Let's get together VIRTUALLY! Mark your calendars and get ready to enjoy this special lichen edition our our monthly meeting via Zoom! 

We'll feature:

• Club welcome and news by President Tom McCoy
• ID table using the observations on our iNaturalist project, by Forays Chair, Mitch Fournet
• From ID table to Kitchen table by Culinary Chair, Cindy Connelly Ryan
• Featured presentation: Using Chemical Reagents to Help ID Mushrooms in the Field by Dawn Wehman, West Pennsylvania Mushroom Club
  
  Description:
  Get ready for the emergence of spring mushrooms! In this engaging talk, Dawn will demystify how chemicals can enhance your everyday mushroom hunts. Discover how common reagents such as ammonia and potassium hydroxide can be used to observe reactions in different parts of a fungus’s fruiting body, bringing you one step closer to accurate identification. Which mushroom families are most likely to react? Where can you obtain these reagents? Dawn will answer these questions and more during her presentation. You won’t want to miss it!
  
  
• Bio:  Dawn Wehman joined the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club in the summer of 2021 and quickly immersed herself in the mycological community. After attending her first Sequanota in 2023, she became a member of Mycological Association of Washington, D.C., inspired by the warm welcome and camaraderie she found there. She currently serves as Membership Chairperson for the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club, is a Lincoff Foray Chairperson (2024–2026) and became a WPMC Club Identifier in 2023 and is also a member of the West Virginia Mushroom Club, the Central Pennsylvania Mushroom Club, and the Ohio Mushroom Society—because she simply loves attending forays and learning as mush as she can! A lifelong volunteer (self-described “volunteeraholic”), Dawn holds a B.S. in Elementary Education and retired in Fall 2025 to devote more time to mushrooms, education, and community.
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Zoom Link:

https://zoom.us/j/96693690911?pwd=YWdyeXh1bHF1N1UyNjNieFovNWFUZz09

Meeting ID 966 9369 0911

Passcode  330827

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