Special Guest Melanie Hess from the South Vancouver Mycological Society will join us for a day all about mushrooms! 10:30 to noon – A Guided walk at Mary Jeffery Park Preregistration required – fee $10 Mycology enthusiast Melanie Hess loves to teach the introduction of how to identify mushrooms. In this exciting Read more
Celebrate Mayne Island mycology with special guest Paul Kroeger from the Vancouver Mycological Society Mushrooms – you either love them or you hate them. If you are a mushroom lover, and have never experienced the flavour of the wild varieties that are a part of the biodiversity of SKTAK | Read more
To some people, they are a curiosity, to others – a delicacy. But for plants and ecosystems, fungi are a necessity. In many ways, fungi are the unseen heroes of gardens, forests, and our environment as a whole. Without fungi, the world would be a much more barren and boring Read more
Have you ever lifted a stump and found a white, furry, web-like structure clinging to the underside of the wood? I know I have, and I always wondered what this funny looking substance was. Well, it turns out it’s a part of a fungus—and it is more important to our Read more