May Speaker | Dean Lyons : A Natural History of Gondwanaland Fungi

Please join us on March 18 for our monthly speaker and social.

FFSC members gather together on the third Wednesday of the month from September through May to catch up, discuss club business, and learn from interesting speakers. Plus, you can bring any fungi you have been lucky enough to find for identification!

New Zealand and South America were once part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. As these continents drifted apart, they developed their own ecologies, endemics and unique fungal species. This presentation explores the similarities, differences and beauty of these far southern forests. We explore biodiversity, ecology and evolution through imagery and natural history.

Would you like to get to know this month's speaker better? Join us for Dinner with the Speaker at 5pm, prior to this event.

About the Speaker

Dean Lyons is a naturalist, botanist, and mycologist from California who is passionate about ecology, biodiversity, and community science. He splits his time between botany fieldwork and mushroom collecting for the Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS), with the majority of his work focused on the Sierra Nevada mountains. He is also a photographer and sees these art forms as powerful tools for science communication and education. He had been on fungal expeditions to New Zealand and South America and throughout the United States.