Let's get together IN-PERSON! Mark your calendars and REGISTER for this unique opportunity to meet Sneha Ganguly, Founder of Kali Mushrooms! 

The meeting will be held IN-PERSON at Mount Rainier Nature Center.

• Our President, Tom McCoy will start us up with meeting business, 
• Culinary Chair, Cindy Conelly Ryan, and the committe will delight us with a hospitality table
• In-person ID table! Bring your mushrooms and learn their identity from our team of identifiers!
• Enjoy a riveting lecture by Sneha Ganguly

Title: Foray into Fungal Pigments

Description: This presentation will cover the art and science of novel fungal pigments, including melanin, UV-fluorescence, xylindein and spalting varieties, and lichen derived pigments. The lecture will introduce wild species with pigment potential, explore extraction methods, highlight recent scientific research, and examine applications across culture, science, and industry.  This program is ideal for those interested in materials science, natural dyeing, and ethnomycology.

Bio: Sneha Ganguly (born 1989, Jamshedpur, India), also known as Kali Mushrooms, is an interdisciplinary artist identifying and studying wild fungi with a special interest in biological materials and pigments, to create handmade papers, inks, dyes and extracts.  Her work explores the potential of mushroom- and mycelium-based materials as a creative medium. 

As part of the New York Mycological Society, Sneha co-founded NYC’s inaugural Fungus Festival.  Currently, she instructs courses on applied mycology and mushroom cultivation for Cornell Small Farms, as well as for parks, community and cultural organizations in the metro area.  You can read about her work in the New York Times, Yes! Magazine, and Time Out NYC. www.kalimushrooms.com

See you all there!