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The Burke Museum, Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation and the Puget Sound Mycological Society will be hosting the first Mushroom Maynia Day at the Burke Museum of the University of Washington on Sunday, May 4, 2008. This is a family oriented event to raise awarness of the fungi in our lives and world.
The one day event will include demonstrations of how to cultivate your own mushrooms, cook them, or make them into dyes and crayons; as well as activities for children and adults. Dr Steve Trudel will present brief ecological fungal delights in the Burke Room where you will also be able to view some of the oldest mushroom specimens from the Fungal Herbarium collection. Microscopic wonders will be projected and mycologist Dr Joseph Ammirati will be available to answer the questions about our fungus friends. Artistic and craft displays will draw you in to the wonderful world of Fungi.
Mycology is intimately connected to the studies of forestry, botany, ecology, medicine, and the culinary arts. It is the goal of The Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation and PSMS to keep these connections alive by supporting the study of fungal systematics and the natural science of mushrooms.
Mushroom Maynia! is made possible by the Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation and the volunteers of the Puget Sound Mycological Society. Many thanks to the Peg and Rick Young Foundation for their support of this new and unique event.
Lorelei Norvel: Biology and Taxonomy of Phaeocollybia in the Pacific Northwest.
Katie Glew: Diversity and Distribution of Washington State Alpine Lichens.
The 1998 lecturer was Dr. Dennis Desjardin, Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University and Curator of the Harry D. Thiers Herbarium, who spoke on "Fungal Diversity in the Tropics."
Fourth Annual Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Lecture sponsored by the Stuntz Foundation in cooperation with the Puget Sound Mycology Society at the Museum of History and Industry, Seattle on Monday October 20, 1997.
BioGeographic Relationships between the Mushroom Flora of China and of North America, Dr. Gregory Mueller, Chairman, Dept. of Botany, Associate Curator of Mycology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
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