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
SCUMS monthly meeting: Monday, November 2nd
Tradd Cotter will present "Bioregional Specific Mycorrhizae: Capturing and Magnifying Inoculants for Seeding and Planting"
Most Mycorrhizal inoculants are produced in the lab, then produced in mass for the agricultural market with no respect to the bioregional specificity, or even compatibility of the plant hosts, climate, soil composition, and biodiversity. See how you can easily propagate your own mycorrhizal inoculants using bags of sand and low tech processes to expand these fungi to create novel soil seeding mixes that are fingerprinted to your specific region and climate!
Tradd Cotter is a microbiologist, professional mycologist, and retired landscape designer who has been cultivating mushrooms both commercially and experimentally for more than thirty years. Tradd is the author of the best-selling book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation (2014), and his ongoing research projects include bacterial interactions with fungi, mycopesticides, novel antibiotic discovery, and isolating native mycorrhizal species for bioregional specific inoculants for plants.
When: Monday, November 2. Join us any time after 6:00 pm, meeting starts at 6:30 pm.
Where: Note different location Mushroom Mountain 200 Finley Rd, Easley, SC 29642
Food and drinks are allowed - bring something to share, if you like. Please help clean up after the meeting : )
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/