Volume 49:2 March ⁄ April 2008 www.namyco.org McCall, Idaho: Come Early, Stay Late and Play!
NAMA invites you to the 2008 Annual Foray in McCall, Idaho, a mushroom center that our host, Southern Idaho Mycological Associa- tion (SIMA), has forayed nearly every year since its founding in 1976—and where NAMA itself forayed that year. This is where Orson and Hope Miller spent their summers while Dr. Miller taught at Virginia Tech and where they retired. They wouldn’t have gone to a fungally boring place, now would they? This foray is dedicated to the memory of our friend and teacher, Dr. Orson K. Miller, Jr. It was at McCall that Orson found, described, and named Hygrophorus caeruleus, an eerily beautiful mushroom chosen as our foray logo. One of Orson’s students, Dr. Cathy Cripps, will be our Chief Mycologist. She too has spent Just imagine what fungal treasures await you in the environs of Payette Lake. quality time in this neighborhood, the sides of the mountains. At 290 the usual services of civilization— becoming an authority on its fungi. feet the lake is deep enough to supermarkets, pharmacy, motels, Forays will range in all direc- house Sharlie, a cousin of the Loch gasoline stations, hospital, restau- tions around McCall in the public Ness creature seldom photographed Continued on page 4 lands of the Payette National Forest but seen (rarely) by children. and in private holdings that have In McCall’s evolution as an pretty much escaped tourism devel- escape for desert-dwelling Idaho- In this issue: opment and recent logging. Forayers ans, many churches acquired prime to private sites will have the privi- locations for educational centers Saying Goodbye: Sam and Ben .... 2 lege of inventorying fungi for the and summer camps—Episcopalians, Forays & Announcements ...... 3 first time ever at the special request Quakers, and Baptists, among New Online Course! ...... 5 of the owners. others. Surrounding the lake is a The NAMA Archive ...... 6 McCall (elev. 5,000 ft.) is a small glorious mix of conifer forests, town on the southern shore of those meadows, streams, high- 2007 Digital Photo Winners ...... 8 Payette Lake, a natural lake created mountain lakes, even sagebrush New DVDs from M. Beug ...... 10 by the outwash from an alpine prairie. Foray headquarters will be Foray ‘08 Registration ...... 11–12 glacier 75,000 years ago. The glacier Camp Pinewood, a Baptist camp on Photo Contest Rules ...... 14–15 also gave us beautiful fungi-rich Payette River. meadows and a good excuse to Pinewood is three blocks from Photo Contest Entry Form ...... 15 examine large rocks for striations the lake and four from the center of Mushroom of the Month ...... 16 left when the glacier scraped against McCall. The town, by the way, has
1T1 he Mycophile, March/April 2008 Moving? Please send your new address, Saying Goodbye two weeks before you move, to Ann Bornstein Reflections on Samuel Ristich modestly complied with my request NAMA Membership Secretary with the mild complaint, “You are 61 Devon Court Watsonville, CA 95076-1160 [This memorial by David Rose is also spending too much valuable time
The Mycophile, March/April 2008 2 FORAYS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
MushRoaming in Tibet, 2008 Bryology Seminars, August 3–9 Two Expeditions for 2008 Humboldt Institute Polypores, Tooth Fungi, and Crust Fungi—Thomas Volk and Sean Logistics will be expedited by High In support of field biologists, modern Westermoreland Asia Expeditions. Details at www. field naturalists, and students of the MushRoaming.com. Address inquir- natural history sciences, Eagle Hill August 31–September 6 ies to
3T3 he Mycophile, March/April 2008 Saying Goodbye, cont. from page 2 all. I will never forget the closing of friendly attitude and warm smile a particularly meaningful letter that were infectious, and he always was to our own diminished sense of he once sent to me; he wrote: “Ten willing to take the time to share his wonder, which Sam refueled and Hail Calostomas and Love, Sam.” enthusiasm of mushrooms. In 1964 recharged again and again. On slime Ben led the inception of the Puget molds, he invariably emphasized the ◆ Sound Mycological Society. Ben was wonder of their various stages and also a prominent leader within the drama of their transformation. NAMA. His ashes will lie in one of Of course, wonder depends on close Benjamin Woo his favorite mushroom spots in the observation, and Sam was the first 1923–2008 Pacific Northwest. to proclaim, “We need more astute Ben is survived by his second observers and fewer doctors!” “Ben Woo, wife, Ruth, whom he married in Finally, Sam promoted “deep recipient of 1975; daughter Teresa; sons John, stewardship.” He believed that we NAMA’s Award Jeffrey, Roger, and Philip; step- are stewards, not possessors, of this for Contribu- daughters Teresa and Janice; and 11 earth, and that our sense