South Vancouver Island Mycological Society
BC Museum is releasing a video in its This Week in History series about its new travelling exhibit on mushrooms. The CHEK news report from November 15, 2021 contains the video. The panels of the display, which is currently at the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, can be seen in this report.
A good article (Guardian, 11 Nov 2021) by a writer who really knows the subject that she is writing about.
Listenable BBC Words and Music podcast on mushrooms is available on the web for three more days.
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.
The Royal BC Museum has a new travelling exhibit on BC mushrooms. Museum travelling exhibits are leased out to museums, libraries, and exhibition halls throughout BC, usually for two to three months at a time.
The exhibit is now at the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. Come by the administation building any time it is open (Mon-Fri, 9-3) and see the exhibit.
The exhibit consists of 16 large panels and 3 exhibit boxes. Two of the boxes contain life-size models of BC’s best edible mushrooms. The artists at the museum did an outstanding job of reproducing the look of the actual mushrooms.
Pictures of the exhibit and further information about it can be viewed here.
