SAM, Past events

November 14- Mushroom growing discussion and fall meeting, South Natomas Library Community Room.
October 16 - Introduction to mushroom hunting in the Sacramento area presentation hosted by Belle College Library.
June 1 - Morel hunting foray in the El Dorado National Forest.
May 18 - Morel hunting foray in the El Dorado National Forest.
February 8- -Winter meeting at Belle Cooledge Library.
January 20 - Foray in the Pt. Reyes National Seashore.

November 11 - Foray at Skillman Campground in the Tahoe National Forest.
November 4 - Foray at Bullards Bar Reservoir in the Tahoe National Forest. species list.
October 24 - Fall Meeting at Belle Cooledge Library.
June 3 - Morel hunting foray in the El Dorado National Forest.
May 27 -Morel hunting foray in the El Dorado National Forest.
May 20 - Morel hunting foray in the El Dorado National Forest.
May 9 - Meeting at Belle Cooledge Library - Morel Hunting presentation.
March 19 - SAM Webinar – Mushrooming with Children presented by Melany Kahn, Author of Mason Goes Mushrooming.
January 26 - Meeting at South Natomas Library – mushroom ID and future planning.

December 15 - Meeting at Belle Cooledge Library – Ellen and Kevin Wehr described their recent mushroom trip to Nepal.
November 11 - Around 22 folks and a charming 3-yr. old met at the Schoolhouse Campground, Marysville Road, Camptonville (New Bullards Bar Reservoir) – led by Jim Adams. Picking were slim as the season is just beginning. See species list.
October 27 - Meeting at Belle Cooledge Library. Watch Jim Adams' presentation Introduction to Mushroom Hunting in the Sacramento Area
May 14 - Twenty-five people gathered for a successful hunt on South Fork Rd. North off of Ice House Rd. The foray elevation was 5,200 to 5,500 feet. In addition to morels a few other mushrooms were found: Verpa bohemica, Ramaria and Amanita (species undetermined) and many LBMs. See photos.
April 23 - Morel Foray, Pollock Pines

December 18 - Georgetown area, led by Michael Sampson - species list.
November 13Schoolhouse Campground, Marysville Road, Camptonville (New Bullards Bar Reservoir), led by Jim Adams - table display and species list.

February 6 - "Snowbank Lovers, Fire-followers, and More: Spring Mushrooming in the Sierra Nevada” presentation by Thea Chesney, Sacramento

November 5 - Sly Park - species list
April 30 - Morel foray, Bullards Bar
March 2 - Potluck social, Mike Davis and Bob Sommer discussed their forthcoming field guide.

December - Foray at Rockville Hills Regional Park - see list with Bob's watercolors

December - Bob Sommer "Mushroom foray in Oaxaca"
January - Foray at Rockville Hills Regional Park
January - Bob Sommer "A Formerly Nearsighted Mycophile and His Farsighted Partner"
& Melissa Morris "Mushrooms of Salt Point"

December - Mushroom Identification 101: Video and live specimens
November - Matt Smith "How to Identify Boletes"
April - Peter Kennedy "Ectomycorrhizal Communities at Point Reyes"
March - Anne Pringle "Is Amanita phalloides a European immigrant to North America?"
February - Lisa Grubisha, Rhizopogon
- Oyster Cultivation Workshop

December 9 - 4th Annual Mushroom Identification Workshop
November 18 - Gabriel Leete "Alleviating World Poverty with Mushroom Cultivation"
October 21 - Matt Smith "Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in California Blue Oak Woodlands"
April 14 - Oyster Cultivation Pledgeathon and Photos by club member Bob Cothrin
March 18 - Else Vellinga "Lepiotas in California"
February 20 - Elio Schaechter "What are mushrooms, anyhow?
January - Salt Point foray
January - 3rd Annual Mushroom Identification Workshop

December - Melissa Morris "Mushroom of Mexico"
November - Jim Trappe "Truffles"
October - Meagan Romberg "2003 International Fungus and Fiber Symposium in Australia"
May
Foray at El Dorado National Forest
April - Membership/ Oyster Cultivation
March - Steve Trudell "Mycorrhizae, the Foundations of the Forests"
February - Melissa Morris "Fungi of Costa Rican Cloud Forests"
January - 2nd Annual Mushroom Identification Workshop

November - Taylor F. Lockwood "Treasures from the Kingdom of Fungi"
October - Barbara and Bob Sommer "Mushrooms from Tlaxcala, Mexico"
May - Elio Schaechter "Mushrooms in Art"
April - Matt Smith "Studies on Oak Ectomycorrhiza in California's Sierra Foothills"
March - Chris Friel "Mushroom Cultivation"
February - Darrin DeShazer "Edible Mushrooms"