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BAMS Monthly Meeting
Ben Lemmond | Scratching the surface of North American truffle diversity
1002 Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
Thursday, May 8 | 7:30 - 9:30 pm
This talk will explore truffle biology and biodiversity and present some recent taxonomic updates to North American truffles, including several newly described edible species.
Ben Lemmond is a postdoctoral scholar in the Lofgren Lab at UC Berkeley, where his work explores the interaction between secondary metabolites and ectomycorrhizal symbioses using pine-associated Suillus as a model system. Prior to moving to the East Bay in February 2025, Ben studied at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where his work explored the evolution, diversity, and cultivation of North American truffles and their relatives in the order Pezizales. Ben is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, and has an BA&Sc degree from the Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA) and a MS degree from the University of Vermont (Burlington, VT).
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're have a new meeting location: 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.
