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Date(s) - 10/03/2024
12:00 am

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Café Phipps

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Join us Thurs., Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. for an in-person and virtual Biophilia meet-up to kick off the fall season! Hear from the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club to learn more about the fun-guys and gals who are wild about fungi, details about the organization itself, some of the projects members have worked on and ways that you can get connected. Plus hear about some of the fungi we can expect to see in October in our area! Not able to join us in person? We will also be streaming the event via Zoom! Register here.

Meetings are free to attend; however, advance registration is required via email.

Meet the Speaker: 

Stephen Bucklin
WPMC Mycologist and Lichen Specialist, Stephen Bucklin is a Naturalist Educator for the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, delivering outdoor science programs and public hikes out of the Frick Environmental Center, where he has worked since 2014. Stephen has a Bachelor of Science in ecology, evolution and behavior from Penn State Erie. He has been a WPMC member since 2017 and served as club President from 2021-23. An award-winning mushroom photographer, Stephen’s photo of Microstoma floccosum appears in the 2024 book Hunting Mushrooms.

Barbora Batokova
Barbora Batokova is an avid mycophile, photographer and author from the Czech Republic. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA, in the United States. In 2018, she established fungiwoman, a photography project to foster learning about mushrooms, inspire people to go mushroom hunting and share creative, delicious recipes that incorporate wild mushrooms. In April 2024, she published her first book, Hunting Mushrooms: How to Safely Identify, Forage, and Cook Wild Fungi, to help people break into the world of mushroom foraging with confidence. She loves exploring the woods around the world and taking people on mushroom walks. She currently serves as president of the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club (WPMC). Follow her at @fungiwoman on Instagram and visit fungiwoman.com to learn more.

Information for virtual attendees: The Zoom meeting will begin promptly at 6 p.m. (EST), 3 p.m. (PST). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

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We request that no one hunts a walk or foray location for at least two weeks prior to a walk or foray. It is only through your cooperation that we can have successful walks and forays. All walks & forays will be held rain or shine. Come 15-30 min early and socialize. All walks start on time, so be early, if you are late we will already be in the woods. If you are a club member and have already joined our Facebook Group you can find last minute additions or changes there.