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Saumitra Kelkar | Fungal habitats in Oakland: past, present, and future
1002 Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
Thursday, May 28 | 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Saumitra Kelkar is a naturalist and educator based in Oakland, California. He taught high school biology in Oakland public schools for 4 years and now works in native plant landscaping. In his free time, he posts videos about Oakland's unique local ecology on his Instagram page, @Oakland.bio, and enjoys photographing insects, fungi, and plants to post on iNaturalist and learn about the living things that are often overlooked.
Oakland-based ecologist Saumitra Kelkar will present an overview of some of the fungi and the fungal habitats in Oakland, California, with a focus on how this landscape and its fungal diversity have changed with logging, agriculture, horticulture, urbanization, and other anthropogenic changes. This presentation will discuss natural and man-made habitats that are found throughout the City, as well as what species of fungi can be found in those habitats, why and how those fungi make their living there, and what current and future environmental changes may affect the diversity and abundance of fungi in Oakland and other Bay Area cities.
If you've found mushrooms you'd like to identify, bring those along. Entrance to VLSB is on northwest entrance, under the stairs on the right (see details below). Doors open at 7:30. Meeting starts promptly at 8:00.
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We usually meet at: 1002 Valley Life Sciences Building. The entrance is on the north side circled below; look for a door to the lower level to the right of the main stairs. We'll have signs the night of the event. Best way to get there is to walk up from Oxford. Campus map can be found here.
