We are extending to current Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club members a discounted fee of only $30 if registration form is received by Sept. 9th. We currently...
I doubt if the dead tree still has any scent, but the twigs & leaves of a living cherry birch (Betula lenta--aka sweet birch and other common names)have a very...
Found several rather small (largest is 8") specimens of Sparassis in the Kiski woods, and saw two larger ones along the roadside a couple of miles away last...
This is the time of year I love to start making soups--great cool- weather comfort foods. Since chicken-of-the-woods is plentiful now, and pumpkins are...
... The mushroom was delicious. The oil that it had sat in became slightly bitter. Polypores as a group as far as I know are not poisonous. This really is a...
This year at the Gary Lincoff Mid Atlantic Mushroom Foray, Rod Tulloss will be a special guest mycologist. Rod is the world's top Amanita mushroom expert....
Jim: Found two nice Reddening Lepiota (Lepiota americana) in a neighbors grass last week. We have not seen any large fruiting of meadow mushrooms yet. Dick...
Greetings all, I used to attend the forays before I moved for graduate school. Travel to Troy, NY discovered some mushrooms in my host's yard. Thought I'd...
Larry Whalen and I took route 30 out to Bedford County and hunted mushrooms. Among many others, we found sheephead, tons of chicken mushroom, parasols,...
It looks like what I am finding lots of right now: Calvatia cyathiformis. Fried some up yesterday morning for breakfast for me and the grandkids. They liked...
Does anyone have any suggestions for a place to stay overnight for the Lincoff foray? I would prefer to camp unless it is raining, in which case a cheap motel...
There will be movie film crew at Mushroom Mania. They will be making a movie about mushrooms, mushroom clubs, etc. I forget how this all came about, but many...
We found a real nice group of horse mushrooms today. Keep your eyes open. We also had a half inch of rain yesterday. See you at the Gary Lincoff Foray on...
I just heard a few of the dishes that are going to be served at Mycophagy on September 16 at the Gary Lincoff Mid Atlantic Mushroom Foray. I don't know them...
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Just a reminder that we will have our monthly meeting on Sept. 19th at 7PM at the Beechwood Farms Nature Center on Dorseyville Road. With the Lincoff Foray...
Im getting in the mood for the foray, so I went out looking. I believe that some are meadow or horse mushrooms and are good for eating. I will wait for a...
So what's the consensus on edibilty from the group? I consulted 3 books I have and mushroomexpert.com (Michael Kuo). Comments ranged from "prized by chefs" to...
If the walks that I took in our Kiski woods yesterday & today is any indication, the number of species found at Saturday's foray should be tremendous! I saw...
Large volumns of field mushrooms, horse mushrooms, puffballs, chicken mushrooms, honey mushrooms, and many other species are up. I looks like the foray is...
found some amazing Chicken of the woods right behind Hen of the Woods, like something out of a story. the day was wonderful...I left a few hens to keep...
I was out again today. I say basically within a 20 mile radius of Greensburg. Again, mushrooms were everywhere. I found among many others, more chickens,...
Congratulations to Dick Dougall for winning the North American Mycological Association's Knighton Award. The Knighton Award is named for Harry and Elsie...
Is there an easy way to get KOH for testing? Can I buy a little from someone who has extra or can someone tell me were to go to get it. Im sure that LaMont...