Couple interesting mushroom articles in New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/faded-dreams-of-riches-drive-pursuit-of-a-celebrated-fungus.html

http://nyti.ms/18y7Ip2

Fall Foray Information is now available on the website.

SCMS members can see the updated information on the first 3 fall forays (Sept 21st, 28th and Oct 5th). Just go to our website www.scmsfungi.org and log into Members Only section than click on "Latest News and Foray Updates".

Video on mycologist Tom Volk from UW LaCrosse, recounting his health journey and remarkable recovery

 Below is a video link on mycologist Tom Volk from UW LaCrosse, recounting his health journey and remarkable recovery: Tom was a guest speaker at one of our meetings a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONRTsReox8

SCMS April Meeting and Foray News

Just a reminder about our next meeting next Wednesday. It is our Annual SCMS Plant Sale meeting, a fund raiser for the club. Please bring your donated plants to this meeting, after the snack break Anna will start the plant sale auction.

Wednesday, April 10th: Membership meeting starts at

7:30 PM. Meeting location: Everett Housing Building,

1401 Poplar Street, Everett. Annual Plant Sale.

Latest foray news can be found in "Members Only" section at our website: www.scmsfungi.org

Sparlin Memorial Service, Saturday March 9th

Long time SCMS members, Bob and Audrey Sparlin passed away in February of this year. The memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, March 9 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2301 Hoyt in Everett at noon.

SCMS June 13th Membership Meeting.

Wednesday, June 13^th: Membership meeting starts at 7:30 PM. Meeting location: Everett Housing Building, 1401 Poplar Street, Everett. Guest speaker: Kira Taylor is an incoming Environmental Science graduate student at Western Washington University, with a focus on Fungal Ecology.  She was a 2011 North American Mycological Association voucher student, and assisted in research being conducted on soil fungi at Indiana University.  She has had a longstanding interest in identifying, cooking, and learning about the fascinating diversity within Kingdom Fungi, and has foraged for mushrooms in places as diverse as New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Hawaii, Colorado, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, California, and here in glorious Washington state.  New Zealand fungi is of particular interest to her, as she was a member of, and active participant in the Fungal Network of New Zealand for two years, and lived in the country off and on for nearly that long. Her topic: The Fabulous Fungi of New Zealand.

SCMS Annual Plant Sale Meeting

Wednesday, April 11th: Membership meeting starts at 7:30 PM. Meeting location: Everett Housing Building,
1401 Poplar Street, Everett. This is our Annual Plant Sale, a fund raiser for the club. Bring plants and vegetables and bring money where you can buy some cheap wonderful plants and vegetables.