October 16th Speaker Series Video Available
Logan Borosch's presentation A Crash Course on Amanita is now available to MST members to watch on the meetings video page.
A detailed presentation on how to identify Amanita to section, navigate amanitaceae.org, and learn to identify common species groups.
Logan Borosch (he/him) is an 18 year old mushroom identification expert and Amanitologist, with a focus on the taxonomy, phylogenetics, genomics, and toxicology of the family Amanitaceae. Logan is currently attending Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario getting his Bachelor’s of Science. Originally from North Bay, Ontario; he lived the past few years in Florida, USA where he was president of the Florida Academic Lichen And Fungi Enthusiasts League (FALAFEL). He has done presentations for the Alabama Mushroom Society, the iNaturalist community, the West Virginia Mushroom Club, as well as other online communities, and was a guest speaker at the 2023 Alabama Mushroom Faire. He has been involved in publishing different identification guides and research publications, and is currently working on many publications and a guide of his own.