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Next PPMS Meeting – April 22 @ 6:30pm

All the recent snow and rain is promising for a good start to the 2019 mushroom season!

Our first PPMS meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 22 @ 6:30pm at the UCCS Ent Center for the Arts. PPMS Officers will welcome all members, new and old, to the Pikes Peak Mycological Society’s 2019 season and give a brief lecture on Colorado Mushroom identification and safety in the woods.

Come early and check out the UCCS Visual Art Faculty exhibition at GOCA featuring mushroom-inspired work by Jessica Langley and Ben Kinsley: http://uccspresents.org/events/2018-19/time

Location:
Ent Center for the Arts
(Sheppard Arts Learning Studio)
5225 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
*free parking available in lots #574 and #576

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“Mushrooms” Call for Entries

Commonwheel Artists Co-Op is now accepting applications for a juried show titled “Mushrooms.”

The application is open from February 9 through March 21. For this show they are looking for artwork that is mushroom-related. All work must be available for sale and not exhibited in a previous Commonwheel gallery show. 
 
Applications are available at https://www.commonwheel.com/mushrooms.html and in the Commonwheel store at 102 Canon Ave., Manitou Springs, CO.

More information is available on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/287823445239099/
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2018 State of the World’s Fungi

Kew Gardens has released their 2018 “State of the World’s Fungi” report:

The facts and figures contained in the pages of the 2018 State of the World’s Fungi report and this website will probably come as a total revelation to many people. The first of its kind outlining the state of the world’s fungi, the report and associated website highlight just how important fungi are to all life on Earth. It is clear that Fungi should definitely be viewed on a par with the plant and animal Kingdoms and that we have only just started to scratch the surface of knowledge of this incredible and diverse group of organisms. What also becomes apparent is that when looking for nature-based solutions to some of our most critical global challenges, fungi could provide many of the answers.

https://stateoftheworldsfungi.org/

 

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Britt Bunyard Lecture 8-20 @ 6:30pm

Britt Bunyard, PhD (Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal Fungi) will give a lecture for PPMS about Amanitas on Monday, August 20 @ 6:30pm at Penrose Library.

His lecture, titled From Lowly Saprobe to Mycorrhizal Masters: Amanitas (A Tale Told in the DNA), will give an overview of all aspects (biology, taxonomy, chemistry, physiology) of the beautiful Amanita mushrooms of North America. Everyone is familiar with the mushrooms but how much do we really know about what they are doing in the forest? How much do we know about their history and evolution? It turns out that a recent discovery–using modern molecular biology–led to an amazing discovery about their evolutionary past. Amanitas are mycorrhizal symbionts with forest trees but come from saprobic ancestors. The story is told in their DNA. Newbies and non mycologists will not be overwhelmed; advanced mycologists will not be bored, this discussion is for everyone with lots of beautiful images.

Not to be missed!