Wed, Mar 15
|Clubhouse at Harvey West Park
March 2023 Speaker | Christian Schwarz: Making Scents of Fungi, from Stench to Perfume
If you've ever gone on a walk with an old-time mushroom picker, you've probably noticed that they often lifting mushrooms to their noses as soon as they pick them.
Time & Location
Mar 15, 2023, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Clubhouse at Harvey West Park, 326 Evergreen St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
About This Event
Besides being intriguing, alluring, and surprising, aromas can be extremely important clues for identification. Come take an olfactory tiptoe through the world of fungi!
Christian Schwarz is a naturalist based in California, the land of milk (caps) and honey (mushrooms). He teaches Natural History of Fungi at UC Santa Cruz and is co-author of "Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast”, & upcoming "Mushrooms of Cascadia". Fungi satisfy his curiosity with their seemingly endless forms; from the grotesque to the bizarre to the sublime. Besides dabbling in mushroom taxonomy, he loves fish, plants, nudibranchs, moths, and dragonflies. He is passionate about community science, especially through the use of iNaturalist. He is a Research Associate at the Norris Center for Natural History at UCSC as well as the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden.Christian Schwarz is a naturalist based in California, the land of milk (caps) and honey (mushrooms). He teaches Natural History of Fungi at UC Santa Cruz and is co-author of "Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast”, & upcoming "Mushrooms of Cascadia". Fungi satisfy his curiosity with their seemingly endless forms; from the grotesque to the bizarre to the sublime. Besides dabbling in mushroom taxonomy, he loves fish, plants, nudibranchs, moths, and dragonflies. He is passionate about community science, especially through the use of iNaturalist. He is a Research Associate at the Norris Center for Natural History at UCSC as well as the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden.
Photo: Tricholoma murrillianum. © Christian Schwarz (CC-BY-NC) (from inaturalist.org, obs. 191712407)