of steward- tions to Amateur Mycology in grandchildren. ship must be greatly amplified if the 2002, died a few days ago, leaving a Remembrances for Ben can be earth’s species, particularly the lot of sad people in the Northwest.” sent to the Wing Luke Asian Mu- human species, are to survive. In Those were the words that Dick seum, 407 Seventh Ave. S., Seattle, this, Sam practiced what he preached. Sieger used in writing to me with WA 98104, or to the Ben Woo Sam’s everyday observations, the sad news of Ben’s passing. Scholarship at the Puget Sound witticisms, and news about the Similar sentiments were expressed Mycological Society, UW Center for fungi are enshrined in his book by many in the NAMA community Urban Horticulture, P.O. Box 354115, Sam’s Corner. Read this book and you and beyond. Both the Seattle Times Seattle, WA 98195. will hear his voice. His colorful and and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer expressive language was unparal- printed lengthy obituaries com- leled, always serving to instruct as it memorating Ben’s great life. To read NAMA Foray in McCall, Idaho, kept us entertained with mycological the entire story in the Seattle PI go continued from page 1 marvels. All of science should be so to http://seattlepi.nwsource .com/ poetic and so vividly presented. I can local/350820_wooobit11.html. rants, golf course, and plenty of hear his grainy voice now, explaining Ben was born in Seattle in 1923, but paved roads leading to more how large polypores are “insect his family moved back to Shanghai fungally interesting unpaved forest condominiums.” To a particularly soft when he was still very young. Ben roads. Tyromyces chioneus Sam gave the zany survived the Japanese invasion of NAMA’s Board of Trustees will designation “a No. 2 Charmin.” Shanghai in the years leading up to meet at Pinewood’s Conference Sam was always ready to offer World War II, returning to the USA Center on September 3–4, arriving compliments and praise. To Ed in 1932 and ultimately settling back on the 2nd. Alas, the Trustees’ Bosman he once wrote, “I run on in Washington. moment of private-bathroom luxury 100 octane seven days a week. Ed Originally trained in Meteorol- will be short-lived, as they will have Bosman runs on 110 octane nine ogy (and even serving as a meteo- to vacate the Center on the 5th by 11 days a week.” rologist in the US Army during am and bunk elsewhere. Sam was the stimulus to the WWII), Ben later studied engineer- The Foray proper is September founding of at least two mycological ing at the University of Washington. 5–7, but plan to register on Septem- clubs: the Connecticut-Westchester After leaving an architecture firm ber 4. Early arrivals can foray (about Mycological Association (COMA) that he had founded, he became an 2 pm, but time TBA). You’ll attend a and the New Jersey Mycological engineer for King County and, reception at McCall Golf Course, a Association (NJMA); of this he ultimately, a director of a King mile from camp (transportation boasted, “All I had to do was pump County construction and facilities provided), and then enjoy dinner at twice!” Sam pumped, and the native management department. One of his 6:30 pm. talent and enthusiasm gushed forth. noteworthy accomplishments was Rooms are distributed among a Of his many catchy titles in his designing the King County Fair- lodge and smaller retreat buildings. writings on mushrooms, my favorite grounds. He retired in 1995. Each bedroom has its own bath- one is “Exploded, Fimbriated Caps of To the mycophilic community, room, queen bed, and a set of either Phlogiotis helvelloides.” Unquestion- Ben was known as an expert among bunk beds or twins. Expect to share ably, Sam had a genius for clever, experts. Never shying from a rooms, bathrooms and shower humorous expression. challenge, Ben committed himself to rooms. All linens are provided. We will miss Sam Ristich deeply specializing in the Russulas, one of Pinewood has 12 well-shaded because his spirit is engrained in us the most vexing taxa for us all. His RV sites with electricity and water
The Mycophile, March/April 2008 4 hookups. Ponderosa State Park (near supplementary articles we down- the golf course) also has full-hookup loaded from listed Web sites, refer- Announcing a new mushroom book: RV sites. Pinewood rules are no ences, video lectures, quizzes, and A Little Illustrated Book of smoking inside, no alcohol, and no review/evaluations, worked well pets. We will expect some of the throughout the course. In all, there Common Mushrooms of (maximum of) 200 attendees to stay were 27 lessons. Lessons #1 and #27 Newfoundland and Labrador at McCall motels. were about the new Phylogenetics Pinewood’s bicycles, trails, float of Fungi and the Fungi Tree of Life. by Andrus Voitk tubes, horseshoes, frisbee course, In Lesson #1 we downloaded the climbing wall, and other fun gear article on the Fungi Tree of Life will be available at no extra charge. from Clark University. The last Non-mycological spouses and lesson was a video presentation on youngsters can stay busy right in Phylogenetics. camp, but the treats of the region The course is organized accord- are your reason to plan an early ing to the new Phylogenetic group- arrival or a lingering stay after the ings. The first ten lessons are foray: the boating, the fishing, the devoted to the True Fungi, the hiking, the horse riding, the history, Basidiomycota and the Ascomycota, the bird watching, the whitewater which include the macro fungi with rafting. which you are familiar, as well as McCall is about 100 miles north the rusts and smuts, the yeasts and of Boise, the nearest airport. The other less recognized groups. route to McCall is a gorgeous two- Some of the other topics in- hour drive partly along the banks of cluded in the remaining lessons Payette River, through the forest, were the Zygomycota, the Chytridio- and across some of the most stun- mycota, the Chromista, the Mito- ning high-mountain valleys in spora Fungi, the Trichomycetes, the Idaho. More details in the next Lichens, Mycorrhizae, the Protist Mycophile. Fungi, Spore Dispersal, Fungal Toxins, Medical Mycology, Dung Fungi and Mushroom Cultivation. A basic knowledge of Biology is Published in 2007 by the Gros Morne New Online Course from helpful for the course but not Cooperating Association. Michigan State U: necessary. To supplement the course Pocket-size paperback, 272 pages. Dr. Trail recommended several Color photographs, descriptions of The Biology of the Fungi books and articles. I found The almost 400 species. Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology Key to identify mushrooms. Several NAMA members, myself (Ulloa and Hanlin; St. Paul, MN: ISBN 978-0-9699509-4-3 included, have recently completed a APS Press, 2000) very helpful. For $24.95 + 14% HST ($3.49) CAD comprehensive, well-organized, up-to-date research, The Biodiversity Shipping $3.00 in Canada, $5.00 to U.S. college-level Internet mycology of Fungi, Mueller, Bills, Foster course entitled “The Biology of the (Elsevier Academic Press, 2004). All proceeds go to help the Gros Morne Fungi.” The course was offered as a Cooperating Association in its support of Gros Morne National Park. The course was designed last noncredit course. I hope that it will summer by Dr. Frances Trail and be offered for both college credit and Order from: other members of the Plant Pathol- for noncredit next fall. It will be Gros Morne Cooperating Association ogy Department at Michigan State scheduled again during the Fall, P.O. Box 2130 University and was first offered in 2008, semester, beginning at the end Rocky Harbour, NL, A0K 4N0 Canada the Fall 2007 semester. It was taught of August. Tel: (709) 458-3610 Fax: (709) 458-2162 by Dr. Trail in tandem with the same For information contact Dr. E-mail: [email protected] classroom course she taught at the Frances Trail at
5The Mycophile, March/April 2008 Mycology Meets History: countless species of mushrooms When the papers of William The NAMA Archive attests to the need to trace names Alphonso Murrill emerged from the back to their sources. closet (they were literally excavated When the NAMA documents from the depths of an herbarium by David W. Rose arrived on my doorstep in the form cabinet in the course of moving When Harry S. Knighton founded of sixteen oversized banker’s boxes herbarium collections), I was the People-to-People Committee on shrink-wrapped in a shroud of ecstatic. Though the collection is far Fungi in 1959, he had scant idea plastic on a forklift pallet, I antici- from Murrill’s entire corpus of work, that his modest effort would flourish pated history aplenty, and I wasn’t we now have his notes on meetings to become the North American disappointed. Archival processing is with Giacomo Bresadola as well as Mycological Association, the leading both a science and an art, and as the letters to Luther Burbank and others. amateur mycological organization in archivist selected by NAMA to In 2000, I organized the Charles the United States. The People-to- organize this superb collection, I Horton Peck Papers at the New York People Committee—Mr. Knighton’s was soon immersed in the tedium of State Museum in Albany, and it’s international network of mushroom removing paper clips, staples, rubber difficult to convey the palpable, aficionados—prompted a vision of a bands, and the dirt and detritus that nostalgic thrill of meeting the national organization that would ruins paper. I painstakingly trans- mycologist Peck through his letters, serve the mycological community ferred all the documents to special and discovering hand-written through science, education, and acid-neutral file folders and boxes inventories of Vermont boletes from regular