Natural History Museum of Utah Fungarium Visit
On 2/21/23 we visited the Dentinger Lab at the Natural History Museum for a tour led by mycologist Keaton Tremble. PhD candidate Colin...
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Sep 19, 20221 min
Fall Foray 2022
From September 9th-11th, MSU celebrated the annual Fall Foray in the town of Francis, near the Uinta mountains. While fairly dry...
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Sep 2, 20221 min
August 2022 Forays
During August we had 4 foray groups head to Big Cottonwood Canyon, 1 to Millcreek Canyon, 1 to the Uintas and 1 to Logan canyon. We had a...
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Jul 14, 20221 min
July 2022 Forays, a Potluck, and DNA!
During the first weekend of July a total of 5 foray groups got out to: Fruit Heights, Blood's Lake, and the Uintahs. A big thank you to...
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Jun 7, 20221 min
June 2022 Forays
The first weekend of June starts off our regular season of forays. 3 groups were able to go out, led by myself (Ashley Simon), Ray...
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Jun 5, 20221 min
Utah Fungi Fest 2022
This year marked the first ever Utah Fungi Fest, organized and sponsored by Wholesun Wellness. The event brought together local coops,...
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May 19, 20221 min
Rikki Longino Talk: Mushrooms & Community: Healing the Colonial Industrial Model
On May 3rd, 2022 we heard from Rikki Longino for a talk on various aspects of mushrooms and community. Check it out below! Description:...
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Apr 17, 20221 min
Karl McKnight Talk: Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America
On April 12th, 2022 we heard a talk from Karl McKnight about the eight year journey of creating the second edition to the Peterson Field...
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Feb 18, 20221 min
Documenting Mycodiversity in Underexplored Regions: Macrofungi of the Lemhi Range (Idaho, USA)
On Tuesday, February 8th 2022, MSU hosted Justin Loucks of Colorado for a presentation on his macrofungi documentation and collection...
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Dec 20, 20211 min
Psychedelia Film Screening Q & A
On Tuesday, December 14th 2021, MSU hosted a conversation with filmmaker Pat Murphy on his inspiration and process for making the...
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Ashley Simon
Sep 26, 20211 min
Fall Foray 2021
This year, the Fall Foray was held on August 20th and 21st at Pine Valley Campground on the Mirror Lake Highway. With so much rain during...
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Aug 29, 20211 min
Early August Forays 2021
Some of the places explored on this set of forays were Logan Canyon, Mirror Lake, Brighton, and Murdock Basin. August is a famously good...
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Jul 14, 20211 min
July 10th 2021 Foray
For this month's foray, 2 groups visited the Uintas and 2 groups headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon. Even in a drought year, seeking out the...
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Jun 8, 20211 min
June 5th 2021 Foray
For this month's foray, 3 groups went out to some pretty different habitats and the results can be seen below. This type of variation is...
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May 2, 20211 min
Northern Utah Funga Project Intro
On 4/28/21, Gabriela D'Elia introduced Utah’s first community science project sponsored by the Mushroom Society of Utah. NUF is a member...
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Mar 12, 20211 min
Gardening with Fungi
For our March talk, we heard a talk from James Loomis of Wasatch Community Gardens about how he’s used mycelial mats to improve many...
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Mar 12, 20211 min
January 2021 General Meeting
Each January, MSU holds a business meeting to sustain new board members and take care of any agenda items that need to be voted on by MSU...
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Mar 12, 20211 min
Intro to Fungal Microscopy
On November 16th, 2020 MSU hosted Leah Bendlin for a one hour class on the basics of using a microscope to study mushrooms. Leah talked...
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Sep 10, 20201 min
2020 Fall Foray Lecture and Pictures
Thanks to our group leaders and Fall Foray Committee, who made this year's event possible. 7 small groups made it out in Davis county,...
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Aug 30, 20201 min
Mushroom Ecology Talk
On March 8th, MSU hosted Katie Lawson of Fungal Focus for a talk on Mushroom Ecology at the Bountiful Davis Arts Center. We had a great...
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