Most years, club walks end in September, however, this year we had 2 scheduled in October. By November the weather can either be very nice or very nasty....
I'm going to check out Frick Park tomorrow from about 11 to ? to see what's fruiting. If anyone wants to I'll be parking in the lots by where the soccer fields...
Jim, How did your walk go today? What did you all find? How many people decided to join you on this beautiful day? Big John ... see what's fruiting. If...
Hey John, I had a nice walk, by myself, just as well though it was very dry and I only found four kinds of mushrooms, Brick caps there was lots of Brick caps, ...
There is still time to submit your favorite mushroom photos and enter the WPMC photo contest. The deadline has been moved up to November 17, 2008. Please send...
We will have copies of the new 2008 book "Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern N. America" by Binion, Burdsall, Stephenson, Miller, Roody and Vasilyeva...
Jim Strutz our stalwart newsletter editor for the past several years has decided to retire from his position. He has done a great job in getting this out for...
Hey John, that's great, John III showed me his copy at the Ohio foray at Little Beaver Creek. With all the Oak woods in our area this book is a good one for...
Randy, I wrote a book review and it will be in the next newsletter. It will have all the pertinent information. By the way Randy, John III, who you know is a...
Our November meeting will feature Joyce Gross, Workshop Chair giving a talk about Mushrooms and Art. Joyce is a great artist and has developed many of our...
Rebecca Miller has sent in further information on a new category for the photo contest. Her comments are: I think the new category would be a sub-category of...
I need a good recipee for blewits. They look soooo good but try as I may, I can't think they are as good as I'm led to believe. Neither my wife norI have come...
I don't know about anybody else, but I'm having a huge problem uploading photos to Rebecca's e-mail. Keep getting bounced back. John Tadler ... From:...
Hey Dick, They are good mixed Agaricus bisporus and oyster mushrooms, sauteed and served with steak. Blewits, oysters and button mushrooms are also good cooked...
A couple of the blewit beds I made this spring have fruited, if you planted some check yours. I'll post some pics later. Cheers, Jim ... bunch ... end....
Hello Dick, The spring 2008 issue of Mushroom ,The Journal of Wild mushrooming (p.35), has an article "Blewit's Blues" by Elisa Rubin-Mahon. "Edibility is...
This is for all those who like to wait until the last minute to send your interesting photos now to Rebecca at rmiller@.... The photo contest winners...
We had a very interesting meeting last night, the last of the 2008 season. The photography awards were presented and the pictures were of very high quality,...
The Sept., 2008 Herb Companion magazine carried an article entitled "Boost Your Immunity with Gourmet Mushrooms." The article featured information about...
Carol, Nice post, very interesting. We miss you here in WPMC land. Hope the mushrooming is better next year in both Ohio and Western PA. Happy Holidays John...
Hey I brought an oyster into the meeting on Tuesday, anyway I called it Pleurotus Dryinus. It's not. It's Hypsizygus ulmarius, it didn't look quite right so I...
Carol, did you happen to work at Kiski while my Dad Bill Tadler taught there? John T ... From: fungi_forager To: wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Just found out I made a mistake. The winner of this year's Distinguised Service Award was Kim Plischke not Becky (although Becky is distinguised too). Kim has...
... of Marion now In the small village of Fredericktown,Ohio. We have an active society in Ohio that I started back in 1972. We'd like to have you join our...
Hi All, Towards the end of June, this past summer, my son and I did some hiking at Mingo Creek County Park, Washington County. It turned out to be a rather...
Hi Steve, Images 3, 4 and 5 look like myxomycetes to me. 3 & 4 - Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa. #5 looks a bit like Metatrichia vesparium, but I can't be sure from...