Funky Fungi

Children's educator and songwriter Rosie Emery recently released a song, Funky Fungi. She was inspired by some recent books on mycorrhizal fungi.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZE9heZOio

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Dana Nygard article on mushroom art cards

Metchosin Foundations's new fundraiser, a boxed set of 36 mushroom art cards, are now available. Text on the back of the cards is by Andy and Kem, adapted (with permission) from Mushrooms of British Columbia. Here's an article about the cards by one of the artists, Dana Nygard, published in the The Westshore.  More information on the cards can be found on the Metchosin Biodiversity site.

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Hair ice in Metchosin

January brought a rare display of hair ice to Metchosin. Did you know that a fungi was involved?  Read the Metchosin Muse article by Kem Luther (click on article to read)

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New BC Museum video on the travelling exhibit

BC Museum is releasing a video in its This Week in History series about its new travelling exhibit on mushrooms. The CHEK news report from November 15, 2021 contains the video.  The panels of the display, which is currently at the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, can be seen in this report.

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Mushroom where?

At the recent mushroom festival in Bamfield, guides (l. to r.) Kem Luther, Juliet Pendray, and Andy MacKinnon demonstrate their perfect consensus about where to find mushrooms. Photo by James Holkko. 

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