Hello, my name is Tim McQuaid. I was referred to this group by Debbie of whom which I attended a mycology course in Highlands NC with. I am currently a...
more details, Jeff... and yes, in theory it's a bit early for the "springtime amanita," but in fact, we have been starting to see them as early as late...
It was a great weekend on the Mendocino coast for members of many of our California mushroom clubs. Happy faces, beautiful weather, fine food and just enough...
I had lunch with a woman who remember a fellow mycologist named George Carapiet. She said he was a great golfer and a published writer of fungus. If anyone...
Kudos and thanks to Debbie Viess and David Rust for organizing a wonderful and successful ACCF event. A great group of folks attended. Being able to hang out...
... There are a number of mycology labs on the west coast – some schools (and a few specific labs) that come to mind are UC Riverside, UC Berkeley (Thom...
Paul Stamets (/Mycelium Running/) has done a lot of interesting work in mycoremediation, mostly with basidiomycetes, although I'm not really sure what if any...
Nice photos, Debbie. AND a really nice event. I especially liked the skating rink - never before seen in my 20+ years of staying at the field camp! ... From:...
I should have just fallen down. It wouldn't have hurt so much involuntarily trying to stay upright. To the doctor tomorrow morning. Phalluscybe Hugh Smith...
Was this ever diagnosed? Fascinating! Phalluscybe Hugh Smith John Wall wrote: This is a natural object, not manmade, but I don't know what. Is it a fungus? ...
I don't know. Aside from some weird ice formation, it looks like the stuff I used to repair surfboards with. ~Snowman ... [Non-text portions of this message...
The mystery object is part of a monthly newsletter, so it'll be March before we get the answer.... --John www.jwallphoto.blogspot.com ... From: Hugh and Sandi...
Regretfully I am reporting in from our Hayward Library computer center in lieu of my study where neither home computer is currently operating, and may not be...
Sorry to report both my computers are out of service until further notice. Plan to call me at 510-885-0495 if you need an early answer to questions. This...
2009 ACCF species report It was a good time, and good group for the 2009 ACCF. In all measures it was a bad year for fungi, there was no rain for most of the...
Make that 156. I collected two specimens of Ganoderma tsugae on Saturday but I did not put them out on the table. J ... 2009 ACCF species report It was a good...
I had an excellent time at the All California Club Foray in Albion last weekend. It's the people that make any event a failure or success, and this was a huge...
Great photos Hugh. You must have spent a good deal of time on your belly. Good thing it wasn't wet out there. If the people pics are half as good I can't...
... in ... can ... Stamets doesn't have any kind of university affiliation, and if I'm not mistaken, does not have a post-graduate degree. His mycoremediation...
Since there has been so little rain recently, you would think mushrooms may be a little scarce. Actually though, that is not the case. There are many unusual...
Hi Gang, We can't rest on our laurels for too long over our fun foray from last weekend, cause here comes the next event!!! There are only so many weekends in...
Hi Douglas, Quite an impressive list. Here are a few more that didn't make it on the list but that I posted on MO: Mycena laevigata - with Judy Rodger's help ...
From WebMD -- very interesting: Mushrooms Cut Grapefruit/Drug Effect Edible Mushrooms Absorb Drug-Altering Chemicals From Grapefruit Juice By Daniel J....
nothing new under the sun (so to speak); the National Geographic article on mushrooms from the 1940s that Herman Brown recently sent me also showed photos of a...
BTW, I have a May 1920 National Geographic in which Louis C.C. Krieger wrote the featured article entitled "Common Mushrooms of the United States." ...