Our first meeting back from the holiday IN OUR NEW FOREVER HOME at CCS < location.

Presentation Title: Entheogenic Mycolotry and Ethnomycology of Mesoamerica

As a subfield of Ethnobotany or Ethnobiology, Ethnomycology focuses on the roles and relationships of fungi within the human experience. Our current psychedelic renaissance owes a huge debt to ancient sacred practices held by numerous indigenous groups around the world. Mesoamerican cultures in particular and their associations with sacred mushrooms from the genus Psilocybe are both fascinating as well as mysterious, and hold an essential role in the evolution of Ethnomycology and psychedelic science. This talk will focus on indigenous Mesoamerican spiritual and cultural uses of entheogenic mushrooms, many from the genus Psilocybe. Much of my emphasis will explore past research done by R. Gordon and Valentina Wasson and other pioneers in Ethnomycology. We will also examine the importance of Maria Sabina, her sacred mushroom ceremony, and Velada.

Greg Sanchez

 Greg Sanchez knew nothing about mushrooms until 2004 when he wondered, “What do you do at a mushroom festival?”  After attending the Telluride Mushroom Festival that year, he found out, sparking a lasting fascination with and a deep passion for all things fungal. Greg is a high school Social Studies teacher in the Denver metro area and an active member of the Colorado Mycological Society, serving in various roles including CMS President in 2011, 2014, and 2022. Although he considers himself a generalist and amateur when it comes to mycology, his social science background brings him a special interest towards the human and cultural connections with mushrooms, mushroom people, and Ethnomycology. 

Presenter TBD, let us know if you want to present! Maybe a Deadly Fungi Presentation

Club Potluck! Special In person Event….

Tuesday Sep 24th, 6-8PM at the Carbondale Library Community Room (enter through parking lot side entrance)

1. Bring your fungal flavors to share! (non mushroom dishes welcome too)

2. Write your recipe down

3. Make sure you are using edible mushrooms

4. Bring your friends and family!

5. Bring your own bowl/plate/cup/cutlery

Connect with our community, reminisce about another epic season and swap stories. This potluck is FREE and OPEN TO EVERYONE.

We have grown as a club and as a community this season and its time to rally, reflect and reunite.

mush love

Hamilton

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We are an all volunteer 501-c3 organization and we redistribute members dues to keep the club open and to offer honorariums to our presenters, and foray leaders.

Guide and location TBD, check back here for sign up form. limited to 11 people.

end of season foray!

Anne Lee will discuss Fungal Diversity Survey, the only North American non-profit protecting fungi, what they do, who they are, why fungal conservation matters, and how you can contribute to this groundbreaking mycological work.

 Anne Lee is the CEO and Founder of Foster Communications, a comprehensive marketing and communications firm on the Western Slope of Colorado specializing in earned and social media, branding, website development, copyrighting, SEO, and email funnel marketing. 

Anne Lee previously served as the communications director for Colorado Rising and led the statewide ballot initiative effort to stop fracking in Colorado which garnered over 1 million supportive votes despite the industry spending over $60 millions on a disinformation campaign. This effort was covered in the New York Time, The Daily Show, Washington Post, The Guardian, and more. Anne Lee went on to help craft and pass the largest oil and gas reform bill in Colorado’s history. Anne Lee recently joined the Fungal Diversity Survey’s board and she is over the moon excited to lend her skills to such critical biodiversity and conservation work.

Guide and location TBD, check back here for sign up form. limited to 11 people.

FORAY!

TONIGHT! 6-8pm join in person or….zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/95159159507?pwd=FxFeK4vdsUUfA6Fo9XiV8cUH5FUMTR.1

Zoom code: 655402

Dr. Lauren Czaplicki shares a mushroom tale of two forests: one pre-burn and one post-burn.

In the story of the pre-burn forest, local mushrooms are the characters that naturally reduce fuel loads in our forests by rotting dead & dying trees, building soils, and increasing the water holding capacity of our landscape. Dr. Czaplicki's company, Fungal Solutions, implements the ColdFire protocol in the western slope to speed up this fuel reduction. After all, mycelium can run but they can't hide. Here she'll do a show and tell about how she takes advantage of that to tackle local wood types.

 In the story of the post-burn forest, mushrooms and other fungi are the characters that reduce contaminants and ready the soils for revegetation. Historically, frequent low intensity fires left a mosaic of unburned islands, safe havens where fungi can wait out the fire to pounce on disturbed soils afterwards. Now, our catastrophic-scale fires are too intense and deplete these safe havens. In collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society, CoRenewal, Point Blue, and the Universities of California & Connecticut among others, Fungal Solutions is testing different ways to bring fungi into disturbed ecosystems across the mountain west.  Here Dr. Czaplicki will share recent break throughs and best practices. In some cases, we've seen promising contaminant reduction! Come learn how you can snag a remaining spot and expand the study to our state.

Dr. Lauren Czaplicki holds a Doctorate, a Master's, and a Bachelor's with work in environmental engineering. For her dissertation work at Duke University, she coaxed native soil fungi to clean up legacy pollution from Superfund sites. Since grad school, she's been collaborating with the mycelium to solve big environmental problems including desertification, rangeland soil restoration, pollution remediation, post fire revegetation, and fire mitigation. In her downtime, she can be found singing to the boletes in the San Juans. Presenter TBD

Guide and location TBD, check back here for sign up form. limited to 11 people.

start of season foray

Hamilton will be leading this foray somewhere in the the roaring fork valley. Guest expert guide is Dr. Lauren Czaplicki a specialist in mycoremediation.

If you are a member SIGN UP FOR THE FORAY HERE first come first serve (11 people max)

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When: 8-3pm Sunday June 30th

Where: TBD Roaring Fork Valley High country.

Target: Gyromitra

all this rain is very encouraging! early season foray.

Intro to Mushroom ID and Common Rocky Mountain Species By Hamilton Pevec

Learn the basics to wild mushroom identification, and gain the tools to go further on your own after the foundational knowledge. Get ready for the season, Prepare your brain!

zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/99830872103?pwd=90OCS63DCCLOaqSls0sVzLKaAehDLV.1

zoom code: 422143

ALL ARE WELCOME!

NEW CLUB MEETING LOCATION IS The Calaway Room at the Third Street Center.

presenter TBD, hope to see you there!

This is our one year birthday party! We want to celebrate by supporting local mycology. We will take half the proceeds of our fundraiser and give it to Andy Better to support his work in mycology! Andy is a young amateur mycologist, going to school and does amazing work in taxonomy and photography. Please come out and celebrate with us: There will be music for the ears and body motion, food to put in the face hole, myco-meriment, fabulous costumes and amazing lovely, interesting people to engage with! there will be special treats too!

At Beer Works In Carbondale!

For Fun and Play, come and test your knowledge of Fungi in our special Trivia Night!

Flex your fungal muscles and laugh your way to some sweet prizes.

Hosted By WCMA’s Jake Renner.

A Fungal Odyssey By Amy Honan Ph.D.

Unveiling the Mysteries of Mushroom Movement Through Space and Time

Fungi employ a myriad of strategies to disperse and colonize new environments. Fungal dispersal is a crucial to life cycles, influences fungal distribution, genetic diversity, and drives adaptations to changing environmental conditions. Therefore, dispersal contributes to fungal ecological significance and success. We will explore how fungi move through and manipulate the environment to ensure their continued success.

An open public forum and discussion on microdosing. Come to ask questions and speak to people who can help answer your questions. What is it? How does it work? Is it right for me?

The panel will feature community members that are therapists, herbalists , users/recipients, advocates and opponents.

Hosted by WCMA president Hamilton Pevec