BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.2//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43@minnesotamycologicalsociety.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260209T210000 DTSTAMP:20251222T161001Z URL:https://minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/events/success-and-challenges- to-ectomycorrhizal-mushroom-cultivation/ SUMMARY:Successes and Challenges to Ectomycorrhizal Mushroom Cultivation DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nSuccesses and Challenges to Ectomycorrhizal Mushroom Cultivation\n\n\n\n\nOur February member meeting will feature speaker Ryan Franke remotely via Zoom\n\n\n\n\nAttempts to cultivate mushrooms of ecto mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) over the past fifty years have encountered many ch allenges while producing small gains\, yet the unique potential benefits o f EMF mushroom cultivation systems are driving cultivation research progra ms forward. During this presentation\, various methods that have been deve loped for producing ectomycorrhizae on suitable hosts will be presented. F urthermore\, cultivation case studies for three different EMF species –c hanterelle\, saffron milk cap\, North American pecan truffle–will be rev iewed\, highlighting the challenges and successes experienced by researche rs in this nascent field as they seek to achieve unprecedented mastery in mushroom cultivation.\n\n\n\nThis meeting is free and open to the public. Presentations are recorded and posted on the MMS YouTube channel. \;Me mbers receive Zoom \;links on meeting announcements and reminders. Any one can click the button below to provide their contact info and receive t he Zoom link for this meeting.\n\n\n[frmmodal-content class="frm_button" l abel="Request Zoom link"][formidable id=10][/frmmodal-content]\n \n\n\n\n Ryan Franke grew up in Eagan\, MN\, and learned to revere the natural worl d at a young age. During a fall camping trip around Lake Superior in 2015\ , he became fascinated with fungi and shortly thereafter joined the Minnes ota Mycological Society. His fascination with fungi mushroomed after joini ng the society\, opening a gourmet mushroom cultivation business in 2017\, editing the MMS newsletter from 2018-2020\, and most recently joining the mycology-focused Forest Pathology Lab at the UMN in 2023. Ryan is also in volved in research on biological control of invasive buckthorn with native fungi. Read about his research here.\n\n\n\n\n.stk-dffe9d0 .stk-block-hea ding__text{text-shadow:none !important\;}FOR MORE INFORMATION\n\n\n\nUnive rsity of Minnesota: College of Food\, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sc iences\, Plant Pathology\n\n\n\nHow to join a Zoom meeting: You do not nee d a Zoom account\, but you will need the Zoom app installed on your deskto p 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 a pp 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 v ideo on how to join a Zoom meeting here.\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/wp-conte nt/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3816-scaled-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Membership Meetings LOCATION:https://minnesotamycologicalsociety.org/send-zoom-link/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR