Just read an interesting article (see below for link) regarding the effect climate change seems to be having on fungi in England. "A remarkable father-and-son...
Just read an interesting article (see below for link) regarding the effect climate change seems to be having on fungi in England. "A remarkable father-and-son...
despite the warm weather lately, the ground is still cold...like my grandfather said"if you kneel onto bare dirt and its cold...no mushrooms yet"...not to...
It's so hard to figure what kind of ayear this will be. Some things had appeared on time but got frosted.Others delayed their appearance and are now playing...
I was out building fence yesterday with my father. I noticed some dead Elm I had missed in the past. I found none on them but checked a mid sized tree upstream...
Seems whenever something goes afoul in nature global warming gets blamed. Mother nature is fickle. I think this year she was hitting the sauce too heavy and...
I agree! All the outward nature signs are present, yet there are no consistent morel fruitings. I have been lucky! Yet, I found my recent morels under a...
It is nice to have beginners post and sometimes they see things that older mushroom hunters have never seen. For instance, I have never seen a morel under a...
May 5 - 2:00-??, Pine Ridge Lodge, Indiana County. Meet John Plischke and John Plischke III for a Morel slide show and hunt. Take Route 22 east past...
Yes, Morchella angusticeps most certainly does exist in nearly all parts of the country to my way of thinking. species names always tell you something about...
Hey David...be sure to look under that fallen apple tree for the next couple of years. Even if it was a young tree. It seems once they fall things down under...
I know what you mean about these name changes. John III and I do a fair number of mushroom programs together. I always let him put the names on so we are not...
i was half listening to the news this morning aand they said something about hallucinatic mushrooms that were illegal to collect...they said you could be...
You were close, Donna. hallucinogenic mushrooms in their strictest sense grow mostly in the west and Pacific northwest but they are not so limited. The really...
... Maybe not here in eastern PA , but many a forest ranger was a "nature loving hippy sort" and they know exactly what they are.... In areas that they grow...
Probably true in the west, but I never met a forest ranger in the east that could see past a morel. I attended a NAMA foray years back in Tuxedo N.C., right on...
May 6 - 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. Bedford Elementary School Environmental Center in Bedford, Bedford County. The event is co-sponsored by the WPMC and the...
http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms_law.shtml This will probably answer your question. If you happen to be picking mushrooms and there is one in...
The NAMA Photo Contest Entries have to be in very soon. You must be a NAMA member to enter, but you can send your dues in with your photos. If you are a NAMA...
May 12- DCNR Wild Resource Festival at Moraine State Park. This one- day festival is designed to take you on guided walks, fascinating talks, and through...
The May meeting is almost upon us. While there is still some morel hunting going on, it is time to start thinking about some of the other mushrooms that will...
I just got back from a 2 day trip to Crane Creek State Park which is between Cleveland and Toledo. The development of the woods seems to be about 10 days...
The mushroom walks at Moraine will be at 11 AM to 12 Am and 1 PM to 2 pm. John III ... one- ... on ... and ... mammals, ... walks ... we ... to ... drop ... ...
May 12- DCNR Wild Resource Festival at Moraine State Park. It begins at 9 AM and runs till 4 PM This one-day festival is designed to take you on guided walks,...
May 19 -- 10:00-12:00, Return to Mingo Creek, Washington County. Meet John Plischke and John Plischke III. I 70 to Exit 9 Eighty Four/Glyde. Take Rt. 519 N...
Are fruiting, found some yesterday, someone beat me to the log though, they must have collected at least 5 pounds. Saw some Wine caps last weekend. Anybody...
I threw some Wine Cap Stropharia sawdust spawn in my garden beds last year and they are now producing mushrooms. I've been harvesting them for more than a week...
We haven't seen a field mushroom or horse mushroom all year. Last night Becky and I went to Seton Hill College to see the sunset. On the way home we saw a...
May 19 -- 10:00-12:00, Return to Mingo Creek, Washington County. Meet John Plischke and John Plischke III. I 70 to Exit 9 Eighty Four/Glyde. Take Rt. 519 N for...