communication; and the for maximum protection. This is Charles Frost and Peck’s own committee was officially recon- standard procedure, and not nearly heavily annotated copy Elias Fries’s structed as NAMA in 1967. Along as boring as it sounds, for in the Hymenomycetes Europaei. the way, the early newsletter, The process one also reads, evaluates, Much the same is true of the Toadstool Picker’s News (a name and organizes. NAMA records: the Knighton some purists found objectionable), Thankfully, the collection had correspondence, photographs of the was transformed into The already been fairly well preserved early mushroom forays in Pellston, Mycophile, and the rest is history, and had never encountered damage Michigan, and the supportive work as they say. by water. Any mycologist reading of Orson Miller and Alexander However, this history is the very this knows what that means. Many Smith comprise an in-depth and pith and gist of the present article, of my best friends are fungi, but, as multi-faceted portrait of the expan- for Harry Knighton also had the an archivist, I reserve a cultivated sion of American amateur mycology foresight to preserve his records, and dislike for the enemies of paper: in the second half of the 20th his photographs, and his Toadstool Cladosporium and its allies are not century and into the 21st. Pickers from the very first issue in my friends, and they’re not yours I organized the NAMA Records 1960. The collection of materials either if you’re interested in preserv- into eight archival “series” (compo- grew and grew, added to by a ing paper documents. nent parts) based primarily on succession of executive secretaries, I have spent my most enjoyable subject matter. There are separate until it arrived en masse into the care hours trawling through archives. My series, for example, on NAMA of Judy Roger. Judy and the NAMA years of work at the New York administration, mycological science, board decided in 2005 to archive Botanical Garden archives were annual forays, affiliated organiza- these records documenting the especially pleasurable since many tions, and a complete run of The association’s origins and history, and collections there were intrinsically Mycophile from 1960 to 2005. There I am delighted to announce that they mycological. The job of archival is also much more. are completely organized as an processing brought forth a multitude The final product of an orga- archival collection—the North of tantalizing findings: the genea- nized archival collection is a finding American Mycological Association logical correspondence of Neuro- guide, the archivist’s tool to locate Records, now permanently housed spora expert Bernard Ogilvie Dodge, files in the collection. At some point, at the New York Botanical Garden. whose ancestor Rebecca Nourse was we may add the NAMA finding Archives are the prerequisite for persecuted as a witch in the 1692 guide to our Web site for all to written history, and in addition to witchcraft trials in Salem, Massa- browse; but until the guide is individual memory, whose reach chusetts; the meticulous photo- available online I will gladly e-mail endures only as long as the human graphic documentation of the a copy to any one who requests it life-span and often less, they are the Dictyostelids by Kenneth Raper; the (see below). The finding guide foundation for our knowledge of the voluminous correspondence of Clark describes each series in detail and past. Mycology (i.e., taxonomy) itself Rogerson; the hand-written Latin provides a container list of every box is inherently historical, and though inventories of Lewis David von and file, informing any researcher we don’t commonly ponder history Schweinitz: the list of myco-histori- about the collection’s contents. in the pursuit of our favorite fungi, cal treasures at the Garden seems I am often asked, “Why not the succession of names awarded to endless. digitize the whole collection?” Of The Mycophile, March/April 2008 6 On the other hand, local myco- bears repeating, in an anecdote that logical organizations may wish to should have special resonance for establish their own archives. The mycologists. One huge collection salient point here is that records that that I processed in my archival work document an organization’s activi- at the New York Botanical Garden ties are an asset to the organization was the William Jacob Robbins and an important record of its Papers. Robbins was a plant physi- accomplishments. Such records are ologist and Director of the Garden worthy of preservation. Records that from 1938 to 1958, and though he is are misplaced, dispersed, destroyed, scarcely remembered for his mycol- or rendered worthless by damage ogy, he conducted a lengthy series of from water, mold, or infestation chemical assays of many species of mean one thing only: HISTORY IS fungi in the 1950s in the attempt to