MMS Meeting

MMS Meeting

When:
February 14, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
2022-02-14T19:00:00-06:00
2022-02-14T21:00:00-06:00
Where:
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Cost:
Free

Porcini, Systematics of Family Boletaceae & Fungus Farming Ants with Dr. Bryn Dentinger

Photo of Dr. Bryn Dentinger

Bryn Dentinger, curator of mycology, in his lab at NHMU 2/24/17 -Mark Johnston/NHMU

Curator of Mycology and Associate Professor, Natural History Museum of Utah and the Biology Department, University of Utah Bryn hails from Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota for his PhD, where he studied the molecular systematics of clavarioid and porcini mushrooms. He has carried out fieldwork all over the world, including exciting collecting trips to Vietnam, Brazil, and Cameroon. Outside of work, Bryn enjoys cooking (preferably with mushrooms) and brewing beer, showing that even his hobbies often involve a mycological component. Check out Bryn’s lab site here.


A Zoom link to access this meeting along with instructions and password will be emailed to MMS members the day before or the morning of the meeting date.

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

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.

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.