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2007 No. 1

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Within this there are a number of species that seem to get lumped together under the title “lobster mushroom” From my readings I have been able to glean that the only species that can truly be called “lobster” is - it does have that lobster colour. Hence the caution that we have often heard: Try to use the proper latin names rather than the common ones when collecting and talking about various fungi. Hypomyces are not true . This group is a parasitic that grows on Hypomyces lactifluorum has the look of a lobster with its red exterior and white interior. This mushrooms. At maturity the host species is considered a choice edible by many. Photo courtesy: Christopher Kolacz. mushroom generally becomes unidentifiable and because of this pestules on the surface of the Seven Hypomyces species very few of them are considered invaded host and gives the surface have been cited in various edible. a fine, sandpaper-like feeling.” literature: H. lactifluorum, H. There are a number of (North American Mushrooms, luteovirens, H. lateritius, H. variables that need to be Miller, Dr. Orson K & Miller, Hope) hyalinus, H. cervigensus, H. considered before assuming that Do you know for sure that what aurantius, H. chrysosperum. The the mushroom you have just picked you are holding is a species will be discussed within the is edible, especially the Hypomyces brevipes or a ? Research category of their hosts. varieties. Because the parasite has and is being done regarding changes the shape of the changes that may occur because of Russula and Lactarius Hosts mushroom and stops the growth of the transformation by Hypomyces. Hypomyces lactifluorum is the mushroom’s normal , the The host fungi may be edible but generally found on Russula identification process is extremely once the parasite has taken hold is brevipes and Lactarius piperatus. tricky. “The spores of the that still true OR has Hypomyces Hypomycyes lactifluorum changes Hypomyces develop in small flask- changed the into the host mushroom to a reddish shaped fruiting bodies called an inedible one. The flip side of this orange colour, hence the lobster perithecium, which appears as equation is also true. (Hypomyces ...continued on page 3) www.wildmushrooms.ws Spring 2007 No. 1 1 site (www.wildmushrooms.ws) for President’s Message regular updates and information. 2007 Executive There are several events I want to Edmonton Mycological Society bring to your attention now, so you can write them into your calendars. Our 3rd President & Webmaster: annual Alberta Foray will take us to the Markus Thormann Lac la Biche area from August 03-06. (780) 432-1392 The annual Mushroom Exposition at the [email protected] Devonian Botanic Garden will be on August 12, and we are organizing a joint Past President: Mike Schulz foray with the Vancouver Mycological (780) 939-2106 Society on September 22/23 near [email protected] Sicamous, B.C. Needless to say, we will have regular meetings every 4th 1st Vice President: Martin Osis Wednesday of the month at the (780) 987-4412 Riverbend Public Library and numerous [email protected] weekend and weekday evening forays throughout the year. Again, please check Treasurer: Loretta Puckrin our web site for further information. (780) 458-9889 At this time, I want to thank our [email protected] outgoing executive members George Litven and David Rowe for their Secretary: Vacant contribution to the Edmonton Mycological Society. Similarly, I want to Membership: Alan Fleming thank our newest executive members, (780) 463-8540 Ethel Luthanen and John Thompson. I [email protected] hope you’ll enjoy your positions as Markus Thormann, president of the Directors-at-large. Several other Foray Coordinator: Bill Richards Edmonton Mycological Society executive positions are newly occupied as (780) 998-3507 well: Martin Osis is now our Vice- [email protected] Welcome to a new year and the President, Robert Rogers is our new exciting world of fungi! It’s been a long, Program Director, Melanie Fjoser is our Program Director: Robert Rogers cold, and snowy winter, and we should Communications Officer, and Robert have a wonderful year combing the (780) 433-7882 Simpson became a Director-at-large. A [email protected] countryside for fungi. We already held special ‘thank you’ goes out to Mike the Annual General Meeting in early Schulz, who took over the presidency for March, which mirrored last year’s all-day Communications Coordinator: a short while over the winter months; he Melanie Fjoser event with a pot-luck lunch, and is our new Past President. Our treasury conducted our annual winter polypore (780) 987-4412 will remain in the good hands of Loretta [email protected] foray a couple weeks later. This year, we Puckrin, the Print will continue to visited George and Anne Litven’s retreat be published by Geri Kolacz, Bill Newsletter Editor: Geri Kolacz just east of Abee, about 90 mins. NE of Richards remains our Foray Coordinator, Edmonton, and I want to thank both of (780) 475-7927 and Alan Fleming manages our [email protected] them for their hospitality. Please have a membership as before. Alan will also look at the more detailed foray report in work with me on our web site design and Directors-at-large: this newsletter. fungal data base management. Last but This is the 20th anniversary of the Pieter Van Der Schoot not least, Pieter van der Schoot remains (780) 696-2436 Edmonton Mycological Society!!! From as one of our Directors-at-large. Thank our humble beginnings as a local Ethel Luhtanen you all for your time and commitment to (430)220-9610 mushroom club founded by Prof. Randy direct the path of the Edmonton Currah and Leni Schalkwijk-Barendsen [email protected] Mycological Society into the next decade. John Thompson in 1987, we have now grown to a We currently have a vacancy on our province-wide society with over 170 (780) 456-9424 executive. If anyone is interested in [email protected] members from across Alberta. To reflect becoming our Secretary or would like to Robert Simpson better our increasing influence on all learn more about this position, please (780) 481-7905 things mycological in this province, we contact me via e-mail or approach me at [email protected]

