About us
The Los Angeles Mycological Society (LAMS) is a non-profit group whose purpose is to foster and expand the understanding and appreciation of mycology (that is the study of mushrooms and fungi). LAMS is an eclectic group of mycologists, foodies, nature lovers, and mushroom aficionados. Please join us if you are interested in learning about the amazing world of mushrooms, including: how to correctly identify a mushroom, learning about the health benefits of mushrooms, how you can grow your own mushrooms, and about the critical role mushrooms play in the evolution of this planet. For more information about LAMS and its activities please visit our web site.
Upcoming events
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LAMS General Meeting
Sparr Heights Community Center, 1613 Glencoe Way, Glendale, CA, USSpeaker: Ethan Saso
Program: “Klados: Democratizing Identification for Community Scientists”
Community science is very good at recruiting observers, but prospective naturalists often hit a wall of inaccessibility when trying to identify what they find. The existing resources for this process can be expensive, out of print, out of date, or just too dense to be digested by a newcomer to the field. Klados, a community science platform for identification resources, provides a free alternative built on structured morphological data and designed to remove barriers to entry. This talk will examine what features and techniques we use to differentiate species, how taxonomists already think in machine-readable terms, and how structuring morphology can provide holistic resources for identification.
More information about LAMS events, including a biography of the speaker, is available on the LAMS Calendar page.
Directions to the community center are on the LAMS Locations page.
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