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
October Meeting
SCUMS monthly meeting: Monday, October 6th
Danny Miler will present:
DNA: The Secret History of Mushrooms
What are the biggest surprises that recent studies in DNA have shown us about the (until now) secret history of mushrooms on the planet?
Danny first got interested in Mushrooms in 2007 after seeing strange colourful creatures in the forest all the time while hiking and skiing off trail, and finally decided he had to find out what they were. The more he learned, the more interesting they seemed, and it just hasn't stopped.
Danny is the Education Chair for the Puget Sound Mycological Society, helping to design and teach the curriculum for the club's mycology classes. He is also the club Librarian, and ID Committee co-ordinator and an emergency poisoning point person for King County Washington Poison Control. Danny also belongs to the PNW Key Council, a group of amateur and professional mycologists and is a co-author of MycoMatch (formerly MatchMaker) with Ian Gibson, the free PNW mushroom ID program for the PC. He has a big interest in taxonomy and figuring out where all of the mushrooms fit into the fungal tree of life, and is currently trying to collect the DNA of every PNW species to determine which still need names. You can follow the results at www.alpental.com/psms/ddd
When: Monday, October 6. Come any time after 6:00 pm, meeting starts at 6:30 pm.
Zoom: We will do our best to make this meeting available on Zoom, please be patient.
https://clemson.zoom.us/j/94780986369
Meeting ID: 947 8098 6369
In person: Note different location: Hampton Memorial Library, 304 Biltmore Road, Easley, SC 29640. We will be in the 'Meeting Room' - after you enter through the main doors go through the first door on the right, before you get to the lobby.
Food and drinks are allowed - bring something to share, if you like (we'll provide tableware and water). Please help us 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/