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OMS General Meeting 2019-03-11 – Langdon Cook

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
6:30 pm – OMS Mushroom Identification SessionThe identification session prior to the general meeting is open to the public. If you have found mushrooms that are in good condition, wrap them in waxed paper, aluminum foil, or a put them in a paper bag...

OMS General Meeting 2019-04-08 Diversity of Rhizopogon truffles in the Sky Islands, Carolina Páez

Miller Hall SW Knights Blvd., Portland, OR, United States
6:30 pm – Mushroom Identification Session 7:15 pm Business & Announcements 7:30 pm – Carolina Páez, Ph.D Candidate, Oregon State University“Diversity of Rhizopogon truffles in the Sky Islands” Carolina Piña Páez started her adventures in mycology in 2005 in the Sonoran Desert, working with...

OMS General Meeting, Mushrooms of the Oregon Dunes, Anna Moore 2019-05-13

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm OMS General Meeting 7:30 pm Program. Anna Moore, Mushrooms of the Oregon Dunes. Anna has a science background and a love of the natural world. She retired from UC Berkeley in 2005 where she worked in Environmental Compliance, and now spends much...

OMS General Meeting, Burn morels and golden oysters, Todd Osmundson, 2019-06-10

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm OMS General Meeting 7:30 pm Program. Todd Osmundson. Burn morels and golden oysters: exploring the biology of two edible mushrooms through genomes and collaboration. Fungi are masters of disguise. Since much of their life is spent underground, many aspects of their biology...

OMS General Meeting 2019-08-19: Leah Bendlin, Marvelous Mycoheterotrophs

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm OMS General Meeting7:30 pm Program: Leah Bendlin, Marvelous Mycoheterotrophs If you’ve ever been fascinated by a waxy, alien looking plant without green parts in the woods that doesn’t even seem like it should be real, you may have been enchanted by a...

OMS General Meeting 2019-09-10: Skye Weintraub, Dinner or Dump It?

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm OMS General Meeting. Society business. 7:30 pm Program. Dinner or Dump It? Skye Weintraub. Can you tell the difference between two similar looking mushrooms? One is edible, or can be made edible, and the other one is poisonous, bitter, or has some property...

OMS General Meeting 2019-10-21, Chad Hyatt

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm OMS General Meeting – Nominations for next years’ Officers and Directors 7:30 pm Program – Chef Chad Hyatt Chad Hyatt is a classically trained chef who has spent the last decade working in restaurants and private clubs around the San Francisco Bay...

OMS General Meeting 2020-02-10, Matt Trappe, “The Inner Beauty of Molds”

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:30 pm Presentation:  Dr. Matt Trappe, “The Inner Beauty of Molds” What are molds doing in your compost, your fridge, your medicine cabinet, and that wall in the closet? Matt Trappe is the foray leader for the North American Truffling Society and author of...

OMS General Meeting 2020-03-02, Staying Safe in the Outdoors – Woods Safety for Mushroomers.

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:30 pm Presentation: Staying Safe in the Outdoors – Woods Safety for Mushroomers. With the warmer spring weather our thoughts are quickly turning to another season of mushrooming.  Soon, we’ll be out to the woods to gather mushrooms. Have you spent all that walking looking...

2020-05-28 MycoFlora Projects

Oregon Mycological Society YouTube Channel Exploring Macrofungi Biodiversity and Distribution through Community Science. What are MycoFlora Projects and why are they important? Learn about local MycoFlora projects in Portland and beyond. Discover how you can contribute to community science by documenting your observations through...

OMS General Meeting 2020-08-10, Danny Miller, Tips and Tricks using MatchMaker

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
Oregon Mycological Society YouTube Channel 7:30 pm Presentation: Tips and Tricks using MatchMaker (the comprehensive free program for PNW mushroom identification on the PC — and some MACs). Prior to the meeting, you can download and install the latest version of Matchmaker to play along...

