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| President | Sarah Ruhs |
| Vice-president | Natalie Wren |
| Secretary | Colleen Sudekum |
| Treasurer | Pascal Pelous |
There are 4 Councilor-at-Large seats with 2-year terms.
Each year, the term of office ends for two of the 4 at-large seats.
Councilor-at-Large nominees, for the term July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026:
| TBD |
Members will receive notice by email for online voting, which will be open for two weeks, starting on May 21, 2024, the date of the Annual Meeting.
Member-only Foray - this weekend!
Sunday April 14, 10 am - 1 pm
Rain or shine.
Registration required
Limited to 30 participants.
Are your hiking boots lonely, hiding at the back of the closet?
Get your tax return out of the way so you can head out for some springtime fun on the Sonoma Coast...
To arrange a carpool, post a ride-request/offer on the member-only talk group, on Groups.io
Cortinarius vanduzerensis, photo taken at Salt Point State Park
Photo attribution: John Kirkpatrick (natashadak),
CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Rain or shine.
Registration required
Limited to 30 participants.
Are your hiking boots lonely, hiding at the back of the closet?
Get your tax return out of the way so you can head out for some springtime fun on the Sonoma Coast...
To arrange a carpool, post a ride-request/offer on the member-only talk group, on Groups.io
Cortinarius vanduzerensis, photo taken at Salt Point State Park
Photo attribution: John Kirkpatrick (natashadak),
CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
In person meetings return to the Randall
In September of this season we returned to having “in person” meetings at The Randall Museum after 3 seasons of being confined to Zoom only meetings ~ thanks to COVID concerns. Many of us realized how easy it is to tune into a Zoom meeting from home, but if you don’t join us at the Randall, you’re missing out on a lot of the fun. Word is getting out, and attendance has been growing each month.
Beginning at 6:30 pm, a social hour precedes the meeting with a nice assortment of finger foods, good wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and a mushroom display table. Please bring mushrooms you’ve found for show and tell, and identification.
In March we had a chance to meet our speaker Dr. Brian Perry, and special guests Dr. Dennis Desjardin, retired, of San Francisco State University (Brian’s former professor), Dr. Tom Bruns of the Bruns Lab at UC Berkely, retired, and Raymond Archambault, the current curator of the CMMF Fungarium at the University of Montreal.
The general meeting follows the social hour at 7:30pm. Last month Dr. Brian Perry, a professor at Cal State University East Bay gave a wonderful presentation on bioluminescent mushrooms with amazing photos from his research trips around the world, viewed in the Randall’s terrific theater.
All the information for the April 16th meeting with presenter Melany Kahn is posted here and on our website’s meeting page: https://www.mssf.org/meetings/index.html
Please join us at the Randall!
Beginning at 6:30 pm, a social hour precedes the meeting with a nice assortment of finger foods, good wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and a mushroom display table. Please bring mushrooms you’ve found for show and tell, and identification.
In March we had a chance to meet our speaker Dr. Brian Perry, and special guests Dr. Dennis Desjardin, retired, of San Francisco State University (Brian’s former professor), Dr. Tom Bruns of the Bruns Lab at UC Berkely, retired, and Raymond Archambault, the current curator of the CMMF Fungarium at the University of Montreal.
The general meeting follows the social hour at 7:30pm. Last month Dr. Brian Perry, a professor at Cal State University East Bay gave a wonderful presentation on bioluminescent mushrooms with amazing photos from his research trips around the world, viewed in the Randall’s terrific theater.
All the information for the April 16th meeting with presenter Melany Kahn is posted here and on our website’s meeting page: https://www.mssf.org/meetings/index.html
Please join us at the Randall!
Quick Start Foray in MacLaren Park
Quick Start forays are back!
Look for the next quick start foray on April 27th in Golden Gate Park.
Look for the next quick start foray on April 27th in Golden Gate Park.
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Culinary Corner
March Culinary Group Dinner Captain: Jacques Manuera
"Another successful and delicious dinner."
<^> Read on about the Culinary happenings
MSSF at the Randall Museum
The MSSF Mushroom Growing Workshop visits the Randall Museum
Enrique Sanchez, our MSSF education chair, was tantalizing young minds with his blue oyster workshop. Middle school students and their families were able to learn about how mushrooms grow and get hands-on experience making their own grow bags to bring home.
Middle schoolers competed in different categories at the Randall on March 2, some worked with hardwood substrate and oyster spawn to build a growing medium sufficient to grow oyster mushrooms.
And here is our Blue Ribbon winner~
MSSF is an all-volunteer organization, want to help?
The Mycological Society of San Francisco
is an all-volunteer organization...
We have been fortunate this spring to have several new people join the council - thank you! About 2% of MSSF members - just 2 dozen people - are doing 95+% of the tasks and planning that are needed for a vibrant and active club – if you want more activities, we need you to step up to help make it happen. Most committees could benefit from a few more hands to lighten the load
The MSSF bylaws define how elections are to be conducted.
The nominating committee reaches out to individuals who have been attending meetings and events, and those who have expressed interest in more involvement.
If you are interested and have not contacted a council member or the nominating committee, the bylaws have a provision for direct nominations by members:
Article V, section 5: Other nominations may be made in writing and will be considered valid if signed by five members of the Society and presented to the Secretary at any time up to the Annual Meeting [May 21, 2024]...
As of April 1, 2024, a quorum = 75 people.
The bylaws state that if a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, elections may be held by email.
Our online membership system has an elections module.
Questions are welcome when we interact at in-person events.
510-388-5009 - you can also phone me.
is an all-volunteer organization...
We have been fortunate this spring to have several new people join the council - thank you! About 2% of MSSF members - just 2 dozen people - are doing 95+% of the tasks and planning that are needed for a vibrant and active club – if you want more activities, we need you to step up to help make it happen. Most committees could benefit from a few more hands to lighten the load
The MSSF bylaws define how elections are to be conducted.
The nominating committee reaches out to individuals who have been attending meetings and events, and those who have expressed interest in more involvement.
If you are interested and have not contacted a council member or the nominating committee, the bylaws have a provision for direct nominations by members:
Article V, section 5: Other nominations may be made in writing and will be considered valid if signed by five members of the Society and presented to the Secretary at any time up to the Annual Meeting [May 21, 2024]...
As of April 1, 2024, a quorum = 75 people.
The bylaws state that if a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, elections may be held by email.
Our online membership system has an elections module.
- Allows voting by members whose dues are current.
- The system shows if a person has voted, but does not track individual choices, only cumulative totals.
- Council will announce election results by June 15.
Questions are welcome when we interact at in-person events.
510-388-5009 - you can also phone me.
More details about the election process