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Mikhael Crystallah-Selk

IN-PERSON Meeting
at the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation Heron Hall
900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Open to the public.
When & Where: 6:00pm PST
ALSO on Zoom: CLICK TO JOIN (Meeting ID: 843 1029 5088 Passcode: SOMA )

Speaker: Mikhael Crystallah-Selk
Topic: Parasites of the Fungal World

Achlorophyllous plants, Fungal Molds, and other Fun Gis that just can't seem to live without each other.

Mikhael is the SOMA Science Coordinator and ID Expert, and handles the Poison Control hotline. As physical therapy from a back injury, Mikhael often slowly walks through the woods, where he came to pay attention to the amazing diversity of fungi surrounding him. Mild curiosity soon became a passionate new (for him) field of study. He found himself fortuitous enough to be learning from experts around the world allowing him to fast-track his studies. He currently specializes in jelly fungi and taxonomy in general, volunteering hours per day pouring through observations while maintaining a full-time job as an aspiring chef.

* Principle responder on the SOMA Poison Control Hotline
* Sous Chef at Della Fattoria
* iNaturalist contributor: 3,974 Observations and counting!
* Admin / Contributor on several facebook groups:

Mushroom Hunters of California
California Mushroom Identification Forum
Mushroom Parasites
Slime Mold Identification and Appreciation

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