2015 Alaska Foray Report (by )
Please forgive my musings. Folks have asked how was it? "It" being the long distance foray up in the Kenai Pennisula in Alaska. Well, this is my 3rd trip, so that pretty much sums it up. It is alway fanastic and I keep swearing this the LAST one, but 2016 is just around the corner. Oh yeah as long as Bill White offers our club this "Deal of a Lifetime", how can I say NO.
Salt Point State Park closed to mushroom gathering (by )
Salt Point State Park closed to mushroom gathering
Due to the ongoing drought, the lead biologist at Salt Point State Park has determined that tromping through the woods could be permanently destructive. Therefore, mushroom collecting has been suspended until the rains come.
Source: SOMA website
Echo Summit 2015 Foray Report (by Anna Stockel)
Another great Echo Summit Foray is in the history books.
Sadly, the weather has been so warm and dry this year that despite spreading out and searching a wide area, including the tried and true locations near the still flowing creeks, no one found any edible Boletus.
Happily, we had a great time anyway. Those of us looking for Ganoderma tsugae found as many very fresh, moist ones as we wanted...
Mushroom Haiku (by )
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All Things Mushroom
Note: Richard passed away in 2021, but please keep the Haikus coming.
Richard Lyness (our new President) challenged the membership to come up with our own Haikus based on the upcoming 2016 Fungus Fair theme, The secret life of "Fungi"
Haiku is a Japanese poetry form which is very fun...
October General Meeting: Daniel Winkler
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Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Doors open at 7, with refreshments and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. We are pleased also to announce representatives from Soquel Demonstration Forests will also be joining us to share the latest going ons and will be available to issue permits for those who wish after the meeting. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Daniel Winkler.
Join us for his talk on "Colombia's Mushroom Magic".