Mushrooms of Cascadia: Fantastic Fungi for the Pacific Northwest”, a Slideshow Talk & Book-Signing by
Christian Schwarz at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, October 24th
Time: Thursday, October 24th at 6:00pm
Location: Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, 333 SE Bay Blvd, Newport OR
Donation: to the Lincoln County Mycological Society on a sliding scale of $10-30.
Lincoln County Mycological Society and the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center present “Mushrooms of Cascadia: Fantastic Fungi of the PNW”, a slideshow presentation and book-signing by Christian Schwarz, based on his new book with co-author Noah Siegel, “Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest”.
In this beautifully illustrated presentation, Christian explores the diverse and sometimes extraordinary fungi that we encounter as residents and visitors of the Oregon coast, and what makes that assemblage of fungi so unique and distinctive.
He’ll also talk about how this area fits into the larger quilt of American bioregions as a whole, and the important role that community and citizen science plays in the rapidly growing interest in the field of ‘mycology,’ the study of fungi.
Whether you’re a forager, an amateur mycologist, a professional, or just enjoy fungi for their culinary properties, or even simply for their beautiful and curious forms, this presentation is guaranteed to increase your appreciation and understanding of these crucial organisms in our world.
Christian Schwarz is best known for his previous book, also with co-author Noah Siegel, “Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast”, which has become the essential guide for Northern California and Klamath region fungi for several years.
His new book, “Mushrooms of Cascadia” fills in the rest of the fungi map for the Pacific Northwest region known as Cascadia: from the California boarder up to the Canadian border, and from the eastern Cascades to the Pacific. It is gorgeously illustrated with photographs taken over the past 10 years of some 750 or more species of mushrooms in full color, and is complete with full ID descriptions, as well as essential habitat and ecology information, with each description including a ‘Notes’ section that describes which other fungi may look similar and how to tell them apart, as well as the latest word on shifting fungi taxonomy that is resulting from the avalanche of genetic testing being done.
Going forward, there’s no doubt that Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to Fungi of the Pacific Northwest will be considered the “must have” book for any amateur or professional mushroom forager or mycologist in our region.
Christian Schwarz is a well-known naturalist and mycologist based out of Santa Cruz, California. He studied Ecology and Evolution at University of California at Santa Cruz, where he developed his interest in the world of fungi. He has co-authored two field guides — Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast and Mushrooms of Cascadia, both with Noah Siegel. He spends most of his time seeking, photographing, collecting, teaching about, and publishing research on North American macrofungi (the fungi we “see”), and has served on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Working Group for North American Fungi, which deals with endangered and threatened specie around the globe. He is a research associate of the Ken Norris Center for Natural History at UC Santa Cruz, where he has taught undergraduate courses in mycology and community science. He is also the keynote speaker at this year’s Yachats Mushroom Festival and will doing additional talks there October 18-20th.
For more information, contact Lincoln County Mycological Society at 530-748-9365 or email LCMycoSociety@gmail.com.
Admission to the event is by donation to the Lincoln County Mycological Society on a sliding scale of $10-30.
