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Did you know...Beatrix Potter's birthday is today and she began her career as illustrator and scholar of fungi!
"Botanist, Artist, and Storyteller, Beatrix was invited to study fungi at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, and she produced hundreds of detailed botanical drawings and investigated their cultivation and growth.
Encouraged by Charles McIntosh, a revered Scottish naturalist, to make her fungi drawings more technically accurate, Beatrix not..." only produced beautiful watercolours but also became an adept scientific illustrator.
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Discover all about the amazing characters that inhabit the World of Beatrix Potter.The 2020 MSA Virtual Meeting, "Mycology from the Cloud" has begun! Here is the schedule (all times are Eastern US Standard Time):
10:00 am – Welcome and introduction of Karling Lecturer
10:10 am – Karling Lecture (with virtual Question & Answer session):
“Fungal Mycelia as Complex Microfluidic Systems,” presented by Gregory Jedd, National University of Singapore
11:10 am – Introduction of President by President-Elect
11:15 am – Presidential Address:
MSA President Anne Pringle: “How to Count? Lichens, Buller, and Fungal Individuality”
12:15 pm – Lunch Break
12:45 pm – Business Meeting
1:15 pm – Symposia
* "Teaching Mycology Online: Lessons Learned"
* "Fungal Community Structure, Dynamics and Function in Decaying Wood"
3:15 pm – Coffee Break
3:30 pm – Virtual Poster Session (awards presented for best posters)
5:30 pm – Tea Break
6:00 pm – Awards Ceremony
6:30 pm – Social with BYOB Beverage, Auction
For more details on today's program, see msafungi.org/2020-program-highlights/
2020 Meeting Program – Mycological Society of America
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Early career scientists experience a lot of anxiety regarding the next stages of their careers. This includes applying for their next big position, which may be a graduate program, a postdoc, a facult...The Mycological Society of America joins our peer societies and partners in denouncing racism, harassment, discrimination, and oppression. We recognize our shared responsibilities in confronting racism; supporting those affected by racist acts, thoughts, and policies; and affirming the value of our African American colleagues, students, friends, neighbors, and families. We stand for diversity and inclusion, and add our voice to the chorus seeking and promoting change.