MMS Meeting

MMS Meeting

When:
September 12, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
2022-09-12T19:00:00-05:00
2022-09-12T21:00:00-05:00
Where:
Rosemount Community Center Auditorium and Zoom
13885 S Robert Trail
Rosemount
MN 55068
Cost:
Free

RSVPs required: This meeting is free and open to the public. Seating at the Rosemount Auditorium is limited, so to make absolutely sure we do not have to turn anyone away at the door you must RSVP for this event.  You’ll need to show your email confirmation on your phone or a printed copy at the door.
Click here to RSVP: Amanita ID Made Easy with Britt Bunyard.

UPDATE: This event will also be available via Zoom and the presentation will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel. Do not RSVP unless you will be attending in person. Members will receive the link via MMS Mail before the event (the same Zoom link used for all our MMS meetings). If you are not a member, contact webmaster@minnesotamycologicalsociety.org to get the meeting link.  Please do so no later than 3 hours before this event.

COVID-19: The facility currently has no restrictions due to COVID.  We will notify everyone and post any updates here if there is a change in their policy, but please bring a mask along just in case.

Presenting: Amanita ID Made Easy with Britt Bunyard

Perhaps the most famous of all groups of mushrooms is the genus Amanita. These mushrooms are some of the most recognizable from their appearances in video games, movies, and folklore. Amanita is an enormous genus and is very common in every type of forest around the globe. Nearly every species of Amanita is mycorrhizal and they can occur with a broad range of conifers and hardwoods.

In general, Amanitas are pretty large mushrooms with many species having caps about 4–6 inches wide and stalks 6–10 inches long. Though many Amanita are edible—some, wildly popular in some parts of the world—there are toxic species and a handful that can be lethal. Because of the very real hazard of death, most experts agree that the Amanitas should be the first group that all mycophiles become familiar with. However, most feel this group to be daunting as it includes so many species. This need not be the case. Indeed, this group is just about the easiest to become an expert with (seriously!) … and this presentation will show you how, with many examples from common species in your region. Much of the information and images in this presentation are based on the book Amanitas of North America (2020) by Bunyard and Justice; available at fungimag.com.

Britt Bunyard, PhD, is the founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal Fungi. Britt has worked academically as a mycologist his entire career, teaching a number of university courses and writing scientifically for many research journals and popular science magazines. He has served as an editor for mycological and entomological research journals, and mushroom guide books. A popular evangelizer on all things fungal, Britt has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, PBS’s NOVA and Wisconsin Foodie television programs, and in The Atlantic, Vogue, Forbes, Saveur, Women’s World, and others. He serves as Executive Director of the Telluride Mushroom Festival. He co-authored Amanitas of North America (2020; The FUNGI Press), Mushrooms and Macrofungi of Ohio and Midwestern States (2012; The Ohio State University Press), and most recently The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms (December 2020; Quarry Books).