Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms
Announcing this month's special guest speakers on mushrooms and mindfulness.
Dear Fellow Myconauts,
We have some exciting things coming up in the Mycoverse, including this month’s guest speakers are local authors of a wonderful book on mushrooms and mindfulness. (I am so excited!!! This is the authors’ first public event promoting their recently published book!)
I’ll be taking a break from announcing new walks this month as I focus on CA Fungal Diversity Survey collections after all these rains. I’ve been collecting some really exciting fungi I’m excited to share more about when I have more time to share.
The tiny funga of SoCal’s chaparral as we learn a multitude of new species associated with the unique ecologies of our chaparral flora.
Alison Pouliot’s Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms
Monday, March 11th, 7pm @ Arlington Garden, Pasadena, CA – Free
Sponsored by Arlington Garden
From one of the photographers of Merlin Sheldrake (author of Entangled Life) and Björk's new IMAX film Fungi: Web of Life, the well-known photographer Alison Pouliot with over 20 years of experience in the field, recently published a new book this last September about her personal fungal journey traveling across the world reflecting on “how appreciating fungi is key to understanding our planet’s power and fragility.”
It is a very fitting read for the Mycoverse as we explore deeper how to cultivate awareness, appreciation, and connection with the more-than-human world of fungi.
Before our discussion, we invite you to:
Read the first half of the book, Chapters 1 through 6, pages 1-132. We will be reading the second half of the book for our April discussion, April 15th.
Emily Han & Gregory Han on Growing and Sharing a Passion for Fungi
Monday, March 25th, 7pm @ Arlington Garden, Pasadena, CA – Free
Sponsored by Arlington Garden
(PS – Tickets are going fast!)
Join Emily Han and Gregory Han, authors of Mushroom Hunting: Forage for Fungi and Connect with the Earth.
Over a decade ago, an uncommonly wet season descended upon Southern California, awakening a wondrous array of mushrooms — as well as Gregory and Emily’s passion for fungi! In the years since, they have embarked on a journey of curiosity, sharpened senses, and a deepening appreciation for the seen and unseen relationships between fungi, plants, and animals, including human beings.
Gregory and Emily will share stories and images from their journey as mushroom enthusiasts, talk about their book, and open it up to a Q&A and discussion about sharing our love of fungi with others.
About the Speakers
Emily Han is a naturalist, herbalist, and educator. She is the author of Wild Drinks and Cocktails and coauthor of Wild Remedies.
Gregory Han is a trail-seeker and writer for Design Milk, Dwell, and Wirecutter. He is the coauthor of Creative Spaces: People, Homes, and Studios to Inspire.
They live together in an oak-lined canyon in Altadena, California.
Myconautics & Links
If you’ve ever come along on a fungi walk with me, you *know* how much I love the smells of fungi so you can only imagine my delight when I encountered this incredible work by Willoughby Arevalo & Isabelle Kirouac mapping fungal scents called the Aromatic Wheel of Fungi
Looking sporeward,
Aaron