OMS General Meeting 2020-09-14, Daniel Winkler, Best of Mushroaming

By request of the speaker, this meeting is limited to OMS members only. We will email members instructions on how to join the meeting. 7:30 pm Presentation: Best of Mushroaming. This presentation features stunning mushroom images and stories from over ten years of “Mushroaming”, a...

OMS General Meeting 2020-11-09, Patrick Leacock, Joy of Fungal Sex

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
7:30 pm Presentation: The Joy of Fungal Sex This presentation looks at the strange and wonderful diversity of reproductive strategies and life cycle options. Ever since fungi arrived on the land and developed hyphae, they have explored many ways to propagate, soon rejecting the basic...

OMS General Meeting 2021-03-08, Chad Hyatt, Inside a Mushroom Forager’s Kitchen

https://youtu.be/GoT_Id2ZlMA Short Presentation: Mushroom Consumption and Poisoning 7:30 pm Presentation:  What’s cooking with Chad: Inside a Mushroom Forager’s KitchenFrom the depths of his kitchen, Chad will share some fun fungi-food facts, and dazzle us with cooking tips, tricks, and recipes that we will all...

OMS General Meeting 2021-04-12: Dylan Enright, Wildfire and Fungi

Online TBD (YouTube, Zoom, or other) This event will be online. We'll provide more information once the exact venue is determined.
7:30 pm Presentation: Wildfire and Fungi; Understanding the Fungi thatLove FireThis presentation will cover what’s known about fungi after wildfire, highlight findings from his current research, and highlight where we still need to go. Due to global climate change, increased development along the edge of...

OMS General Meeting 2021-05-10: Michael Zirpoli, Morel Cultivation

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
7:15 pm Presentation: Michael Zirpoli, Morel CultivationDuring the course of Michael’s time at Evergreen State College, he became enamored with morels and has spent close to three years tirelessly studying them both in the lab and in the field. His current research is focused on...

OMS General Meeting 2021-08-09: Michael Beug, Mushrooms of Cascadia

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
7:30 pm Presentation:  Speaker: Michael Beug, Professor Emeritus, Evergreen State College taught chemistry, mycology and organic farming at Evergreen in Olympia, Washington for 32 years. He’s active in the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) and the Pacific Northwest Key Council. In addition to this...

OMS General Meeting 2021-09-13: Alissa Allen, Mycopigments: Exploring Mycology through Dye Experimentation

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
Speaker: Alissa Allen is the founder of Mycopigments. She specializes in teaching people about how to find, recognize, and utilize fungi for dyes. Alissa was introduced to mushroom hunting as a child, growing up in the Pacific Northwest. She joined the Puget Sound Mycological Society in 1998 and her fascination with fungi...

OMS General Meeting 2021-10-11: Heather Hallen-Adams, Fungi in the Human Gut

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
Nominations for 2022 Officers and Directors. 7:15 pm Presentation:  Fungi in the Human Gut, Heather Hallen-Adams What fungi are you harboring?  What exactly is it doing there?  If you’ve ever asked that question, then this talk is for you.  Heather begins with an overview...

OMS General Meeting 2021-11-08: Dylan Baldassari, Fungi in the Sky: Subalpine Fungal Invaders, Defenders and Reserves

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
7:30 pm Presentation: Fungi in the Sky: Subalpine Fungal Invaders, Defenders and Reserves Speaker: Dylan Baldassari, OMS Scholarlship Recipient Dylan Baldassari, a Master of Science (M.S.) student at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, grew up spending large portions of his time in the woods, marshes,...

OMS General Meeting, April 2022: Trent and Kristen Blizzard, How to Hunt Burn Morels: Tips & Tricks

Online TBD (YouTube, Zoom, or other) This event will be online. We'll provide more information once the exact venue is determined.
Via YouTube: https://youtu.be/7aW46X5ali8 7:30 pm Presentation: How to Hunt Burn Morels: Tips & Tricks If you’ve always been curious about hunting the burns, Trent and Kristen are going to share whatthey’ve learned from their years of experience. They will reveal how to find morels in...

