MMS Meeting

MMS Meeting

When:
September 13, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
2021-09-13T19:00:00-05:00
2021-09-13T21:00:00-05:00
Where:
Zoom

Mary Whetstone and the History of the MMS with Heather Erickson

Heather Erickson

Learn about the beginnings of the Minnesota Mycological Society and our founder, Dr. Mary Whetstone.

Dr. Mary Whetstone was a pioneer in medicine and paved the way for professional women in Minnesota, but her passion was mycology. When she first began learning about mushrooms, she was a novice looking for alternative sources of nutrition for women and children. She would spend the remainder of her life contributing to the field of mycology. The MMS and other mycologists continue to follow in those footsteps made over a century ago. Although Dr. Whetstone’s contributions to the Minnesota medical community and the body of mycological knowledge are vast, very little has ever been published about her.

Heather Erickson is the author of two MIPA Award-winning books, Facing Cancer as a Friend: How to Support Someone Who Has Cancer and Facing Cancer as a Parent: Helping Your Children Cope with Your Cancer. She Is also an SEO content writer for a web development company. Her favorite part of that job is the research she gets to do. Heather has been researching Dr. Whetstone and has received access to her letters to Dr. Charles. H. Peck, who named Amanita whetstoneae in her honor.


A Zoom link to access this meeting along with instructions and password will be emailed to MMS members.

If you haven’t used Zoom before and don’t want to miss anything, you may want to click on the meeting link to download Zoom and familiarize yourself with it at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting.

This meeting is free and open to the public.  If you are not a member, contact president Tim Clemens to get details on how to join this virtual meeting.  Please do so no later than an hour before the meeting.

How to join a Zoom meeting – You do not need a Zoom account, but you will need the Zoom app installed on your desktop or mobile device. You can either download the Zoom app in advance here. Or, you will be automatically prompted to download and install the Zoom app when you click on a meeting link for the first time. You can also join a test meeting at any time at https://zoom.us/test.  Watch a video on how to join a Zoom meeting here.