SVIMS Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
Place: St Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill X Rd, Victoria
Live Meeting with Zoom option. Zoom Link will be emailed to SVIMS members a few days before meeting.
Starts at 7 pm – please don’t arrive before 6:30. Bring mushrooms for ID and display.
Presenter: Randal Mindell
Talk Title “Bryophilous fungi of Coastal British Columbia“
Mosses, liverworts and hornworts are particularly diverse in British Columbia, home to roughly 80% of bryophyte species known to occur in Canada. Despite the abundance of these groups, little is known about the diversity and ecology of the fungi that make their home in and on them. This talk will explore the nature, antiquity, ubiquity and relevance of the relationship between fungi and bryophytes while presenting a mix of historical data and recent observations from the region.
Dr. Randal Mindell is a Comox Valley-based cryptogamic botanist with a particular interest in liverworts and crustose lichens. He completed his B. Sc. at UBC and Ph.D. at the University of Alberta.
