July, 2014
"Birch Boletes in July!" by Steve Olson
Date: July 20, 2014
Camera: Apple iPhone 5
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure: 0.01 sec
Focal Length: 4 mm
Aperture: f/2.4
Flash Used: No
Camera: Apple iPhone 5
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure: 0.01 sec
Focal Length: 4 mm
Aperture: f/2.4
Flash Used: No
Found these little Birch Boletes in a neighbors wooded yard. I would love to pick and dry these little fellas but not sure if they've been spayed, fertilized, etc. Too bad……they look delicious!
Found in San Carlos
July 20, 2014
Sadly only had my iPhone camera
June, 2014
"Craterellus tubaeformis" by Yev Nyden
Date: January 26, 2013
Camera: Panasonic DMC-GX1
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure: 0.10 sec
Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Flash Used: No
Camera: Panasonic DMC-GX1
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure: 0.10 sec
Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Flash Used: No
Craterellus tubaeformis has many common names: yellowfoot, winter mushroom, winder chanterelle, funnel chanterelle...
Observations of Fungi in the High Sierra July 7-12 (by )
I recently returned from a llama-assisted trip into the Sierra Nevada near Sonora Pass. I didn't expect to find much in the way of mushrooms. It was very dry despite the daily appearance of clouds and occasional thundershowers.
But spring comes late to the high Sierras. Here are the few mushrooms I saw.
Echo Summit Foray (2014) (by )
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Our Annual Echo Summit Foray is scheduled in September at California Alpine Club’s Echo Summit Lodge, overlooking the Tahoe Basin. It’s not large, but it has a lot of character! Dues-paying FFSC members get first chance at the limited space so make sure you reserve your space in advance. Reservations must be post marked after August 1st for members and after September 1st for non-members.
The 33rd Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival
The 33rd Telluride Mushroom Festival celebrates the many uses of fungi (all things mycology). Fungi serve many purposes--from breaking down plant cellulose in nature to creating nutrients for plants, to serving as food and medicine for people, to acting as bio-remediators to filter and break down toxic land like oil spills and agricultural run off.
Citizen Science: Amateur Ain’t a Dirty Word (by )
on the right: A very far eastern Dendrocollybia… Read on for details.
*With a title containing the terms “Amateur” and “hard and messy”, this post better get some traffic…*
So! There’s been a lot of trollish, flamey, someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet-style discussions over at Mushroom Observer recently, and despite the entertainment value, I thought a blog post might help quell the animosity and clear up some of the common outstanding questions and misconceptions under discussion.
The discussions revolve around Citizen Science and the associated questions: How does it work? Is it really science? Am I a citizen scientist? If so, is there a cure?