South Vancouver Island Mycological Society
This year’s mushroom show will be held at the Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville St., Victoria, on October 22, 2023 from 10 to 4. Entry is free. Mark it on your calendar – more details later.
On Sunday, October 8, 2023, SVIMS members and guest Alison Pouliot gathered at the Heatherbell entrance to Royal Roads University to see if mushrooms were poppin’. For the most part, they weren’t. Searchers still managed to turn up more than 30 species of fungi.
The results of the foray are posted on iNaturalist. You can view them here. As always, iNaturalist counts may change as other people weigh in on the observations.
This Sunday is our first President’s Picnic, since Covid! This is a lovely event to socialize & share stories. Guests are welcome!
Please remember to bring:
A main meal or dessert for 6 people
Portable chair
Cutlery
Plate/bowl
Mug/cup
Drink of choice
Fungi for identifying or chatting about (not mandatory due to dry season)
Arrival: 11:30am
Location: 504 Witty Beach Road, Metchosin
– Be aware that on a sunny weekend, the beach is busy, and parking can extend up the road.
– You’re welcome to park in the driveway to drop off chairs, food etc, but cannot remain parked there. Please do NOT park on lawn, as it’s a septic field, which would be damaged by doing so!
– House on right side, at very end of road, next to trail entrance to Witty’s Beach.
– BBQ available, as is kitchen for food prep, heating up etc.
Juliet Pendray is well known to most of you. Besides being an active member of SVIMS, she was an active member of Vancouver Mycological Society before moving here with James Holkko.
She is going to share lichens with all of us.
This is a zoom-only meeting – members should have received a link from our SVIMS President on April 24. 6:45 pm to socialize. 7 pm to start.
Dr. Joey Tanney is a research scientist at Pacific Forestry Centre and a director on our board.
He will talk with us about
Our changing climate and our changing fungi: Swiss needle cast and sooty bark disease on Vancouver Island.
Hello Members,
Mark it on your calendar. Saturday, March 11, 2023 5:00 – 8:00 pm.
The Chinese Mushroom Dinner is a long standing traditional event which has been in hiatus during Covid. But the event is back, organized by Adolf Ceska. Thank you Adolf.
A booking link was sent to SVIMS members by email February 2.
Paul Kroeger will be returning with his wit and wisdom. This time he will be discussing mushroom poisonings in BC. See poster below.
His presentation will be in three locations at the same time on February 14: live, on Zoom, and on Facebook. The live meeting will be at St. Luke Anglican Church, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. A Zoom link will be emailed to members about 48 hours before the event
Paul’s presentation will be preceded by our AGM meeting for members only, starting shortly after 6:45 pm.
The next day on Wednesday, February 15, he will help lead a local foray for members to a location yet to be announced. Sign-up will be with Everbright – members should already have received a link by email on January 22.