LOST. The most cogent argument I determine potential sources of can make in favor of preservation is antibiotics. Most of this research to point out that in the case of the came to naught, but his laboratory NAMA records, there is, for ex- notebooks for this project were ample, a file of documents on every extensive, and I organized and Harry and Elsie Knighton, 1971 annual foray complete with pro- catalogued them all. All his note- grams, board agendas and meeting books were clearly labeled by genus course, this may more readily be minutes, mushroom collection lists, or by species: Poria, Morchella, done by university or government participant lists, and photographs; Clitocybe illudens, etc. Most were in archives, but it requires a budget, and this detailed abundance is a good condition; some were in bad equipment, time, and labor. For data testament to an organization that shape. The final lab notebook in the and documents that are “born takes science, history, and its series was labeled “Various Molds,” digital” there are a host of additional educational mission very seriously. and it had been damaged, unfortu- archival complexities, but the ease The foray example is but one of nately: completely covered by—you of making data quickly available many: the Knighton Award, the guessed it—various molds. online is an obvious advantage. work of the toxicology committee, [To discuss further contributions of Perhaps some of the NAMA Records and many unusual pieces of myco- original records to the NAMA archive, will be digitized and placed online logical literature are evidenced in to discuss organizing archival collec- one day, but for now the collection is this archival collection. The NAMA tions of local mycology clubs, or to housed and available for research at Records will prove to be an invalu- request a finding guide to the NAMA the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the able resource for mycologists and Records, please contact David Rose at New York Botanical Garden in the historians for years to come. [email protected].] Bronx, a repository that holds many The moral about “history lost” other fine mycological collections and is therefore a major attraction to researchers and to the public at large. While the work of processing the NAMA Records is now com- pleted, there may yet be smaller, individual collections of documents, photographs, or films in the posses- sion of former and current NAMA members that could properly be added to the collection. Anyone who wishes to make a contribution of original records relating to the North American Mycological Association may contact me to discuss donating materials to the NAMA Records. The NAMA Records also contains substantial, but incomplete, informa- tion on affiliated mycological clubs; and if members of affiliated clubs wish to make donations of club documents, that, too, is worthy of discussion. Alexander H. Smith and Harold H. Burdsall, Jr., at the first Smith Foray, 1976 7The Mycophile, March/April 2008 2007 Digital Photo ContestWinners
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Documentary Open Judges’ Option First Place: Ascobolus asci and spores, Hemitrichia serpula, by David C. Work ...... C by John W. Dawson ...... page 15 Second Place: “Alien Emerging” (Mutinus caninus), Chroogomphus vinicolor, Noah M. Siegel ...... D by Charles R. Fonaas ...... page 15 Entoloma abortivum, by Charles R. Fonaas ...... E “Identical Twins” (Amanita muscaria), Third Place: by Michael J. Quantance ...... G Tremella foliacea, by David C. Work ...... F Cortinarius semisanguineus dyed wool, by Noah M. Siegel ...... H Honorable Mention: Cyathus olla peridioles, Tricholoma magnivelare, by Noah M. Siegel by John W. Dawson ...... J Cortinarius semisanguineus, by Noah M. Siegel “Pisquamosus Mastodon” Spore Print, Agaricus sp., by Charles R. Fonaas by Sam S. Ristich ...... page 2
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9The Mycophile, March/April 2008 identity of new species. traditionally been included in these New NAMA DVD The third series which will be groupings but are now considered complete by late spring of 2009 will parts of other orders. Thus tradi- Programs for 2008 focus on the major genera of non- tional puffballs, large and small, are gilled mushrooms. These programs discussed along with desert stalked include multiple illustrations of puffballs. Scleroderma species, bird’s Dr. Michael Beug, a member of the common mushrooms found in most nest fungi and Ramaria species are NAMA Education Committee, has field guides and many species rarely included with Clavaria species and completed 13 new mushroom iden- illustrated elsewhere. other club and coral mushrooms. tification DVDs and is nearing com- A brief description of each pletion of three more for a total of Widespread Agaricales of North program follows: 16 new programs. America Part