MSSF General Meeting - J.R. Blair
Date/Time
1/16/2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Pacific
Event Type(s)
MSSF General Meeting
Event Description
 

 

Agaricus hondensisOn 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: A Rose Is a Rose by Any Other Name, or Is It?
Description: In this presentation, J.R. Blair will explore scientific name
changes of fungi in the past few decades. Starting with a primer on
taxonomic hierarchy (Domains, Kingdoms, Phyla, etc.), the Binomial
System of Nomenclature, and species concepts, he will discuss the
reasons that species names are changed and why higher level
relationships (such as Genus and Family) have been shuffled by the
scientific community.
Location
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89184389640?pwd=N2x0V25JNkZaRHZoQ3VBVGJyYURuZz09
Zoom Meeting ID: 891 8438 9640
Passcode: 608192
Contact Person
[Zoom Phone] +16699006833,,89184389640/#,,,,*608192#
Details
JR, Ocean J.R. Blair received his Bachelor’s degree at the Evergreen State
College in Olympia, Washington and obtained his Master’s degree at San
Francisco State University in 1999 studying with the accomplished
mycologist, Dr. Dennis Desjardin. His thesis was Fungi Associated with
Arctostaphylos in Northern California.
Since that time he has been an active member of the Mycological Society
of San Francisco. He served a two-year term as President and was their
Fungus Fair chairperson for five years. He has taught mushroom
identification workshops for mycological societies and outdoor education
programs for many years. He was a lecturer of biology at SFSU for 21
years until his retirement in 2020. He was the director of the Sierra Nevada
Field Campus for a dozen years.
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