Monthly Meeting March 6, MycoConsortium

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Look immediately below this notice for details about the Monthly Meeting and Presentation by Kem Luther and Andy MacKinnon.

On the Membership Page, you will find a link to an upcoming presentation of the MycoConsortium about Mary Elizabeth Banning, an under appreciated mycologist of the mid-1800s. The presentation will be on March 13 at 7:30 pm.  You can also read there about the speaker, who is Dr. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Curator of Mycology at the New York State Museum and a professor of biology.  The membership page also has many videos of past meetings and past MycoConsortium presentations, and an introduction to DNA Sequencing.

SVIMS Meeting March 6, 2025 Andy and Ann

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The March meeting this year (Thursday, 7:00 pm, March 6 at St. Luke’s Hall,  3821 Cedar Hill Cross Road, Victoria) will be “The Year in Mushrooms.”

Andy MacKinnon and Ann McCall will be doing a slide presentation about discoveries, changes, and surprises in the BC mushroom scene over the last eighteen months. They will chat about some of the most interesting local finds and about the bleeding edge (it hurts!) of what is what is happening in taxonomy and sequencing.

A hybrid meeting, both in person and online. Bring along any spring mushrooms you want to show or discuss.

SVIMS Meeting February 6, 2025 Paul Kroeger

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7 pm start
Zoom only due to weather, members will receive a link

A Presentation by Paul Kroeger 

Paul has spoken to our club many times before, often in February. He is always entertaining and informative. Look below his photo to find out more about him. Paul’s presentation will be

Mushroom Misadventures

Mushroom cases with poison control BCCDC / DPIC. This is a review of interesting cases that show ways people get into trouble eating mushrooms, problems in identifying what people have eaten and some interesting observations and lessons on how to avoid illness from eating wild mushrooms.

Paul Kroeger has studied mushrooms for over fifty years and is a founding member of the Vancouver Mycological Society (VMS). Paul served as President of VMS for a few years, and is currently President of The Pacific Northwest Key Council. He is a major contributor to the mycological herbarium collections in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC and also contributed significant collections to DAOM Herbarium in Ottawa and DAVFP Herbarium in Victoria. He is a regular consultant for the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre, and various other agencies concerned with mushroom poisonings and fungi in human and animal health. He coauthored, with Bryce Kendrick, Oluna Ceska and Christine Roberts, The Outer Spores: Mushrooms of Haida Gwaii published in 2012 based on a five-year study.

SVIMS rep on Shaw/Rogers Coastal Connections

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Kem Luther, representing SVIMS, joined Shaw/Rogers cable moderator Elizabeth Heinz for a half-hour Coastal Connections program. You can view it on their YouTube site:

https://youtu.be/JZFDFdKbPf8?si=xCXIAtr7YKccbX5D

The program will air on Rogers/Shaw across Vancouver Island starting November 28, 2023, and it will have a two-week run. It may also appear on the Calgary and Vancouver Rogers outlets.

Annual SVIMS Raffle 2023

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The Annual SVIMS Raffle is underway! Tickets will be available to purchase at the next meetings until the draw on December 5th! 

Tickets are 2$ each or 3$ for 5

Prizes include…

First Place: Basket valued at over 200$ 
Second Place: One of a kind local art print 
Third Place: Signed Mushrooms of BC book
And many more smaller prizes…. 

Donations from places like Luna Collective, Sea Cider, Foragers Galley and more! 

Please contact svims.mal10@gmail.com for any questions or concerns. 

Happy Foraging!