VI: Cortinariaceae Starting in Spring 2008 these Widespread Agaricales of North (57 min). This program covers many programs will be available on loan America Part I: Pluteaceae and species of Cortinarius and Inocybe only to NAMA members and affili- Pleurotaceae (50 min). This pro- not covered elsewhere. It also ated clubs, through the NAMA Web gram begins with Amanita, covers includes Gymnopilus, Phaeocollybia, site: www.namyco.org. These pro- the most widespread members of Crepidotus, Galerina, and some other grams are the first step in creating the genus and some interesting genera in the Cortinariaceae. replacements for the existing NAMA regional endemics, and also includes Widespread Agaricales of North slide-tape programs. Each DVD will Limacella, Volvariella, Pluteus, and America Part VII: Strophariaceae contain a PowerPoint® presentation Pleurotus in the broad sense. and Psathyrellaceae (45 min). This with embedded narration. The Widespread Agaricales of North program covers Stropharia, Psilocybe, programs are designed so that they America Part II: Agaricaceae (50 Hypholoma, Kuehneromyces, Pholiota, can be customized by individual min). This program starts with Psathyrella, and some other distinc- clubs and the DVDs include Instruc- Agaricus and then covers Lepiota and tive genera. tions for deleting slides or adding Coprinus in the broad sense. additional slides of special interest. Widespread Agaricales of North The images in the programs Widespread Agaricales of North America Part VIII: Entolomata- draw heavily on the slide collection America Part III: Tricholomata- ceae, Marasmiaceae, Schizophylla- of Dr. Beug, augmented by the ceae Part 1 (60 min). The Tricholo- ceae and Hydnangiaceae (46 min). beautiful collections of Kit Scates mataceae is such a large family that This program covers Entoloma and Barnhart, Peter Katsaros, and to cover it in any depth, two pro- its segregate genera, Schizophyllum, Eleanor Yarrow as well as numerous grams were needed. This program Laccaria, Armillaria, Marasmius, slides from other NAMA members focuses on the large genera in the Rhodocollybia, and some other including Harley Barnhart, Emily family, especially Tricholoma and distinctive genera. Johnson, John MacGregor, Chuck Clitocybe. Additional included genera Widespread Agaricales of North Barrows, Bill Blanton, and Bill are Catathelasma, Tricholomopsis, America Part IX: Bolbitiaceae, Roody. In 2009, Dr. Beug plans to Lyophyllum, Calocybe, Leucopaxillus, Gomphidiaceae, Paxillaceae and complete additional new programs Panellus, and Cystoderma. Some Hygrophoropsidaceae (34 min). To covering other orders in the Basidi- white-spored mushrooms from other complete the coverage of the gilled omycetes and the Ascomycetes. families and other orders, including mushrooms, this program covers the The new programs fall into Omphalotus and Hygrophoropsis, are Bolbitiaceae and other orders of three series of PowerPoint programs. also covered. Basidiomycetes not discussed The first series, in nine parts, Widespread Agaricales of North previously. The genera included are emphasizes the Agaricales of North America Part IV: Tricholomata- Agrocybe, Bolbitius, Conocybe, Hebe- America. Dr. Beug features the best ceae Part 2 (58 min). This program loma and Panaeolus from the Bolbi- edible species and the most poison- includes Mycena, Omphalina, Hygro- tiaceae. Other genera included are ous species in each group, stressing phorus and Collybia, all in the broad Gomphidius and Chroogomphus from the distinctive characteristics of each sense. In each case, the central the Gomphidiaceae. This program species. Spectacular species as well genus and most of the new genera concludes with Phylloporus, Paxillus, as species with fascinating ecologi- that have been created based on Tapinella, and Hygrophoropsis. cal roles are also included. recent DNA work are discussed. The second series, in four parts, Guide to the Major Genera of Mushroom ecology is also covered. focuses on how to recognize the Gilled Mushrooms: The Light major genera of gilled mushrooms. Widespread Agaricales of North Spored Mushrooms I: Pluteaceae, The idea behind the second series is America Part V: Puffballs, Clubs, Pleurotaceae, Entolomataceae, that once you can recognize the and Corals (60 min). This program Marasmiaceae, and Others (52.5 major genera on sight, you will be includes species both in the Agari- more successful at keying out the cales as well as species that have Continued on page 13
The Mycophile, March/April 2008 10 The North American Mycological Association 2008 Orson K. Miller Jr. Memorial Foray September 4–7, 2008 • McCall, Idaho (Trustees: Sept. 2–3) Hosted by the Southern Idaho Mycological Association
