MSSF Meetings
On the third Tuesday of each month from September thru May, the Mycological Society of San Francisco has a General Meeting at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.
The highlight of each meeting is a speaker with slides on some aspect of mycology and mushrooming: ecology, taxonomy, mycophagy, sociology, etc. Before each meeting members bring collections which are put on display and identified. Refreshments are served before the meeting.
- Doors open and identification starts at 6:30 pm.
- Announcements begin at 7:30 pm, followed by the presentation.
- Note: General Meetings are open to the public.
- If a meeting is expected to be so popular that attendance would exceed room capacity in the Randall Museum Theater, reserved seating is instituted and there may be an admission fee for non-members.
- Meetings will also be available via Zoom
- Randall Museum Map & Directions
Patrick Hamilton
- Talk Title: Pay-for Forays
- Meeting date and time: 7:30 pm PST, Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
- Individuals may attend in-person, beginning at 6:30pm, for mushroom ID, refreshments and social interaction in the Buckley Room of the Randall Museum
- Virtually: At 7:30pm, Patrick Hamilton will be joining the group from Sebastopol for the evening's presentation. Join the Zoom Meeting
- Meeting ID: 891 8438 9640
- Passcode: 608192
Patrick asks: Your Thoughts About Pay-for Forays? Please check one:
- Positive: Yes, No?
- Negative--Yes, No?
- Whatever?
There has been a lot of discussion recently on the pluses and
minuses of the explosion in the mushroom world of folks charging to take others on forays. I will address that. I've done over 200 of them.
I teach my forayers how to identify mushrooms. I teach about the habitat, including trees, plants, and even geology if some
are interested.
These people rarely want to join a mushroom club to learn. They want to know only one thing on their day with me: Can I eat this?
Let's talk about these forays. (My very first organized foray was when I went on a pay-for foray over 30 years ago with David Arora and the Late Great Larry Stickney.)
Biography:
Patrick was nick-named "Mycochef" by a late and dear mushrooming buddy and has been a guest mushroom chef and foray leader at many, many, fungal gatherings from Alaska to the Queen Charlotte Islands, all over Mexico, down into Costa Rica, from San Diego to Marin County, at the Brietenbush mushroom gathering, been a guest chef at Telluride Mushroom Festival.
He currently leads forays for a living through his own company called Patrick’s Wild Mushroom Adventures and for ForageSF.
For years Patrick has been an active member of the SOMA board. He also was the executive chef for many SOMA Camps. He is currently Foray Coordinator, which doesn’t begin to tell the tale of leadership he provides for the organization. He was also a foray leader and chef for the MSSF years ago.
He has picked mushrooms commercially and has first-hand knowledge of the commercial hunting and gathering community and its culture.
With 40 years beneath his belt, if there are mushrooms out there he'll find them!
Links:
2024 Meetings
- Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Tuesday, January 16, 2024
2023 Meetings
- No meeting in December - Fungus Fair [date to be determined]
- Tuesday, November 21, 2023
- Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- Tuesday, September 19, 2023
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 16, 2023
- Tuesday, April 18, 2023
- Tuesday, March 21, 2023
- Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- No meeting in January - Fungus Fair on January 29
2022 Meetings
- Tuesday, November 15, 2022
video
- Tuesday, October 18, 2022
video
- Tuesday, September 20, 2022
video
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 17, 2022 video
- Tuesday, April 19, 2022 video
- Tuesday, March 15, 2022 video
- Tuesday, February 15, 2022
- Tuesday, January 18, 2022
2021 Meetings
- Tuesday, December 21, 2021
- Tuesday, November 16, 2021
- Tuesday, October 19, 2021
- Tuesday, September 21, 2021
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 18, 2021
- Tuesday, April 20, 2021
- Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- Tuesday, February 16, 2021
- Tuesday, January 19, 2021
2020 Meetings
- Tuesday, December 15, 2020
- Tuesday, November 17, 2020
- Tuesday, October 20, 2020
- Tuesday, September 15, 2020
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 19, 2020
- Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - cancelled due to COVID-19
- Tuesday, March 17, 2020
- Tuesday, February 18, 2020
- Tuesday, January 21, 2020
2019 Meetings
- No meeting in December, Fungus Fair on Sunday, December 8, 2019
- Tuesday, November 19, 2019
- Tuesday, October 15, 2019
- Tuesday, September 17, 2019
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 21, 2019
- Tuesday, April 16, 2019
- Tuesday, March 19, 2019
- Tuesday, February 19, 2019
- Tuesday, January 15, 2019
2018 Meetings
- No meeting in December
- Tuesday, November 20, 2018
- Tuesday, October 15, 2018
- Tuesday, September 17, 2018
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 21, 2018
- Tuesday, April 17, 2018
- Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- Tuesday, February 20, 2018
- Tuesday, January 16, 2018
2017 Meetings
- No meeting in December
- Tuesday, November 21, 2017
- Tuesday, October 17, 2017
- Tuesday, September 19, 2017
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 16, 2017
- Tuesday, April 18, 2017
- Tuesday, March 21, 2017
- Tuesday, February 21, 2017
- Tuesday, January 17, 2017
2016 Meetings
- No meeting in December
- Tuesday, November 15, 2016
- Tuesday, October 18, 2016
- Tuesday, September 20, 2016
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 17, 2016
- Tuesday, April 19, 2016
- Tuesday, March 15, 2016
- Tuesday, February 16, 2016
- Tuesday, January 19, 2016
2015 Meetings
- No meeting in December
- Tuesday, November 17, 2015
- Tuesday, October 20, 2015
- Tuesday, September 15, 2015 2015 video
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 19, 2015
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015
- Tuesday, March 17, 2015
- Tuesday, February 17, 2015
- Tuesday, January 20, 2015
2014 Meetings
- No meeting in December
- Tuesday, November 18, 2014
- Tuesday, October 21, 2014
- Tuesday, September 16, 2014 video
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 20, 2014
- Tuesday, April 15, 2014 video
- Tuesday, March 18, 2014 video
- Tuesday, February 18, 2014 video
- Tuesday, January 21, 2014 video
2013 Meetings
- No meeting in December
- Tuesday, November 19, 2013 video
- Tuesday, October 15, 2013 video
- Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Talk "&" Slides
- No meetings June-August
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013 video
- Tuesday, April 16, 2013 video 1 video 2
- Tuesday, March 19, 2013 video
- Tuesday, February 19, 2013
- Tuesday, January 15, 2013