will change our name to the “Alberta one of our meetings or forays. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Mycological Society” later this year. This With that I welcome you all to a MAILING ADDRESS: was one of the motions put forth at the new year of exciting mushrooming Edmonton Mycological Society Annual General Meeting, and it was events. Let’s have a lot of fun and 1921, 10405 Jasper Avenue unanimously approved by those in enjoyment on our ventures into Alberta’s Standard Life Building attendance. In addition, we are planning backyard. Edmonton, AB T5J 3S2 several signature events throughout the th year to celebrate our 20 anniversary. Happy ‘shrooming to you all, WEBSITE ADDRESS: So, stay in touch and check out our web Markus www.wildmushrooms.ws

2 Spring 2007 No. 1 www.wildmushrooms.ws Hypomyces (continued from page 1) genera (false morels and allies) for distorts it into a thick, club-like its transformation processes. The formation. This makes fruiting body of Hypomyces identification of the host cervinigenus is whitish or pinkish at impossible to the naked first and at maturity turns pale eye. There is some literature that brown. Since its prefers the Helvella states that Hypomyces hyanlinus for its host, this combination is has also attached itself to inedible especially since a number of Amanita muscaria. Something to Helvella species contain very look for on our forays! Definitely dangerous toxins. With all the choice NOT a that one would edibles around why take a chance on pick to eat as the Amanita these and then again “Who really species contains some of the wants to eat a Helvella??” world’s most deadly mushrooms. Bolete Hosts Amanita Hosts is another tends to select from a wide range in our group of “lobster” of bolete species. Some books list mushrooms. This species selects the this species as Hypomyces for its host. According to completus and note that it Rogers Mushrooms, this parasite can attacks pictus most be found on Amanita rubescens, commonly. Should you happen Amanita flavorubescens, A. frostiana upon Hypomyces chrysospermus attached to a bolete don’t pick or Hypomyces lactifluorum changes the host eat that particular specimen. mushroom and the spores make the mushroom This parasitic combination look like sandpaper. Photo courtesy: makes the bolete host inedible. Christopher Kolacz. (Michael Kuo) The mold attaches itself to name. The parasite Hypomyces on the pore surfaces as a white, creates a choice powdery mold. Eventually it edible and according to Tom Volk’s engulfs the bolete and makes the can give your lobster chowder a host mushroom unrecognizable. boost. Lactarius piperatus has a The fruiting body begins as a hot, peppery flavour that makes it white powdery mold-like covering inedible for most of us but the that turns golden yellow and parasitic mold does help neutralize finally reddish brown at the flavour and this combination maturity. can make its way to the dinner There is a lot of information table. out there about this genera Hypomyces luteovirens (also including some interesting items known as Hypomyces viridis) is a on a parasite that has a parasite that also attacks various relationship with Armillaria species of Russula and Lactarius Hypomyces viridis on a host Russula. This species. The parasite is named species. It is easily recognized by parasite attacks the gills and stalk. Photo Entoloma abortivum and your the yellow-green to dark green courtesy: Martin Osis can find out more by visiting colour that it changes its host to. Tom Volk’s site. Hypomyces luteovirens seems to be less destructive as it attaches itself and perhaps A. bisporigera. These Sources: to the upper stem and gills of the species of Amanitas are found in the Tom Volk’s fungi of the month pages. host mushroom. Identification of northeastern United States. the host is therefore possible. It is Hypomyces hyanlinus is not one that Kuo, M (2006, October). The genus not advisable to collect as an edible Hypomyces. Retrieved from the a ‘shroomer’ would intentionally go MushrooomExpert.Com Web site. when you find Hypomyces looking for but it is always a good luteovirens even though it does feeling when you come across one Wikipedia.org. attach itself to edible hosts. This and can identify it. Hypomyces Rogers Mushrooms species is listed as inedible. hyalinus turns its host to a white to The Fungi of California. Michael Wood Helvella Hosts pink-tinged mold. It forms a dense & Fred Stevens. A Myukoweb Page. Hypomyces cervinigenus cover on the host mushroom and chooses members of the Helvella Geraldine Kolacz www.wildmushrooms.ws Spring 2007 No. 1 3 Alberta Foray - Lac La Biche, Alberta August 3,4, 5 & 6, 2007

Over the last few years I have is documented and recorded in our had great forays, lots of . eagerly attended different annual data base. We will also be looking at This year we want to keep forays some of the other Mycological photographing all the specimens so everybody focused on mushrooms associations have been holding we have long term records which you rather than chores. We will be across both Canada and the States. can access in the future when trying using the Portage College facility These always seem to be the hi-light to identify that mystery mushroom. in Lac La Biche. They will provide of my season. A bunch of mushroom As our club grows and gets more us with motel style enthusiasts gather together and members from across all of Alberta accommodations, cater all of our have a great time. Some expertise having a foray that not only reaches food, provide us with classroom give an educational lecture or two, out to them and brings all of Alberta space, a place to display all our pick and identify bushels, not Mycological interests together. A mushrooms as well as a lecture baskets of mushrooms and eat the weekend of looking at what is growing theatre. We are still negotiating edible ones we find. Further these in this province. In 2005 we went to grants and facility rentals but we weekends are a great leap forward the Rocky Mountain House area, last are looking in the range of $185.00 in the amount of knowledge we have year to both the Canmore and Hinton per person including all about what is actually found in our areas. This year’s forays will be held accommodations and meals, with a woods right here in Alberta. All the August 3,4,5,6 in Lac La Biche. About discount for those looking at work that is done goes toward our fifteen years ago we used to foray in camping. fungal bio-diversity knowledge and this area on a yearly basis and usually Registration Form for the Alberta Foray Name:______Address:______City: ______Province: ______Postal Code:______Phone No.: ______Email: ______Fees hese fees include meals and accomodation If camping, the fees are as follows: Singles: $185.00 Single: $115.00 Couples: $350.00 Couple: $200.00 Please register early. There will be a $50.00 fee per person for late registrations after the deadline of June 27, 2007. Send cheques and registration form to: Edmonton Mycological Society 1921, 10405 Jasper Avenue Standard Life Bulding Emdonton, AB T5J 3S2

4 Spring 2007 No. 1 www.wildmushrooms.ws Third Annual EMS Mushroom Photo Contest

The goal of the contest is to create a digital resource library of photos for use by the EMS club and its members ENTRY FORM and presenters, for education and promotional purposes. It is important that individual photo quality be judged on projection quality images - 4 mega pixels plus. All Name: ______photography formats are acceptable but digital images are preferred. Slides and prints will be scanned to a final City: ______digital format and be judged on that basis. Postal Code: ______Eligibility: The contest is open to EMS members and friends (in Phone: ______other words everyone with an interest in mushrooms and/ or nature photography) E-mail: ______

