fascinating world of fungi in Southern California…

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On Saturday, April 18th, we have a special pop up Saturday Meeting at the College-Rolando Branch of the San Diego City Library (Community Room), running from 11:45am to 1:15pm. Dr. Syrena Whitner, a postdoctoral researcher in Marine Fungal Ecology at the University of Hawaii, will be presenting “Marine Fungi: The Ocean’s Hidden Kingdom.” This will be a fascinating look at the evolutionary history…

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Join us on Monday, April 6th at Balboa Park (Casa Del Prado, Room 101) for our Monthly Monday Meeting. Steve Farrar, co-founder of Om Mushroom Superfoods and M2 Ingredients and a longtime SDMYCO member, will be giving a talk called “Functional Mushrooms: The Science Behind the Hype.” He will take a critical look at the science backing functional mushroom health claims and the controversies in the…

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Fungi are foundational to our ecosystems, but many species are quietly at risk. What does it mean to bank fungi for the future? Join us for our March Monthly Monday Meeting as Jessica Allen, Lead Mycologist at NatureServe, shares how conservation biobanking is emerging as a critical strategy for protecting rare and threatened fungi. While seed banks and wildlife conservation programs are well…

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We are so excited to share the date for our 2026 Fungus Fair! Please join us for a day of learning and fun on February 1st from 10am to 4pm. You can start you day by perusing the array of goods at our Fungus Fair Market, filled with artisan arts and crafts as well as functional and culinary mushroom delights! Then head down to the Fungus Fair main hall at Casa del Prado, Room 101…

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Join us for our next monthly Monday meeting on January 5th where Rose Tursi will teach us all about the binomial nomenclature we use to identify fungi. Latin is an old esoteric language, which makes it understandably intimidating; yet, it has some pretty standard and straightforward rules. Once those are shown and recognized, it opens a whole new world of understanding to the mycology…

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