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.
The Truffle Festival is being organized by the Truffle Association of British Columbia. Click or tap on the image above or on the link https://www.eventbrite.ca/cc/tabc-2022-truffle-festival-71189 to go the website. Once you are on the website, click on one of the advertised events like this one for further information.
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.
For more information about Gordon and more links about mushrooms click
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.
SVIMS is a member of The North American Mycological Association (NAMA), the collective that unites the mycological societies on this continent. Six times a year NAMA publishes its newsletter, the Mycophile, and makes it available to members of all supporting clubs. The November/December 2021 issue was recently released. To read it, click or tap on the picture of the cover.
For the SVIMS meeting on Thursday November 4, Scott Redhead from Ottawa will be presenting “Magic Mushrooms (psilocybin) therapy and the history of their rediscovery.” This will again be a Zoom meeting. David Walde will send a link to the event by e-mail a couple of days beforehand. It will not be live streamed to Facebook or recorded, so get your week organized. Don’t miss it.