While I'm not an expert on this subject by any means, I have heard that the mature spores (when the mushroom is past the pure white firm stage and "puffing")...
I have recently developed an interest in bioluminescent mushrooms and would like assistance in obtaining specimens from the NJ/PA region for research purposes....
One of our members did an interesting study years ago where he did long exposure time photography of several luminescent fungi. I can't remember his name but...
Well, the long winter is finally over (I hope!) and morel season is just about upon us! We've got lots of new members in this Yahoo group, let's start talking!...
You forgot to mention your spots! lol. I'm one of the new yahoo group memebers Jim mentions. I've been searching around (the internet) for good Morel spots but...
Howdy, Rob! I'm a member of this here yahoo group, but not NJMA. I had a look at the membership form, perhaps I need to send one of those in. I also had a look...
Cool photos. "O. nidiformis, dark" in particular is amazing. Wish there was some exif so I can see how it was shot. Any tips on what to look for in NJ? I'm...
We've been getting a little sprinkle, at least, down here on a pretty regular basis. It's never gotten really dry. I just wonder if that heat wave earlier this...
Cool photos; I especially like the one that shows the bioluminescence and the natural-lighting condition... I had seen extended exposure shots of the glow...
To get you all in mood: Here's what we found last weekend here in KY. Note the morel season here is about 2-3 weeks earlier than NJ, and was probably at its...
Well found some Half frees (Morchella semilibera) today. Pictures are in a folder morels09. I was lookiing in an area where I found both Half Frees and M....
Usually the half frees fruit just before, and coincidentally, with the M. esculenta. This has been a wierd year, compounded by a dry late winter, followed by...
I know we have raw milk advocates in the club, and I just heard there is a bill in the NJ assembly to make it legal. Does anyone have news about this? Carol...
Hi All, By any chance, would somebody have the results of a foray that the group did at the Graver Arboretum in Pennsylvania a few years ago. Thanks, Bruce...
Hi Folks, I'm new to the group but I was wondering if anyone was familar with this mushroom that I collected yesterday at Pocomoke River State Park in...
During yesterday's rainfall I visited a reliable oyster mushroom stump in Northern NJ, and discovered that a a bright yellow, slimy something was making...
Hi Mike,   It's the plasmodial stage of a Physarum slime mold - most likely Physarum polycephalum. Check back in a few days and you should see thousands...
I have a source for good black morels- completely dried, caps only. Price is around $75 per half pound dried weight (thats about 7 pounds fresh). It's enough...
Is anyone else finding boletes? I found these on June 14th under some old white pines? They had an olive spore print,and white reticulations near the top of...
Hi Group, Â Â The beautiful Boletus edulus "pics" brought to mine this attractive Boletus carminiporus that I collected last week in Salisbury, MD. Â Â ...
Ah yes, you have indeed found one of the Boletus edulis complex! Lucky you! I've found a few, but the slugs have been having their fill. I'd see a "button",...
We seem to be having an early season because of the rain. I have already found Boletus bicolor, Boletus chrysenteron, Suillus granulatus, Gyroporous castaneus,...