Closing date: November 1, 2007. We encourage entries to be submitted throughout the summer as they become Entry Category: ______Date: ______available. Entry Category: ______Date: ______Subject material: Any member of the fungi kingdom. Entry Category: ______Date: ______

Categories: Entry Category: ______Date: ______1. Best overall mushroom photo. Entry Category: ______Date: ______2. Best photo of a medicinal mushroom. Entry Category: ______Date: ______3. Best documentary mushroom photo or photo series. Entry Category: ______Date: ______

Judges criteria: 1. Best overall mushroom photo. Entry fee enclosed: The objective is to find a single photo suitable for display or illustration in a book or calendar. Criteria Initial entry fee: $ 5.00 will include both technical (focus, depth of field, PLUS exposure, lighting, colour) and artistic appeal Additional entry fees ____ x$1.00 $_____ (composition, colour, background, lighting) aspects. 2. Best photo of a medicinal mushroom. Total $_____ The objective is to find a single photo suitable for use in our poster and potential calendar. Criteria will include (Enter as many times as you wish. The $5.00 both technical (focus, depth of field, exposure, lighting, entry is for the first entry only) colour) and artistic appeal (composition, colour, background, lighting) aspects. NOTE: Payment for additional entries should be 3. Best mushroom photo identification series. in by closing date of November 1, 2007 Photo series will include 1 to 3 photos displaying the following: Fruiting body, growth habits (i.e. in Submit entries by mail to EMS or by Email to: rings, on wood, under or with , etc), gills or [email protected] fertile surface, cut through of mushroom, important ID details (i.e. ring or veil, volva, bulbous base, etc.). Send entry fee to : The series photos will be based on the visual images Edmonton Mycological Society showing critical identification features. Emphasis is 1921 – 10405 Jasper Ave. placed on key visual characteristics being present to Standard Life Building be able to identify the mushroom at least to genus. Edmonton AB T5J 3S2 Subjects may be shot in the field or studio. While (Photo contest ...continued on page 11) www.wildmushrooms.ws Spring 2007 No. 1 5 The Annual General Meeting --2007 Speakers, excellent and tasty mushroom dishes andgreat company

The Annual General Meeting entries are: $300.00 for the best and the Bra - Brace Yourself. of the Edmonton Mycological edible, Photo contest money for the The “Macro to Micro” Society was held on March 3, 2007 best documentary and Sorrentino’s talk by Mike Schulz was an at Pleasantview Community Hall in dinner for the best overall. extremely informative look at Edmonton. The winning photos will the intricate and amazing There were four presenters as appear throughout this edition of world of fungi identification well as the formal business . through the microscope. meeting. The first presenter was Peter Lee of Global Forest Markus gave us an Pieter Van Der Schoot with the Watch Canada presented “Boreal update on our database Photo Contest 2006 Winning Photos. And The Winners Are... Web site launch Edibles: The searchable data base will be on our web site. First Place- Pleurotus ostreatus by John Thompson Each species will be accompanied with a digital image Second Place: Laetiporus and a distribution map. sulfureus by John Plischke Example: Where has Morchella elata (morels) been Third Place: Austroboletus betulina by John Plischke found in Alberta?

Documentary Access the data base on our web site ↓ First Place: Leptonia serrulata by John Plischke Enter: Morchella elata ↓ Second Place: Hygrophorus •Locations Search miniatus by John Plischke •Description Third Place: Ganaderma •Image(s) series by Martin Osis Noteworthy Records Best Overall First Place: Mycena 1.) Edible fungi haematopus by Martin Osis Agaricus, Coprinus, Hericium, Pluteus, Lepista, boletes, p Second Place: Lentinus torulosus by John Plischke Third Place: Stereum hirsute 2.) Medicinal fungi by Christopher Kolacz Ganoderma, Bjerkandera, Phellinus, Fomitopsis

Foray Results Congratulations to the 3.) Pathogenic fungi 317 specimens identified to genus/species winners and thanks to all the Armillaria, Phragmidium, Chrysomyxa, Pholiota Myxomycota entries. As you are all aware we are 295 22 2

