Mycological Society of America

6 days ago

Did you know...Beatrix Potter's birthday is today and she began her career as illustrator and scholar of fungi!

"Botanist, Artist, and Storyteller, Beatrix was invited to study fungi at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, and she produced hundreds of detailed botanical drawings and investigated their cultivation and growth.

Encouraged by Charles McIntosh, a revered Scottish naturalist, to make her fungi drawings more technically accurate, Beatrix not..." only produced beautiful watercolours but also became an adept scientific illustrator.

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Mycological Society of America

2 weeks ago

The 2024 MSA Virtual Meeting, "Mycology from the Cloud" has begun! Here is the schedule (all times are Eastern US Standard Time):

10:00 am – Welcome and introduction of Karling Lecturer

10:10 am – Karling Lecture (with virtual Question & Answer session):
“Fungal Mycelia as Complex Microfluidic Systems,” presented by Gregory Jedd, National University of Singapore

11:10 am – Introduction of President by President-Elect

11:15 am – Presidential Address:
MSA President Anne Pringle: “How to Count? Lichens, Buller, and Fungal Individuality”

12:15 pm – Lunch Break

12:45 pm – Business Meeting

1:15 pm – Symposia
* "Teaching Mycology Online: Lessons Learned"
* "Fungal Community Structure, Dynamics and Function in Decaying Wood"

3:15 pm – Coffee Break

3:30 pm – Virtual Poster Session (awards presented for best posters)

5:30 pm – Tea Break

6:00 pm – Awards Ceremony

6:30 pm – Social with BYOB Beverage, Auction

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