6:30 pm – OMS Mushroom Identification Session
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 and bring them (with a spore print, if possible). Bring your field guide to reference the mushrooms that are on display.

7:00 OMS Society Business: Announcements, Introductions, or Short Presentations

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 other organisms’ microbiomes, only recently are fungi being studied as hosts of microbiomes in their own right. Nathan will be able to add to our knowledge about this
interesting topic.