Orders 13 4 building a photo file that will Agaricales (142) Pezizales (9) 4.) New species (29) Helotiales (7) eventually be attached to the Phallales (20) (3) Pluteus sp. nov. Polyporales (19) database so that those accessing the Families 49 9 Tricholomataceae (54) Cudoniaceae (3) Cortinariaceae (27) (3) files will be able to obtain as much (26) Pyrenomataceae (3) information as possible about 5.) New records for Alberta Gomphaceae (13) specific fungi. - of 266 taxa identified to species, 122 new to AB The prizes for the winning - 64 known previously only from five or fewer records

6 Spring 2007 No. 1 www.wildmushrooms.ws project and a recap of the NAMA Foray 2006. To date we have approximately 6,400 entries Winners of the 2006 Photo Contest with about 1,826 different species. According to Markus, this is a conservative estimate as some samples are entered as one species, eg. there are 15 spp. that could be anywhere from 1-15 different species. Three motions to change the existing Bylaws were also presented. The one that impacts our club the most is the motion to change our name from The Edmonton Mycological Society to the Alberta Mycological Society. The motion was passed unanimously as everyone felt the new name better represented our membership to date. We are in the process of making this happen. And then there was the Mycophagy element of the day -- the Potluck Lunch!!! The variety and amount was astronomical and of course featured our First place - Edibles. Pleurotus ostreatus favourite ingredient. For those of you who missed by John Thompson this year, try to put the AGM at the top of your list of things to do early next year.

The Edmonton Mycological Society needs YOU to volunteer. Our executive is missing one very important person --a secretary. If you can take notes and have a computer, First Place - Documentary. Leptonia serrulata perhaps this position is for you. by John Plischke Please consider volunteering and let Markus or a member of the executive know that you would love to join the team.

Interested in joining a Hospitality Committee. Call Melanie for details. First Place - Best Overall. Mycena Haematopus by Martin Osis www.wildmushrooms.ws Spring 2007 No. 1 7 2006 Forays Retrospective I would be remise if I did not nearly 5°C colder than mention that complaints were it should be for received this year about our club’s optimum morel activities including the forays. fruiting. After a group Apparently we are too busy and photo in the Rannach some people are finding it difficult Reserve, most of the to take in all the activities which group crossed the the Edmonton Mycological Society river to try their luck has arranged. Yes! We do try to on the south facing maintain a fairly active foray river valley within the schedule but attendance at all St. Paul’s Grazing forays is not mandatory. Most of us Reserve. There was an Second Place- Edibles. Laetiporus sulfureus by John have other activities; sometimes immediate change in even work which conflicts with a the increased foray that we would like to attend. flowering and of course in the oyster mushrooms. During the first There are even forays in other quantity of morels. years of foraying in this area there provinces which compete for our were many standing dead aspen limited amount of time. (Well! that Poplar Creek Volunteer poplar. This standing dead forest is only a guilty pleasure for some of was a result of several repeated our membership.) Steward Commitment infestations of the forest tent caterpillars through the region. Annual Winter Polypore Foray Though the Annual Poplar These weakened trees became Creek Foray, on June 17 2006 is no spring homes for oyster mushrooms The post Annual and the fall abode for innumerable General Meeting foray took honey mushrooms. There were still us to Whitemud Creek for greater than 50 species identified on our polypore foray. In all, this outing. six people showed up for the walk in the old growth forest along the Creek. A Summer Evening Forays total of 16 species were Three summer evening forays identified. And several were held, two within the Edmonton other polypores left us River Valley (the first at the stumped (pun intended). Kinsman Field House, the second at the Old Timer’s Cabin) and the Annual Morel Foray third at North Cooking Lake Natural Area. The foray at the Old Our Annual Morel Second Place - Documentary. Hygrophorus miniatus Timer’s Cabin turned up one of the Foray on May 13, 2006 in by John Plischke. John also received second place in most interesting species of polypore Rannach Provincial and substrate. The fungus was Grazing Reserve, north of Two longer an oyster mushroom foray, it Grifola umbellata and it was Hills, was well attended. After a is still well attended. Once again, the growing on a piece of ginger root. somewhat confusing breakfast New Moose Hill Hall was sold out Nine eager participants venue, we spent most of the next for the Second Annual Pig Roast. attended the North Cooking Lake several hours under wet clouds and Unlike previous years, the weather Natural Area foray, and like most on the wrong side of the North was cooperative with pleasant amateur mycologists, they are Saskatchewan River. We did find a sunshine. Fortunately, it had been driven , do not need much leading few morels and several other wet prior to our visit so there was a and soon fanned out into small species but the soil temperature great diversity of fungi. There has groups. A most unusual thing was just too cold for generous been a great change in the number happened shortly afterwards. Diane fruiting. The soil temperatures of healthy trees in the Poplar and I found ourselves alone when recorded averaged 8°C, which is Natural Area, resulting in fewer (Foray Report ...continued on page 11)

