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The Directions page provides directions to our monthly meeting place in the Times-Mirror Meeting Room at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.  Our regular monthly meetings take place on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 PM.

March 13 (Saturday) Foray to Chiquito Basin in the Cleveland National Forest.  This foray is now fully subscribed with a waiting list.  No more reservations will be accepted.

March 15 (Monday) 7:30 PM  LAMS General Meeting

Speaker: Robert Chang, Managing Director, American Truffle Company

Program: "All Things Truffle"

Robert Chang is Managing Director of American Truffle Company (www.americantruffle.com), which is dedicated to applying rigorous scientific methodologies to help people grow European truffles and maximize yields.  Mr. Chang will talk about all things truffle – starting with a brief discussion on their natural habitats and state of the truffle supply/demand worldwide, to cooking with truffles, to the reality behind truffle oils. The bulk of the talk will be on the science of truffle cultivation, with focus on important factors that determine cultivation success. Mr. Chang will also touch upon the unique ways ATC has been able to gather, analyze and mine its substantial amount of field data, which forms the basis of ATC’s ever-improving scientific methodologies and best practices, in addition to continued ongoing research in the laboratory.

Based in San Francisco, Robert Chang is a foodie who loves to cook, especially with all kinds of mushrooms. Prior to founding ATC, he held a number of management roles in product development, sales and marketing in high tech. Mr. Chang earned his B.S., M.S. and MBA from Stanford University.

Mycological Events Not Sponsored By LAMS

The following is a listing of events (mostly) outside of Southern California and sponsored by other organizations.  This is not a comprehensive listing of mycological events, only those likely to be of the greatest interest to the amateur mycological community in Southern California.  Inclusion of an event in this listing does not constitute an endorsement by LAMS, either of the event, or of the sponsoring organization(s).

NAMA 2010 50th Anniversary Foray
August 12-15, 2010

Winter Park, Colorado

The Colorado Mycological Society is delighted to welcome NAMA to the Centennial State for NAMA's 50th Anniversary Foray, August 12-15, 2010. The foray will be held at the same location as NAMA's memorable 1983 foray, YMCA of the Rockies Snow Mountain Ranch, 14 miles from Winter Park, high on the western slope of the Continental Divide at 8,700 feet. Nearby Rocky Mountain National Park is celebrating its 95th Anniversary this year, and at least one of our forays is planned to study fungi in that area.