OMS General Meeting, May 2022: Anne Polyakov, Fungi, fish, and forests

OMS YouTube Channel , United States
Live Stream Link on the OMS YouTube Channel 7:30 pm Presentation: Fungi, fish, and forests: Characterizing salmon carcass-associated fungal taxa and fungal communities adapted to a natural nitrogen gradient along salmon streams. Salmon streams create unique natural nitrogen gradients with associated fungal communities that are...

OMS October 2022 Meeting: Dane Osis, Mushrooms of the Oregon Coast

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
+ Google Map Yes we are excited to finally return to in-person meetings.   To ensure the safety of all of our members as we adapt to a COVID reality, we have implemented some changes;1) This meeting is open to MEMBERS ONLY and be capped at 85...

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OMS General Meeting, November 2022: Ray Van Court, Impact of pigment from Chlorociboria spp. on wood decay communities

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:30 pm Presentation: Impact of pigment from Chlorociboria spp. on wood decay communities The blue pigment xylindein produced by Chlorociboria spp. has been studied for sustainable technologies ranging from use as a colorant to a component of opto-electronics, however the benefit it provides to the...

OMS General Meeting, February 2023: Daniel Winkler, Fungal Fruits of the Forest – Choice Edible mushrooms of the PNW

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:30 pm Presentation: Fungal Fruits of the Forest – Choice Edible mushrooms of the PNW Mushrooms grow in abundance in the Pacific Northwest nearly year around. Some are poisonous, many of no culinary value and a select group are some of the best food...

OMS General Meeting, April 2023: Julie Beeler, Mushroom Color Atlas: A Chromatic Universe of Fungi

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm Presentation: Mushroom Color Atlas: A Chromatic Universe of Fungi. Enjoy a talk with Julie Beeler about her Mushroom Color Atlas and discover the stunning and diverse range of colors derived from the kaleidoscopic fungi kingdom. Hear about her process, learn how to...

OMS General Meeting, May 2023: Mike Beug, For the Love of Ascomycetes: Morels, Truffles and More.

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm Presentation: For the Love of Ascomycetes: Morels, Truffles and More. In this talk, Dr. Beug will dive into the spectacular and diverse world of Ascomycete fungi in the Pacific Northwest including new species that were recently discovered. What are Ascomycetes? What sets...

OMS General Meeting, June 2023: Sidnee Ober-Singleton, Predatory Fungi

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm Presentation: Predatory Fungi. A talk describing the wild range of strategies used by fungi to control and capture small prey, a predatory ecological role that’s seldom discussed. Mycologists studying this niche group of fungal predators have made important discoveries on the evolution...

OMS General Meeting, August 2023

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
CANCELLEDDue to the anticipated extremely high temperatures on August 14, the Forestry Center will be closing Cheatham Hall for the safety of all involved. This is a member-only event. Face masks required. 7:15 pm Presentation: Noah Siegel. Stop Walking on Truffles:  The Cryptic Life...

OMS General Meeting, September 2023

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm Presentation: Nathan Stewart (OMS Scholarship Recipient)Nathan Stewart is a Ph.D. student at Portland State University where he studies in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Ballhorn. Nathan’s research explores the interactions between bacteria and mushroom forming fungi. Although studied extensively as members of...

OMS General Meeting, October 2023

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm Presentation: Noah Siegel. Stop Walking on Truffles:  The Cryptic Life Underground.   Stop Walking on Truffles:  The Cryptic Life Underground.   According to Noah, The Pacific Northwest has an amazing diversity of hypogeous fungi (truffles and false truffles). Although truffles are renowned for their...

OMS General Meeting, November 2023

World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
7:15 pm Presentation: A glimpse into the world of lichenology! This talk will cover an introduction to lichens, including tips and tricks for lichen collection and identification, a brief discussion on lichen DNA barcoding, and the results of a lichen inventory conducted in Northern...
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