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www.wildmushrooms.ws Spring 2007 No. 1 9 Photo contest (continued from page 10) Polypore Foray Second Place - Best Overall (left) Update - Lentinus torulosus by John This year’s polypore foray took Plischke. place on a warm, sunny, and blue- skied March 24 at George and Anne Litven’s retreat about 90 mins. Third Place - northeast of Edmonton just east of Edibles (below) - Abee, site of the famous 1952 Abee Austroboletus meteorite strike. Apparently, the betulina by John meteorite’s composition is quite Plischke. rare, and it represents one of Canada’s largest meteorites ever found, weighing in at about 121 kg! Our foray site, just 2 km from the strike location, was an aspen/poplar/ spruce dominated forest. Fifteen of us gathered around a camp fire and both technical and artistic started the foray with some coffee consideration will be given to and snacks, before embarking on a the judging, the main criteria pre- and post-lunch 1-1/2 hr. search will be on the identifiability of for polypores in the mixedwood the subject. You don’t have to forest stands. George and Anne’s be able to identify the sons provided some very interesting mushroom! information about bird surveys on their properties, and along with the Judging challenges of traveling through Judging will be done by often knee-deep snow, some of us on committee. The voting committee snowshoes, made this a very are volunteer club members who entertaining and educational foray. have not submitted photos.. You do In total, we collected 16 different not have to enter a specific fungi. category. The judges will place the Ownership of images Species list: photos in categories as they see fit. All copyrights will remain with Chlorociboria aeruginascens the photographer. The entrants Datronia mollis Awards consent to allow the EMS (AMS) to Fomitopsis pinicola We are planning 1st, 2nd, 3rd, use the photos as they see fit, in Gloeophyllum saepiarium place in each category as well as a EMS (AMS) publications, as part of Hypoxylon sp. selection of Honourable Mentions. our digital image library and Nectria cinnabarina Prizes are given to the 1st place educational programming. Phellinus punctatus finishers. Watch for updates. Phellinus tremulae Entry Fee Phlebia sp. Most of the glory will come All entrants must fill out the Plicaturopsis crispa from the use of photos in our entry form and submit it with the fee Spongipellis pachyodon upcoming publications of of $5.00. This is for the first image. Stereum striatum bookmarks, posters, and calendars. An entrant can submit as many Trametes elegans Prizes will be awarded based on entries as they wish for an additional Trametes hirsuta 60% of the entry fees as well other cost of $1.00 per image. Remember, Trichaptum biforme prizes based on the resourcefulness the more the entries the larger the Unknown pink crust of the contest committee and the prizes. generosity of donors. Martin Osis Markus N. Thormann