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I understand that there is some risk in participating in a mushroom foray and conference: all those risks one assumes by being away from home, risks associated with moving about in fields and woods, risks involved in eating wild mushrooms, risks of losing personal property by theft or misplacement, and all other expected and unexpected risks. In registering for or attending this foray, I agree to assume total responsibility during this event for my own safety and well-being, and that of any minor children under my care, and for the protection of my and their personal property. I release the North American Mycological Association (NAMA), its trustees, officers, employees, contractors, and all other persons assisting in the planning and presentation of this event from liability for any sickness, injury, or loss I or any minor children under my care may suffer during this event or as a result of attending and participating. I further promise not to file a lawsuit or make a claim against any of the persons listed above, even if they negligently cause me or my minor children injury or loss. Finally, I agree to hold NAMA harmless from any liability it may incur as a result of any damages to Hinton Training Center property that I may cause. This release and promise are part of the consideration I give in order to attend this event. I understand that it affects my legal rights. I intend it to apply not only to me but to anyone who may have the right to make a claim on my behalf.
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The Mycophile, March/April 2008 12 New DVDs, cont from page 10 Guide to Chanterelles, Teeth and very knowledgeable Dr. Arturo Fungi, Jelly Fungi and Slime Estrada, who has headed many of min). This program covers the best Molds (50–60 min.), available May our forays since 2000. edible and most poisonous mush- or June 2009. This is an introductory Tour fees will again be under rooms from roughly half of the catch-all program of distinctive and US $2,000 p/p dbl. (All-inclusive ex- major genera of light-spored mush- widespread non-gilled mushrooms cept for travel to and from Mexico.) rooms. with some elements of significant Final pricing and itinerary details interest to mycophagists and other will be confirmed soon. See www Guide to the Major Genera of elements for the pure naturalist in .mexmush.com for developing Gilled Mushrooms: The Light all of us. information. Spored Mushrooms II: Tricho- Meanwhile, earlier MMT lomataceae, Hygrophoraceae and forayers have already booked more Russulaceae (52.5 min). This Forays and Announcements, than half the available Michoacan program completes the coverage of cont. from page 3 tour spots, so others interested may the major genera of light spored want to contact us soon to hold a mushrooms not included in Part I. 2008 Mexican Mushroom Tours tentative reservation. Contact Guide to the Major Genera of August 17–24 Mexican Mushroom Tours, Apdo Gilled Mushrooms: The Dark #73, Tlaxcala, Tlax., 90000 Mexico; After considerable planning and Spored Mushrooms I: Agaricaceae Tel/Fax (from El Norte): 011-52 (246) input from others, including many (Dark Spored Members), Bolbitia- 461-8829. Web site: www.mexmush previous participants, we’ve chosen ceae and Cortinariaceae 1 (52 min). .com; e-mail
13 The Mycophile, March/April 2008 2008 NAMA Photo Contest Rules maximum of 15% of the entries in that particular Eligibility: The contest is open to all paid-up NAMA members. Non-members may enter if a separate category. There will be no ranking in the Judges’ check for 2008 dues ($35.00) is enclosed with the Option division, and up to 20% of the entries may be entry. Slides that have previously won (including selected. Prizes such as film, subscriptions, books, Honorable Mention) are not eligible. certificates, etc. are awarded, depending on the contest director’s resourcefulness and the generosity Closing date: All entries must be received by the of donors. Contest Director(s) on or before June 15, 2008. Allow at least one week for mailing. Format: Send color transparencies of any size that will fit into two-inch-square plastic or cardboard Subject material: For Pictorial and Documentary, mounts that function in a standard 80-slide carousel. organisms from the Myxomycota (slime molds) and Glass mounts will not be accepted. Slides may be the classes Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes of the cropped, retouched or otherwise reprocessed. Eumycota (“true fungi”) are eligible. For Judge’s Option, nearly anything goes as long as the theme Marking, listing, and submitting slides: Mark each relates to fungi and fungi are a key element of the slide with a projection spot at the lower left corner of photograph. the mount when viewed right-side up out of the projector. The same side should include the entrant’s Entry divisions: initials, division initials, and slide number (e.g. OQ K-P-1), Use 1a, 1b, 1c, etc. for sequences. Fill out • Pictorial: Single