BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:54@minnesotamycologicalsociety.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260427T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260427T210000 DTSTAMP:20260418T145125Z URL:https://minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/events/2026-spring-mushrooms-w ith-old-men-of-the-woods/ SUMMARY:2026 Spring Mushrooms with Old Men of the Woods DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nSpring Mushrooms and Morel Mania!\n\n\n\n\nThis April member meeting will feature speakers John Lamprecht\, Peter Martignacco a nd Ron Spinosa remotely via Zoom\n\n\n\n\nOur speakers for tonight use the ir combined 100+ years of mushroom foraging experience to present tips and tricks of the trade to introduce you to the spring mushrooms that will be popping up soon\, and get you prepared for a successful morel season!\n\n \n\nThis meeting is free and open to the public. Presentations are recorde d and posted on the MMS YouTube channel. \;Members receive Zoom \; link on meeting announcements and reminders. Anyone can click the button b elow to provide their contact info and receive the Zoom link for this meet ing.\n\n\n[frmmodal-content class="frm_button" label="Request Zoom link"][ formidable id=10][/frmmodal-content]\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n John Lamprecht has more than 40 years of experience as a mushroom forager \, all of it since marrying into a forager family. John is a past presiden t of the MMS\, having retired from the position in 2019 after 6 years. He remains active as the current chair of the Finance and Membership Committe e\, is our certification class administrator and instructor\, a foray lead er and educator\, and a member of three other mycological societies.\n\n\n \nPeter Martignacco joined the MMS board of directors as President in 202 2 and has been an active MMS member for 20+ years. He has been an active l eader at forays and often helped in pre-scouting foray sites. Peter has al so been a volunteer at our annual State Fair Display and has played a pivo tal role in foraging legislations. He has worked closely with many of our board members\, past and present\, in field foraging and at MMS events\, a nd enjoys making connections with others across the upper Midwest myco com munity.\n\n\n\nRon Spinosa has been a member of MMS for over 30 years\, is a past president\, and is the former Chair of the Education Committee. He is one of the club's key mushroom identifiers and received the MMS Lifeti me Achievement Award in 2009. He has been a NAMA member and Cultivation Co mmittee Chair for many of those years\, and is the winner of their Knighto n Service Award in 2011.\n\n\n\n.stk-dffe9d0 .stk-block-heading__text{text -shadow:none !important\;}FOR MORE INFORMATION\n\n\n\nHow to join a Zoom m eeting: You do not need a Zoom account\, but you will need the Zoom app in stalled 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 ti me. \;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.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/wp-conte nt/uploads/2026/04/5Morels.png CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings LOCATION:https://minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/send-zoom-link/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR