BAMS Past Speakers
| 5/24 | Brian Perry, Illuminating Fungi - the Science of Fungal Bioluminescence |
| 3/2024 | Mikhael Crystallah-Selk, Mushroom Parasites |
| 2/2024 | Else Vellinga, Spores |
| 11/2023 | Todd Elliott, Fungal and Animal Interactions |
| 8/2023 | Justine Karst, A Re-Examination of the Wood Wide Web |
| 6/2023 | Debbie Viess, Australia: Funga, flora and fauna |
| 4/2023 | Peter Werner, Mushrooms of Ireland |
| 2/2023 | Peter Pellitier, A functional traits perspective on the mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| 1/2023 | John Taylor, Over A Century of Valley Fever |
| 11/2022 | Klara Scharnagl, Symbiosis and Ecology of Lichens |
| 9/2022 | Monika Fischer, Rising from the Ashes, how fungi survive and thrive after fire |
| 2/2020 | John Taylor, Fungi and Art |
| 1/2020 | Louise Glass, Fungal Cooperation and Conflict |
| 10/2019 | Michael Van Nuland, Fungal Symbioses and Plant Ecological Niches |
| 4/2019 | Roo Vandegrift, Xylaria |
| 3/2019 | Debbie Viess, Fungal Fun in New Zealand |
| 2/2019 | David Rust, What are mushrooms doing in my forest? |
| 10/2018 | Douglas Smith, Mushrooms of Los Trancos Reserve |
| 3/2018 | Michael Beug, Hallucinogenic Mushrooms as Entheogens:The Use of Psilocybin Mushrooms in Recreation,Mental Health and Spirituality |
| 1/2018 | Kingman Bond-Graham, Hunting by Habitat |
| 11/2017 | Trent Pearce, Common Fungi of the East Bay |
| 10/2017 | Debbie Viess, Amanita Toxins - Deep Analysis and Mythbusting |
| 5/2017 | Anna Bazzicalupo, Benjamin Woo's Russula Herbarium and his contribution to science |
| 4/2017 | Cornelia Cho, Mushrooms from a Korean Perspective |
| 3/2017 | Douglas Smith, Sympathy for the Little Guys |
| 1/2017 | Tom Bruns, Complexity, Simplicity, and Convergence – a tour through the evolutionary history of the Basidiomycota |
| 11/2016 | Rick Kerrigan, Agaricus of North America |
| 10/2016 | Debbie Viess, California Myco-Wizard in the Land of OZ |
| 5/2016 | Nhu Nguyen, Species Identity Crisis in the Genus Suillus |
| 2/2016 | Danny Miller, Mythbusters, or Fungal Fables Debunked |
| 1/2016 | Tom Volk, The Seven Deadly Sins Committed by Fungi |
| 11/2015 | Laura Bogar, Can plants choose their ectomycorrhizal fungal partners? |
| 10/2015 | Tom Bruns, Microscopy Workshop |
| 5/2015 | Tom Bruns, Forest Fires and Fungi: Losers, Winners and Strategies |
| 4/2015 | Todd Mitchell, MD, New Developments in the Treatment of Amatoxin Poisoning |
| 3/2015 | Jason Hollinger, Tales from the Crypt(ogams): the Lichen Files |
| 2/2015 | Dennis Desjardin, A New Field Guide to California Mushrooms |
| 1/2015 | Alan Rockefeller, Mushrooms of Mexico |
| 11/2014 | Michael Beug, For the Love of Ascomycetes |
| 10/2014 | Peter Kerr, What's Bugging Fungi? |
| 5/2014 | Tom Bruns, Roles of Fungi in Forest Ecosystems |
| 4/2014 | Sara Branco, Understanding fungal diversity from a population perspective |
| 3/2014 | Shannon Nix, Molding Human History: The biology, evidence, and speculation behind mycotoxicoses |
| 2/2014 | Douglas Smith, Fungi of Switzerland |
| 1/2014 | Tom Volk, Exposé: The secret sex lives of fungi |
| 11/2013 | Dylan Smith, Effects of Induced Climate Warming on Soil Fungi in Temperate and Boreal Forests |
| 10/2013 | Sydney Glassman, Investigating Drivers of Fungal Diversity in Yosemite National Park |
| 5/2013 | Stephanie Jarvis, The Lycoperdaceae of California |
| 4/2013 | Matthew Smith, Ecto-mycorrhizal Species of the Sierra foothills |
| 3/2013 | Peter Werner, Mushrooms and Microscopy |
| 2/2013 | Walt Sturgeon: Just For the Smell of It, Mushroom Common Scents |
| 1/2013 | Denis Benjamin: Newly Described Mushroom Poisoning Syndromes |
| 11/2012 | Rytas Vilgalys: Mushrooms and Climate Change: Fungi in a Changing World |
| 10/2012 | Terry Henkel, The weird, wicked, and wonderful: new and interesting macrofungi from the Guiana Shield |
| 9/2012 | Nhu Nguyen, The inner workings of mushroom taxonomy: new mushroom species and how to describe them |
| 5/2012 | Alan Rockefeller, Mushrooms of Mexico |
| 4/2012 | Jenny Talbot, Dishing the Dirt on Decomposition |
| 3/2012 | Rosalind Lowen, Ascomycetes: Eastside— Westside, fungi that can be found in both areas of the US |
| 2/2012 | David Pilz, Wild Mushroom Management in Spain |
| 1/2012 | Christian Schwarz, A California Mushroomer in Yankee Forests |
| 11/2011 | Matt Trappe, Shaking the Fungal Tree of Life |
| 10/2011 | Leon Shernoff, Boletes come of age |
| 9/2011 | Todd Osmundson, Burn Morels in the DNA Age |
| 4/2011 | Christian Schwarz, The Molecular Cookbook - A down-to-earth guide to understanding DNA technology and its applications in mushroom taxonomy |
| 3/2011 | Louise Glass, Fungal Communication and the Formation of Hyphal Networks |
2/2011 |
Langdon Cook, From Woods to Plate: Wild Mushroom Cookery |
| 1/2011 | Denis Benjamin, MD, Medicinal Mushrooms: A Critical Assessment |
| 12/2010 | Noah Siegel, What Now?: Name Changes in the DNA Age |
| 11/2010 | Steve Trudell, The Making of a Mushroom Book |
| 10/2010 | Brice McPherson, Sudden Oak Death in Coast Live Oaks: It Takes a Community |
| 5/2010 | Peter Werner, Psilocybe and Allies of California |
| 4/2010 | Michael Beug, The Snowbank Mushrooms and Western Spring Basidiomycetes |
| 3/2010 | Anthony Amend, Local perceptions of Matsutake mushroom management, in NW Yunnan China |
| 2/2010 | Todd Osmundson, Conservation of Fungi: Issues, Tools, and a Call for an Amateur Mycological Renaissance |
| 1/2010 | Tom Volk, Naming the Polypores: Why Polyporus is split into more than 100 genera |
| 11/2009 | Dimitar Bojantchev, Introduction to the Genus Cortinarius |
| 5/2009 | Todd Elliot, Cordyceps Fungi of the Appalachians |
| 4/2009 | Moselio Schaechter, Mushrooms Through the Ages |
| 3/2009 | Maggie Rogers, Hooked on Mushroomers |
| 2/2009 | Kabir Peay, Fungi on Islands — From Point Reyes to Borneo |
| 1/2009 | Noah Siegel, Australian Oddities: Mushrooms and other Strange Organisms from Down Under |
| 11/2008 | Mike Davis, A Phylogeny of Russula Species in Northern California |
| 10/2008 | Else Vellinga, Mushrooms - Paths of Discovery |
| 5/2008 | Nathan Wilson, Mushroom Observer |
| 3/2008 | Denise Gregory, Endophytic Fungi: An Overview and Current Medicinal Research |
| 2/2008 | Todd Mitchell, MD, New American Protocols for the Treatment of Amatoxin Poisoning |
| 11/2007 | Debbie Viess, A Mushroomer's Guide to Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Bay Area |
| 10/2007 | Walt Sundberg, An Old California Surfer's Endless Foray |
