Hello MSSF members - The annual MSSF election for officers, and two councilor-at-large seats, is coming up.

• You will receive an email with a link to the online voting module.
• Voting will commence on Tuesday, May 21 - the date of the May General Meeting, which is also the Annual Meeting.
• The last day to cast your ballot will be Tuesday, June 4.
• Election results will be announced by mid-June.

The slate is:

• President: Sarah Ruhs
• Vice-president: Natalie Wren
• Secretary: Colleen Sudekum
• Treasurer: Pascal Pelous
• Councilors-at-large: Tiffani Chu, Stephanie Wright

Hope you all are enjoying spring this year. It seems to be a good year for mushroom hunting. ~stephanie

 
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On April 14, 2024, the Mycological Society of San Francisco met at Salt Point State Park in Jenner, California for the first time since its closure in February.

The Mycological Society of San Francisco (MSSF) became the gateway to our mycological adventure. We must extend our heartfelt gratitude to Natalie Wren, the MSSF president, for inviting us to attend their March general meeting and the extraordinary French culinary dinner. This wonderful highlight of our visit only continued to grow, as we participated in both formal and informal forays, further deepening our appreciation for the MSSF and its members.

Greetings Everyone,

This is Enrique Sanchez, your education chair. I would like to form an 'Education Commitee', so as a group, we can brainstorm and create positive educational experiences for our membership. This committee will meet during the fungi off season, virtually/in person, June through August, so we can have an array of workshops, lectures, forays, etc..... for MSSF in September. Hopefully, we can keep the virtual/in person gathering to a minimum.

I can be contacted through the membership list. Thank you~

Enrique Sanchez
Education Chair

We hosted another super successful MSSF Quick Start Foray on Sat April 27th in Golden Gate Park with a good turnout of over 30 people including some newly minted MSSF members at their inaugural event!

Two, members only, Morel hunting forays are being planned for May 2024.

The first one will be in the Sierras on May 11th. The second one will be near McCloud and Mt Shasta over Memorial Day weekend, May 24-27, in conjunction with the McCloud Mushroom Festival in downtown McCloud, May 25-26.

Full details of the forays will be on the MSSF Website calendar and on the event registration page.

If you are going to Burning Man this year, you are invited to the Million Mushroom March to celebrate all things fungi.