South Sound Mushroom Club April Meeting: Demystifying Binomial Nomenclature. Free/Public Event.
Join us for our April meeting, always on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. We will go over club business, then our speaker will be our very own Rose Tursi!
The topic will be: Demystifying Binomial Nomenclature
The history behind why we use binomials, the basics of modern Latin grammatical forms and the etymology behind the most commonly used terms.
Don't let that summary fool you though, this is actually a funny, fungal and entertaining spin on what's normally an intimidating and frankly dull topic. If you've always felt that scientific names were baffling to read or pronounce, you'll enjoy this. As Rose likes to say, Latin is a dead language and most of what we use today is totally made up - yet surprisingly intuitive. Once you pick up a little of it, you look like a super genius! At this talk, you'll learn basic tips and tricks that will demystify binomial nomenclature, enabling you to look at the scientific name of any given species and actually understand what it means.
There will also be an ID table so bring in any mushrooms you've found recently to be identified by our experts.
Bring pocket change and/or any small items you wish to donate to our raffle. All proceeds benefit our scholarship fund. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.
This event is FREE and open to the public, bring friends!
Capital Vision Church, 1775 Yew Ave NE, Olympia, WA 98506
Tuesday, April 21st.
Doors open at 6:45PM.
Don't forget our other big event coming up! The SPRING MUSHROOM FESTIVAL, First Saturday in May. Main event is Free/Public.
We still have some vendor space and some workshop tickets available. Check out our profile or send a PM to this account for more info.