On the third Tuesday of each month from September thru May, the Mycological Society of San Francisco hosts a General Meeting open to Members and the public. The Society has maintained our schedule of events using electronic media, Zoom, to meet and share our mission to educate about the kingdom of Fungi.
General meetings are open to the public.
Talk Title: 40 years of Discovery: New Species, New Insights, New Directions
Dr. Dennis E. Desjardin is Professor Emeritus of Biology/Mycology at San Francisco State University and Director Emeritus of the H.D. Thiers Herbarium. He has spent the past 40 years teaching mycology at universities and conducting field studies throughout the world, primarily in understudied tropical forests documenting mushroom diversity. He was recently bestowed the Distinguished Mycologist Award by the Mycological Society of America in honor of his long career of outstanding research, teaching, and service to the mycological community. He has published over 160 refereed scientific papers, described over 300 new species, and co-authored two popular field guides, Mushrooms of Hawaii (Ten Speed Press) and California Mushrooms (Timber Press). Dr. Desjardin will discuss exciting new species that he has discovered during his travels that have changed our understanding of mushroom evolution and ecology, and embraced the ‘fun’ in fungi. But his mycological journey is not over. Currently, as the Chief Mycologist at Sempera Organics, Inc., he will touch on their goal to feed and heal the world with mushrooms.
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