Richard Kerrigan – Agaricus presentation

A talk by Richard W. Kerrigan, author of the 2016 monograph Agaricus of North America.

Friday, March 25, 7:00 PM Eastern 4:00 PM Pacific

As you are aware by now, SVIMS has joined the Myco-consortium and sharing in their presentations. This is for MEMBERS ONLY and not to be shared in any way as otherwise we lose the privilege of belonging to this group.

 

Richard will introduce us to the Agaricus genus and how it is organized taxonomically and phylogenetically, followed by a series of interesting or representative examples of species in North America. Where possible, he’ll emphasize the Agaricus species local to the North East.

Richard W. Kerrigan was born and raised in California. He became interested in Agaricus in 1971, after meeting David Arora while both were undergraduates at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree at San Francisco State University (1976, 1982, with mentor Harry Thiers), a doctorate from University of California, Santa Barbara (1989), and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto (1989-1991). From 1991-2017, Kerrigan held the position of Director of Research, USA, with Sylvan Inc, the world’s leading producer of cultivated mushroom spawn, where he worked on breeding improved strains of cultivated mushrooms.

His study of the diversity, taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of wild species of Agaricus continues as a separate, independent area of research now extending over 50 years.

 

A Truffle Foray

An Immersive Truffle Experience
Saturday March 26, 2022
https://bilston.ca/collections/a-truffle-foray/products/a-truffle-foray
Some of the proceeds go to support the Truffle Association of BC truffle orchard
Featured Guests:
Robin Jackson – Wild Food Chef, Writer & Forager. Founder of Westcoast Mycology
Shannon Berch – President of the Truffle Association of BC
John Kelly & Machi –  Truffle Foraging Expedition
Heather Young – Under the Oak Farm in Duncan

Presentation/Meeting with Paul Kroeger

February 3, 2022 via Zoom

SVIMS Annual General Meeting will start at 6:45 pm, followed by the speaker of the month, Paul Kroeger. 

He will speak about the early years of Vancouver Mycological Society and the VMS Manning Fungi Survey. Judging by his previous talks he can also be counted on for  some entertaining asides. See poster below.

The AGM resolution, notice, agenda, minutes, and President’s report have already been sent out to members by e-mail and a Zoom link will be sent to them before the meeting.

Presentation/Meeting with Gordon Walker

January 13, 2022 at 6:45 pm via Zoom

Dr. Gordon Walker will cook for us. He knows about how yeasts and other organisms fit into the world of wine-making. He loves mushrooms. Have a look at the poster below for details.

There are links on the poster that are not clickable – those are listed below the poster in clickable form.

Victoria Mushroom Show photos

Victoria’s best braved the raindrops and viruses on October 31, protected by raincoats, masks and vaccines, to share their delight with mushrooms from the Victoria area. 129 species were recorded, not quite as high as in 2008 (134), definitely lower than 2010 (252), but much higher than 2020 (0). Here are a few photos sent in by Andrew Anderson, showing just a few of the people who worked hard to make it a success.