We had a great turn-out for the FFSC Foray last Saturday, December 20th! The group ended up leaving Marshall Fields and headed toward the UCSC campus to hunt, where we were greeted with (to name just a few) Amanita mucarias, Candy Caps, Blewits, Laccaria bicolor and amethysteo-occidentalis, Death Caps, Honey Mushrooms, and Lactarius rubrilacteus by the bucket-loads. It was a great time with great people, and great fungi!

The lead photo says it all -- it was cold! 49 hardy foragers attended the Albion I foray, with some last-minute cancellations due to dry conditions, and, ironically, Friday night's rain-turned-snow on hightways 101 and 20. Those who made the trip were  rewarded with a clear blue sky and bracing temperatures Saturday morning. The mushrooms should have been flash-frozen! Many thanks to Kitty Elvin for her beautiful images.