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Blomidon Naturalists Society

Fun with Fungi!

<div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join mycologists Drs. Allison Walker &amp; Keith Egger for a fun-filled workshop on fungal biodiversity and ecology. This hands-on day will introduce you to the different Nova Scotian habitats our fungi call home, and introduce you to tips and resources for identifying our fungal friends and foes.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Date</strong>: Saturday, September 26</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p></div><div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Meeting point:</strong> Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, &nbsp;555 Ross Creek Rd, Kings, Subd. B</div><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Meeting time:</strong> 10 am &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Finish Time:</strong> 4:00 pm</div><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-weight: 700;" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">What to bring</span>: Wear sturdy footwear and clothing suitable for outdoor collecting of mushrooms, including the possible need for rain gear. If you have a mushroom field guide and/or a hand lens, feel free to bring them along.</div><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">You can bring your own lunch or you can pre-order a lunch from Ross Creek ($18.00 pp) by clicking <a fr-original-style="" href="https://pci.jotform.com/form/252423387693263" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">this link</a>.</div><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Materials Provided:</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&ndash; Fungal terminology cheat sheet</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&ndash; Common fungi of this region</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&ndash; Materials for making spore prints</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&ndash; Microscopes- Fungal field guides and identification resources, loaned for the day</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Course Leaders:</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p></div><div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Dr. Allison Walker is a mycologist &amp; Professor of Biology at Acadia University.</div><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><div fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: docs-Roboto; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Dr. Keith Egger is a mycologist &amp; Professor Emeritus, University of Northern British Columbia.</div>

<p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name</span>,</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you for signing up for the Fun with Fungi course! We have reserved your spot. A few important reminders&hellip;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Meeting time is 10:00 at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts (Saturday, September 26)&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remember to bring a lunch, snacks and water or pre-order a lunch from Ross Creek.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Looking forward to seeing you there!&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Leonie Muldoon</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">coordinator@blomidonnaturalists.ca</p>

<div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">Join mycologists Drs. Allison Walker &amp; Keith Egger for a fun-filled workshop on fungal biodiversity and ecology. This hands-on day will introduce you to the different Nova Scotian habitats our fungi call home, and introduce you to tips and resources for identifying our fungal friends and foes.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><br /></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><strong>Date</strong>: Saturday, September 26</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><br /></p></div><div><strong>Meeting point:</strong> Ross Creek Centre for the Arts,  555 Ross Creek Rd, Kings, Subd. B</div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"><br /></p><div><strong>Meeting time:</strong> 10 am         <strong>Finish Time:</strong> 4:00 pm</div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"><br /></p><div><span>What to bring</span>: Wear sturdy footwear and clothing suitable for outdoor collecting of mushrooms, including the possible need for rain gear. If you have a mushroom field guide and/or a hand lens, feel free to bring them along.</div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"><br /></p><div>You can bring your own lunch or you can pre-order a lunch from Ross Creek ($18.00 pp) by clicking <a href="https://pci.jotform.com/form/252423387693263" target="_blank">this link</a>.</div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"><br /></p><div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><strong>Materials Provided:</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">– Fungal terminology cheat sheet</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">– Common fungi of this region</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">– Materials for making spore prints</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit">– Microscopes- Fungal field guides and identification resources, loaned for the day</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><br /></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><strong>Course Leaders:</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><br /></p></div><div>Dr. Allison Walker is a mycologist &amp; Professor of Biology at Acadia University.</div><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"><br /></p><div>Dr. Keith Egger is a mycologist &amp; Professor Emeritus, University of Northern British Columbia.</div>

Blomidon Naturalists Society

Fun with Fungi! Full Day Field Course

Kings

Fun with Fungi!

$60