photos that illustrate the beauty and variety of fungi in form and color. The objective and submit the Entry Form along with your slides. is a photo suitable for display or illustration in a fine Send by first-class mail. Acknowledgment of receipt book. Judging criteria include consideration of both will be sent to you. If possible, arrange your technical (focus, depth of field, exposure, lighting, packaging so that it can be reused for returning your color, absence of distracting elements) and artistic slides. (composition, color, background, lighting) aspects. Marking, listing, and submitting digitals: What Limited to 6 entries. information should you include in the digital photo’s filename? If your computer program will permit, we • Documentary: For single photographs especially suited as illustrations in a field guide or monograph like to have at least these three things in your or for use in a lecture. Emphasis is placed on filenames: D (for Documentary), JO (for Judges portrayal of key morphological characteristics such Option) or P (for Pictorial), and the photographer’s that the usefulness of the image as an identification initials in three spaces, followed by the Genus and aid is maximized. Subjects may be shot in the field, species of the fungus or myxomycete if you can laboratory, or studio, and the photographer has identify it, and your title for the photo (unless it is complete freedom to process, manipulate, or orient the same as the previous), and of course the file the specimen in any desired manner to achieve the extension. If you have enough space for your full goal. Close-ups of single features and name, the entry number, etc., or you wish to include photomicrographs are acceptable. Judging criteria other info, that is a bonus but not required. will be the same as in the Pictorial category, but Entry Fee: Your $4 fee allows you to enter up to 15 they will be of secondary importance to the overall images in either the film or digital contest. Write the mycological utility of the photo. Accurate titles of your photos on the lines in the entry form. identification of the subject will be a consideration. Limited to 6 entries. Reproduction: Entry in the contest constitutes the consent of the photographer to allow NAMA to • Judge’s Option: For single photos or series which reproduce copies of each winning slide or digital do not fit into the Pictorial or Documentary (including Honorable Mention, etc.) for circulation by divisions. Examples include time-lapse series, the Education Committee among the membership ecological relationships of fungi (e.g. fairy rings), and affiliated societies. NAMA also reserves the right fungi with animals, people enjoying fungi. to post images of the winning slides or digitals on Limited to 3 entries. the NAMA web pages and in The Mycophile. All copyrights remain with the photographer. Awards: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes will be awarded in Pictorial and Documentary in both Limited and Open Questions? Contact NAMA Photo Committee Chair: classifications. Additional Honorable Mention John Plischke III, 411 Center Ave., Greensburg, PA awards are given at the judges’ discretion up to a 15601; (724) 832-0271;
The Mycophile, March/April 2008 14 2007 Digital Photo Winners 2008 NAMA Photo Contest Entry Form See pages 2, 8, and 9.
Name: Address:
Phone: E-mail: Classification (for 35mm slide contest): Open [ ] Your $4 fee allows you to enter up to 15 images in either the film or the digital contest. Please enter the titles of your photos (or digital filenames) on the lines below. Use 2 entry forms if you enter both the digital and the film contests.
“Alien Emerging” (Mutinus caninus), D1 by Charles R. Fonaas(see page 8)
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P11 Mutinus caninus, by Charles R. P12 Fonaas (see page 8)
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Entry Fees Enclosed: ❏ $4.00 for 35mm Slide Contest ❏ $4.00 for Digital Contest Digital images must be mailed on a CD or DVD and will not be returned. Slides will be duplicated, then returned. For additional Photo Contest information, see http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NAMA_Mushroom_Photography. Mail 35mm slides, entry forms, and entry fees (check payable to NAMA) to:
John Plischke III – Digital Noah Siegel – Slides Ascobolus asci and spores, by 201 Culbertson Ave 25 Prospect Hill Road John W. Dawson (see page 8) Greensburg PA 15601 Royalston, MA 01368
15 The Mycophile, March/April 2008 North American Mycological Association 61 Devon Court NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE Watsonville, CA 95076-1160 PAID PERMIT NO. 1260 Address Service Requested CHAS. WV 25301
Mushroom of the Month
It’s that time of the year again . . . finally. Morchella photo courtesy of Andrus Voitk.
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