10 Spring 2007 No. 1 www.wildmushrooms.ws Foray Report (continued from page 8) we heard a noise that increased in volume and in terms of its height Third Place -Documentary - above the ground. Looking up, I Ganoderma series by Martin Osis witnessed the falling of the largest aspen tree in the forestscape. On checking the base of the tree there was not a living root to be found yet the tree was in full foliage. Luhtanen, for this report New Members Field which is printed here in part Orientation from Spore Print Winter 2006. New Members Field Pre-Devonian Botanic Orientation and Campout on the Garden Exposition Foray weekend of July 8-9 2006 was its usual success. Thanks to Once again the Devonian Botanic Garden Mushroom Talisman Energy who allowed us to members from both the Calgary Exposition was laden with fungi use the Ashland Dam Site. Forty- and Edmonton areas. The weather collected by our members for the five species were studied but the was beautiful but what is good for “City of Champignons” Mushroom king bolete failed to show to the forayers is not always best for the Exposition. Thanks to all who disappointment of all who were fungi. “However, some species were helped make this event a success. expecting his presence, but this king found, adequate to prepare an does no one’s bidding. impressive fungal exhibit for people who came to North American Mycological the Visitor Association (NAMA) Foray Centre on Sunday Without a doubt the largest afternoon. and most productive foray in One very Alberta to date was the North unusual American Mycological Association specimen (NAMA) Foray held in Hinton of appeared in August 17-20 2006. Approximately the exhibit – a 140 full-time participants were treated to lectures by world-class (Cantharellus mycologists, book signings by cibarius) - eminent mycologists and who can much to the forget the great food! Several surprise of hundred species were recorded and many will be added to our database as Third Place - Best Overall - Stereum hirsute by Christopher Kolacz members who well as NAMA’s. claimed that Thanks to the foray leaders this particular who picked up the slack in my mushroom did not grow in the frequent absences. In addition, a Annual Alberta Foray southern region of the province. special thanks to all the members With Martin in the lead The mystery was solved when it and guests who make these forays another successful Alberta foray was learned that it had in fact been worth the effort of arranging. Here took place July 21-22 2006. This brought in by a member who had is to an equally good 2007 foray latest one was held at Bow Valley been on a foray a few days earlier season. Provincial Park within the Canmore (in the St. Catharine’s area of Bill Richards Corridor, and was well attended by Ontario).” Thanks to Ethel www.wildmushrooms.ws Spring 2007 No. 1 11 Please Join Us!! All forays are undertaken at your own EMS Calendar of Events for 2007 risk. You are responsible for transpor- tation and accommodation.

City of Champignons Exhibition March Meeting: Growing your own Mushroom: Displays of all Dry Mixedwood Boreal 27 mushrooms. Spore plugs will be 12 sorts Mushrooms: Winter available and information on Location: Devonian Gardens 24 Polypores how to get as well as a DVD Location: George & Ann from NAMA on growing Meeting: Cordyceps Litven’s WoodlotDone mushrooms. 22 by Robert Rogers April July Meeting: NAMA Foray Mid-summer Camp-out September 25 Intro Presentation and Keying Mushroom: , various Genera by Martin 14/15 other boletes, Lambert Creek Campout Osis (?) Location: Robb Area Camp-out 8-9 Mushroom: Honey May Mushrooms, Hedgehogs Mid-Summer Evening Foray in and Chanterelles Aspen Parkland the Edmonton River Valley Location: Lambert Creek or Hinton Mushrooms: Morels, Verpas 18 Mushrooms: Various Area - TBA 12 and Spring Agarics Location: Old Timers Cabin Location: Return to the Sicamous Club’s inaugural morel site - Mushroom: Fungi of Ministic Meeting: Boreal Forest Presentation by Markus 22/23 the region with the Vancouver 25 Thormann Meeting: Fungal Mycological Society Photograph by Loretta 23 Puckrin Meeting: Mycophagy August Presentation 26 by TBA June Alberta Foray (Boreal Bring your appetite. New Members Field Forest Region) Introduction 3-6 Events: Mushroom October 6 Mushroom: Last morels Collection for the and early agaricc and Database, Forays and Lectures polypores Location: Lac La Biche. Registration Meeting: Presentation Location: Edmonton River Valley- Required. 24 Program TBA site TBA 24 Pre-Exposisition Forays 25 Mushrooms: All groups from Volunteer Steward Commitment 11 all habitats Mushroom: Oysters and Location: All regions, your November 16 early summer agarics choice.Mushrooms to be collected for President’s Dinner Location: Poplar Creek the Mushroom Exhibit the next day. Natural Area TBA

General Member Meetings Fourth Wednesday of every month - Time: 7:00 pm Location: Riverbend Library

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