When and Where do We Meet?
Members of the South Carolina Upstate Mycological Society meet monthly, except for January, on the first Monday of the month or as the schedule allows.
Check below for specific dates, locations, and speaker information.
Meetings start at 6:30pm, arrive any time after 6:00pm.
The format of the meetings is intended to be casual and social. We typically have a speaker who gives a presentation on a mycological topic of their choice, and also discuss recent fungal finds, arrange the upcoming foray, work on identifying specimens, etc.
All levels of knowledge are welcome!
Meeting place: See individual event for location, it changes based on availability.
Upcoming Meetings
Check back for locations!
Monday, February 2 Canceled due to weather
Monday, March 2
Bruch Reed: COO of North American Mycological Association
will talk about Morels
Monday, April 6
Aishwarya Veerabahu Univ Wisconsin-Madison Pringle Lab
Invasive Golden oysters
Monday, May 4
Zack and Kim Hunter of The Fungivore
will talk about foraging for fungi in Mexico
Locations TBA
Meetings start at 6:30pm, join us anytime after 6:00 for mushroom ID and socializing
MycoConsortium Talks (Details will be sent to paid members)
Thursday evening, February 5th, Maria Pinto on Surveying Black Mycologies, and her new book “Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me About Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival”.
Sunday, February 22nd at 11 am, Dung Fungi, with three experts from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss this varied group. Sigrid Jacob from the NYMS will join two Scottish colleagues, Alfred Drummond-Herdman and Darren Gordon, for what should be a lively talk.
NAMA Events Webinars
These events are free for NAMA members or often $5 for non-members.
SCUMS is a NAMA affiliate, so if you choose to join NAMA (wise choice!) you get a discount on your annual membership.
You can check out upcoming webinars and past recordings here: https://namyco.org/events/webinars/